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    Seated! Awesome hunt again!

    Last night I visited an old town and met up with a new guy to the hobby to do some door knocking. He is very interested in getting a deus so when ever we meet up I let him use mine so that he can get familiar with it before he gets one of his own.

    My day was already great because I found a 1941 merc during my lunch break at a near by park. Then while I was waiting for my hunting partner to meet me I found a 1921 British Six Pence. I think they are 50% silver. Once he arrived I told him I was going to knock on a couple homes to see if we could get on some "virgin" ground. The first house gave us a yes so I told my partner to go ahead and start swinging and I would go next door and see if I could another permission right away. I talked to the owner of home #2 and at first he said it would not be worth it because he had gone over the place with his detector. I kindly asked him that we would love to go over it again and he said sure have at it. So I started at home #2 while my partner hit the first home.

    Two minutes into the hunt and I get a solid penny signal and out came a wheatie. I thought "Cool this yard has some targets left". 3 feet away was another penny signal but the sound was a bit higher in tone...out comes a silver dime! I saw the edge first and when I picked it up there was Lady Liberty sitting! Checked the back and saw the CC....I was thrilled as I calmly walked over to my buddy to show him. He couldn't believe it.

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    I then went back and the NEXT hole was a sterling silver pocket knife!

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    Ended up with a nice 1919 Buff and a 1942 P War Nik. My buddy found his first Indian 1902 so he was thrilled. The home owner came out with his detector and found a few wheat pennies. So it was a fun night for all!

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    The Token was found by my youngest boy last week.

    Thanks for looking. Jared
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    Whoa! What a night!
    Mercs and War nics are always a welcome addition to the collection! But the CC seated dime and silver six pence are the show stoppers!
    I love the Sterling freebie knife!
    I challenge ya to find a insurance company giving away Sterling silver knifes nowadays!
    Congrats on the keepers!
    And congrats to your buddy on his first IH!

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    All I can say is

    I don't know which is my favorite, the Carson City seated dime or the sterling pocket knife! They are both spectacular finds! A coin minted in CC is still on my bucket list.

    I really like the Six Pence coin too! Very unusual find. That was an awesome hunt!

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    Loving that 1876 CC dime....fantastic find. Also that sterling knife is really a great find, don't see them posted very often. Very nice of you to let your friend use the Deus and huge congrats to him on his 1st IH.
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    Awesome hunts ! Just curious , what metal detector was the homeowner using ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cheap Thrills View Post
    Awesome hunts ! Just curious , what metal detector was the homeowner using ?
    He has a Whites MXT. He got it about 4 years ago but has only hunted his yard. He admitted that he does not know his machine very well. But that was good news for us!
    Last edited by Bucknut; 09-12-2017 at 01:52 PM.
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    Loving that Seated & Knife! Funny a Life Insurance Co would hand those out, LOL!
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    Tough choices to pick a favorite out of that nice lot. Gotta go with the knife. Pretty cool.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lodge Scent View Post
    Tough choices to pick a favorite out of that nice lot. Gotta go with the knife. Pretty cool.
    Oddly, I'd go with the six pence...but I wouldn't balk at any of it!! Nice job!!
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    Great set of finds! Don't think I've ever seen a sterling pocket knife before. I would be happy with any of those keeper coins too. Congrats!
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    , what a great bunch of finds. I love it when they tell me it's been hunted and I won't find anything. I almost always find someting!
    I've never seen a sterling pocket knife, Awesome find! And pulling a seated always makes for a good day.
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    Great bunch of finds. definitely Karma there giving the 1st permission to your partner. Congrats well deserved WD
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    very nice seated. congrats!
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Size:  71.8 KBWe had a great time. Jared really knows how to sniff out the Silver! Here's a pic of the IHP (my first one!)

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    That is a sweet first Indian! Congrats!
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    Don't know how I missed this post but great finds! I like the pen knife the best!
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    Congrats! A CC seated, now that's very awesome!!
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    Most excellent saves fellas! A CC coin is still on my list to find, and man, you can't hope to find a dug IH in much nicer condition. Congrats.

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