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Was fortunate, along with Digger O'dell, to be invited on a hunt by Firefighter 43 (Jeff). I can't thank him enough as the 3 of us had a great hunt even with a little rain. My day started out real well with a couple of 1920 Buffalos but I was tiring myself out pretty fast digging in some heavy...

Got off to a slow start with the sciatica but after that past I felt good enough to go on a marathon hunt today to finish with a pretty good week.. Up through today I found a Merc, Rosie, War Nickel and a 1918 Buffalo along with a handful of wheats. Hunts were a little short as I was still...

Got in several hunts this week hi-lited by pulling up 1 day short of a trifecta. Tried a new area of a Park I am hunting and pulled a surprise barber dime with a Rosie about a foot away. Hunted another hour but just could not locate a Merc. The very next day in the same Park the only silver I...

Got out a few times with some interesting results. Did a road trip to an older town about an hour away and hit a Washington and merc as well as some wheats. Found an old key also, that turned out to be a religious metal. Key is copper or brass. On the way home hit a park I hunted earlier in...

Had a very good week on silver with an unexpected Seated Dime today. Been hunting a Ball field in a Park I've done in previous years and it has really been a surprise. earlier in the week I picked up a Washington, 8 Rosies several Wheats and even an Indian. Today was the big surprise as a...

Since my hunt with FF43 I've managed to find a few silvers here and there to get the numbers up but pretty generally things have been a bit slow. Sunday I just started driving looking for new ground. I hit a Park that turned out to be started in 1930. As I worked around the Park I hit a spot...

Firefighter43 whooped me good on our hunt Tuesday. he really had a great hunt. Not complaining as its always nice to find silver even if I fell a little short of his standard for the day. Again, thx for taking some time to get together on a hunt Jeff I greatly appreciated the time. On a side...

Weather is beautiful but places to hunt is dwindling. Last Friday went to a park I found earlier in the summer that look promising. Looks were very deceiving as the Park was a complete bust. On the way home I hit a Park I've hunted but with little luck. Decided to hit the ball field which...

I went back to a Church I hunted on Saturday and had almost the same result in coins. Saturday I found 2 Merc's, 1 Rosie, 1 War Nickel a Buffalo and 6 wheats. Today I went back and found 2 Merc's, 2 Rosies, 1 War Nickel a Buffalo and 5 wheats (also found 2 older nickels and a zincoln). That's...

Was finally able to get out for a few hours which is almost as much time as I got in in the last 3 weeks. Went to an old church where I have done quite well but was getting pretty lean on signals. Was there a few minutes and I got a really nice 12-42 which is usually an older wheat and I was...

Went out today hoping to find new ground. Found a very nice looking park but looks to have been pounded pretty good with plenty of current sign it still is getting hunted. Only managed 1 wheat at plenty of gas money. Spent some time visiting relatives and hit an old school I hunted last week...

Got out 4 times including a new spot hi-lited by a silver spill. Last Saturday I was headed to a baseball game and stopped at what looked like an older school. Found 1 wheat but could not seem to get anything other than clad. There was one little strip of curb grass that was about as wide as...

Been finding some great old finds but in terrible shape. Looking for a better way to clean them I looked in to electrolysis which has a ton of U-tube videos to watch. My 1st attempt fell flat as I burnt up the adaptor after about 10 minutes of use. My 2nd try had better results. I will post...

With no plans for the week I decided to hit an old Church near home. Hoping to find a keeper or two I got off to a good start when I had another tight, DEEP 12-46 type signal. One large plug and some additional digging revealed a smooth Barber Quarter. It's amazing with how deep this coin was...

Been creeping up on 100 silver over the last several weeks and managed to finish it off today with 4 silver. Made plans to hit a new park but some Little leaguers put those plans on hold. decided to hit option "B" and it turned out to be a good thing. I hit the park where I found a cluster of...

I haven't had time to plan any new locations or trips and time is tight so I hit a few locations I didn't think would be too lucrative. My goal was hoping to find a wheat or two and 1 silver. The first spot was an old Church that gave up some nice finds but I hit pretty hard. Hit the ground...

Decided to drive separate and get in a little detecting before hitting the Lake for Fathers day. I hit a park I found a handful of silver at last year. I literally was not there 5 minutes when I got a very deep signal that bounced around between 10-12 and 44-47. Signal was good enough to dig...

Went back to an old Church I found a Barber Quarter at Friday and found another one today. Was almost ready to call it a night when I got what was a pretty strong signal at a site where strong signals are rare. All the old coins here are 8-9" down. After pulling a pretty healthy plug I tried...

It' been a pretty good week of hunting. The Etrac is earning its keep as several of the sites I'm hunting have really DEEP targets. The item I found for the first time was a bullet coins. I know a lot of hunters have found one but this was my first. The unique feature of this one is the...

On May 21st I found my 298 and 299th Mercury dime since starting again in 2012. Since that day Merc's have been tough. Found silver but none were Merc's. Well today I hit it with a bang. Not only did I get 300 but I hit a Trifecta as well. Well earned as all the coins were deep and the...