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Finally got around to getting a new permission and also had some great success at an old standby. Started the last couple of weeks with a couple quick hunts at an old standby park. I hunted an area I thought was mostly fill dirt, but when I pulled a couple of Wheaties and a Merc I thought it...

Not sure if this is anything of interest but it is brass or some metal like that about the size of a nickel. It has no threads but looks like some sort of cover as the bottom sides are chamfered. Hope the pictures help someone identify it. Thx Wisconsin Digger

Had a decent week starting on Thursday. Loaned out my Camera so will add some photos when I find a replacement. I hit a town I never hunted but I am sure was pounded pretty good. Spend about 2 hours just trying to figure out the layout. In my stumbling around I managed to find a Washington...

It's been a rough last couple of weeks as I have not located any new spots and the old standbys are running pretty dry. I planned on heading to a Park I hunted last year with hopes of maybe finding 1 more silver but my GPS had other ideas. For some reason my GPS took me too far North so I...

Got out a few times this week starting with a short hunt on Tuesday. Only one good signal but it was a nice 1916 Barber dime. Saturday got out for a good 5 hours and had some success. First Park had plenty of clad and 9 Wheaties but NO silver. Second park produced silver on the first signal...

Started the year unexpectedly (but quite happy about it) with my first 3 silvers of the year being quarters found in 3 different parks. Today I hit a small park I found one of the quarters at and was able to hit a double Mercury spill and a Rosie. Love the quarters but just as happy to see...

I don't even know how to tell this story as it is 1 in a million. Nice day in Wisconsin again so I headed to a park I found a Gold class ring at last fall. When I found that ring I had just found a clad dime so I decided to dig the iffy nickel signal right next to it and it tuned out to be the...

It has been gorgeous in Wisconsin and ground is thawed down to 4-5". Got out for 1st time in 2015 and my first silver of the year was a Washington quarter. never did that before, usually it's a dime. Let 2015 begin (2 weeks early). Wisconsin Digger

I had a lot of nice finds My two best finds were easy choices. Early in the year I found a Native American spear point (rat-tail) and my 2nd best find was a Silver War Store card from a Brewery (Jacob Best) this year but these two were far and away my favorites. Wisconsin Digger

It has been an unbelievable December in Wisconsin. Went out today and was hunting in 40 degree weather. First spot was not as good as I hoped but still pulled 3 Wheaties and a few clad. A couple of the Wheaties were pre 40's. I hit a 2nd spot as I had an hour of daylight left. Caught the...

Never planned on getting out again and was content to end the year with 148 silver. Low and behold the Temps hit the 40's and the ground is completely thawed. Snuck out of work for a 1/2 day to see if two more silver could be found. First silver was a fairly deep '36 Merc on a decent signal...

Sad to say the season in Wisconsin looks like it is over. Was able to get out one more time on the 23rd. It was a bit brisk but dry until I got a few miles from my intended hunt. Decided to hunt in the drizzle and see what I could find. I was a little disappointed to find more frost than...

Back in the single silver mode but have managed to find a few keepers the last 2 weeks. A couple of Hi-lites were, first, I was able to get permission to an old Church Camp I hunted with my Dad 40+ years ago. Back in the day this camp gave up some seated dimes and quite a few other silver as...

The last several days have been pretty good. I've gone to using the big coil all the time. Not 100% sure but it seems the big coil has produced some coins I did not hit before. The area I found the Civil War Store Card Token is not that big and I hit most of the area with the stock coil. A...

Found an SLQ at a new location this week and followed that up with a nice Washington at a pounded out park as they say. Matter of fact found a Merc and Rosie in the same area. Definitely some off signals with garbage along side but still good enough to dig. The Washington was especially...

Been having some moderate success when I tried a new spot I have driven by several times. The first time was later at night and only had 45 minutes or so to hunt. The little park produced 7 Wheaties which convinced there had to be silver. When I had more time I returned and was convinced in...

It has been a bit challenging the last 3 weeks but Friday and today picked up the mood a bit. Friday I hit a park I wanted to revisit after I had some luck on a few older Wheaties. Things were not going to well when I dug a marginal signal that turned out to be a Merc. With my mood improved I...

It has been a weird last month of hunting but I am happy the silver is still showing up. It seems about everywhere I hunt these days I find an early silver coin then nothing the rest of the hunt. Today was a bonus as the only silver was a Barber dime with a Buffalo keeping it company. Anyway...

It has been pretty slow the last several weeks but I did manage a few firsts and some silver to boot. First unique day came on a hunt I thought would produce some silver. Well the silver did not work out but it was a nice area for nickels so I spent the hunt trying to find the most nickels in...

Daddy Digger had a phenomenal hunt a couple weeks back where Silver Quarters (and Halves) were popping out of the ground like clad coins. I was not that fortunate but I did have a shining (pun intended) moment today. Spent some time with the family at a Milwaukee Brewers game today and got...