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Today I was able to get out for a few hours to detect so I headed to a CT park to see if I could dig up a few of the shiny coins. I did find three mercury dimes, but I also managed to dig up two Indian Head cents, dated 1900 and 1902, and two large cents, dated 1819 and 1849. :happydance01: I...

I had another good weekend, scoring well with silver and a few other old coins. I did not find any silver on Saturday, though I did dig up three old nickels and an Indian Head cent. The nickels are dated 1898, 1913, and 1936. The Indian Head is dated 1898. I met up with midas early this...

I was able to get out for a few afternoon hunts this week, with today's hunt being the most productive. The one park I hunted this afternoon yielded eight silver dimes. These are from the earlier hunts. The Roosevelt dimes are not old, but they are silver. ;) The other item is a piece of...

Saturday On Saturday I attempted to detect at a Connecticut park but the rain and thunder cut my detecting short. I called it quits after digging up a 1920-S mercury dime and a corroded large cent. I just didn't like the sound of that thunder. :shocked02: Sunday During the week I had made...

After the punishing heat I experienced yesterday while detecting at a local park you would think that I would stay inside today, but my memory was short.:lol: This time I met up with coinnut for a second hunt at the same park we had worked the last time we detected together, and we both did...

I wanted to detect at a town common late this afternoon, but with the temperatures hovering around 101 degrees I thought better of it. :shocked01: Instead I headed to a small park located by the local river to detect under the shade of the large trees found there. I arrived at the park close...

:lol: It's so small it won't even fit the tip of my pinkie. :yes: EDIT: My friend Midas tested the ring. It turns out that it is gold, at least 22k. On closer inspection after cleaning it I can see a marking, but it's hard to make out what it is.

Today a small park yielded several more coins from the 1800's - a few coppers, several Indian Head cents, and even an old silver coin. It was tough detecting because of the heat and dry ground, but I remained in the shaded areas and drank plenty of liquid to keep me going. When I first saw the...

Today I tried detecting at a nearby small park, but the ground was much too hard to dig into and there was no shade to offer relief from the relentless sun. So I turned my attention to a small town common. At least the trees there shaded the ground and the occasional breeze made detecting in the...

This afternoon I drove back to the park I worked yesterday and completed a grid I had left unfinished. I was rewarded with two more silver coins, one of them a very nice old one. After completing the grid I moved to another section of the park and picked up two more silver dimes and two large...

Late this afternoon I made another trip for a short hunt to the park coinnut and I worked yesterday. I arrived at almost five and had to work quickly since a group was preparing to use the field for a baseball game. I detected the fringes of the area I worked yesterday and picked up another...

Today I had an all day hunt with coinnut at a Connecticut park. We arrived at about 8:00 am and left the park at about 4:30. The day was pleasant and we had the park mostly to ourselves, exactly how I like it. :grin: I began to detect soon after arriving and within about 15 minutes I picked up...

Lately I have been detecting a local town common late afternoons for a couple of hours or so each time, and so far the common has yielded silver on every hunt. Not much in quantity, but the coins have been old. Today I hit the common again for a couple of hours, and this time I walked away with...

At about 5:00 pm today I decided to hit a town common for a couple of hours. I was hoping to score with at least one old silver coin and a few Indian Head cents. It turned out well, as I picked up a seated dime, dated 1877-CC, a mercury dime, date 1919, and two Indian Head cents, dated 1890 and...

These are the finds from my past three hunts, Friday through Sunday. The seated dimes made my weekend, especially the 1874. It's in beautiful shape. :loveit: Friday I found these at a Connecticut park. The dimes are dated 1918 and 1920. The religious pendant is plated. I like the old wheat...

Today I spent time detecting two sites, a small local park and a town common. The park yielded the silver as well as a few wheat cents, and the town common gave up five Indian Head cents and several wheat cents dated in the teens. The Indian Head cents are dated 1897, 1897, 1898, 1906, and...

I couldn't resist another trip to the town common, so late this afternoon I took a drive there hoping too that it wouldn't be too busy seeing as it is a weekday. It wasn't bad at all and I was able to spend a few hours working one of the grassy squares. I didn't pick up any Indian Head cents...

Today I again attempted to get an early start and head out to detect at a Central MA park, but once more things did not work out as planned. Instead, I made an afternoon trip to the park I worked yesterday and began to grid a small section. After a while the heat and humidity were becoming...

Today I had intended to go detecting at a park in Central MA, but other obligations demanded my time so I had to cancel that idea. I did get to go another local park in the late afternoon, one that earlier this year had yielded a large cent and two mercury dimes. The park is relatively small...

Late this afternoon I headed to the park I have hit on my last two hunts, and to my stunned surprise I picked up another silver half dollar! :shocked01: This time it's a 1935 Walking Liberty half. I also dug up a clad half dollar, which I had found before hitting on the WLH. The Walking...