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    Silver milestone hi-lited by big silver

    As planned the weather was nice so I got two long hunts in yesterday and today. Yesterday I made a road trip to another park that showed evidence of a ballfield that was present in the 30's but just open grass today. the research was right as I found a handful of older coins right where the...
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    Two week summary - didn't think the weather would hold off

    My last post left me at 199 silver for the year and cold weather coming in. Two weeks later things are looking much better on both weather and silver. Avoided rain most of the day today and got in 5 hours. Did some research on a Park with some ballfields and found that one was there in the...
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    Oh so close

    Went on a road trip today in hopes of finding silver #200. Things started out good as I found an unexpected 12-44 Rosie to get to 198. I went to a ballfield I found 5 silver at the last time I was there and could barely get a good signal. Best coin I found there was a 1917 "D" wheatie. I...
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    What a day to detect even found some silver on the 1st day of November

    Had just about the perfect day today in Wisconsin to be detecting. Wish I would of had a tad more energy as the results were pretty good. Hit the Old ballfield again and spread out to some other areas of the park. The Ballfield produced 3 more silvers and a NoDate Buffalo. I moved to a...
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    Thanks to Firefighter 43 for a great day of detecting

    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...
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    The weeks summary - slow start but good finish

    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...
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    Finds for the week produce more silver

    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...
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    Last 3 hunts with big silver and a few relics

    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...
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    Surprise seated and a nice bunch of silver for the week

    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...
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    Some silver for the week and found the definition of a "cheery" picked park

    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...
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    A pic from my hunt with FF43 and a shock from some finds from last year

    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...
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    Weeks finds - fewer silver but bigger

    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...
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    Deja Vu hunt results in more silvers

    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...
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    Old school hunt with silver and some finds from the past 3 weeks

    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...
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    Uneventful hunt turns into oldest silver I've found

    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...
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    This week nothing old but more silver in the hole plus silver spill

    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...
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    New milestone and Electrolysis is working pretty well

    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...
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    No plans for week turns into some memorable HUNTS

    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...
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    97,98,99,100 silver finish with 2 washington's

    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...
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    Old locations still giving up nice finds - last week summary

    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...

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