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Early last week I got one of those phone calls you never want to get. A call saying that my uncle and godfather was found dead in his bed of a brain aneurism. :crying01: It was a tough week to say the least. The services were held Sunday and Monday. Being a pall bearer I needed to be back to the...

I took a vacation day on Monday and headed back up to Wisconsin to hunt with Firefighter43, Jeff. I brought Ted along. We met at Jeff's newly acquired permission, camp site. We met up a little after 8 a.m. and was swinging and digging in no time.:detecting: Before 9 o'clock I got my first silver...

It all started about a month or less ago. Jeff contacted me, asks me if I'd like to hook up for a hunt before the ground freezes? I said sure! Then he tells me he's trying to line up permission for a old camp ground site. He asked if he could line up a day, would I be interested in coming up and...

To keep up on the hunts at the demo house: Monday 15th: Almost didn't find a silver Monday. On my way back to the truck, in the pitch black darkness, in a area I've went over plenty of times, 3 inches deep, I get a 12-46! :shocked04: A 1945 Merc keeps the streak alive! :yahoo: Wednesday 17th...

Ted and I headed out about 9 am today for a all dayer. We decided to head north and check out a few parks across the border in Wisconsin. :pirate:The first park was a let down. The second park was loaded with clad! We each managed 1 wheatie there. So we decided to try a little door knocking...

If you've been following, I've got permission to hunt a old house that's scheduled to be torn down. Here's a link to the first 4 hunts there. http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/showthread.php?16091-Demo-House Last week I went back on Monday and got 5 more wheats and 2 more silvers...

I found this thing earlier this summer. I think it's a cast pot metal of some sort. I was thinking a bicycle fender ornament. :dontknow: Here's the other side... I've looked at hundreds of fender ornaments !! :shocked01: Looked until my eyes bugged out like ... :twirlingeyes: :lol: I...

Last Saturday I put in a order with our forum sponsor Bart at Big Boys Hobbies for a new E-Trac and some accessories.:daydream: Picked up a new ET, SunRay Pro Gold headphones, Samson shovel. (And a few other things too.) After their first hunt.... This past winter I obtained permission for a...

Dave sent me a text just as I was getting up at 6 am Sunday morning . The text was letting me know where they would be huntng for the day. It was 3 hours away! :shocked01: With in 20 mins I was in my truck heading south!:thumbsup01: I arrived at 9 am just in time to see Dave filming a Mercury...

Last week I posted about a house demo I've got permission to hunt, before the actual demo begins. Here's a link to that tread "Wonder Coin": http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/showthread.php?16034-Wonder-Coin There was interest in a follow up on any future hunts here. As it turns out...

Talked to Don last night and set up a hunt for this morning. We deside to met at a park. We met up at 8am and hunted till :confused: ..... I don't even know for sure. :lol: Around 4pm. I found the '46 Rosie at the park. Here it is seeing day light for the first time in many years. Then we...

Weekend trip to Wisconsin: We took the boys along to Wisconsin for the weekend. We went up to celebrate my parents anniversary. They were celebrating by going on a weekend fishing trip on thew Mississippi. We stayed at a old roadside motel. It looked late 50's early 60's. I asked the owners how...

.... well at least that's how the hunt started out. :lol: I had a whole day to myself Sunday to do a little MDing! So went to an old school site were a lot of dirt has been moved around. I knew it'd been hit hard by a lot of other detectorists. But I ain't scared :eyebrow: :lol: I turned on the...

We threw a 16th Birthday party for our oldest son Sunday. Like last year we decided rather than have a party here at the house we went up to Wisconsin and had his party at the lake! ;) When we went up there last year I figured there had to be some old coins laying around so I took my detector...

Well it's been a while since I've made a post. Life's been pretty hectic. Shoot, it's been a while since I've even been out detecting.:crying01: We went out last weekend and hunted a over looked nearby park with little to show for it. While we were there a local told us about a old train depot...

Thursday I skipped out on work and headed North to Wisconsin. Jeff "Fire Fighter 43" invited me up for a hunt at a church he recently obtained permission for. It was a good hunt right off the bat! The first hole was a wheatie. The second hole was this. 1909 V nickle. A few more wheaties and...

:yahoo:Whoo Hoo! First Hunt in 4 Months! We finally had some nice weather and thawed ground here in Illinois. So I knew what I was going to do! :detecting::lol: And I figured I'd see what my good friend Tony Two Cent was up to. We made plans Saturday night to meet up Sunday morning for a nice...

Pretty eventful day of detecting.... and teaching! lol thumbsup01 And you even found a couple nice keepers! |:cheering: The seated is a sweet find for sure! :drool: :cool: Congrats! :grin: Looks like they got their moneys worth out of that one! lol :thinkingabout: I think thats a button hook...

Mama said Its fathers day, go out detecting. ::huh:: Sweet! |:confused:) I was able to find a couple wheats and a bunch of clad. But during the hunt I got a jumpy dime type signal. I dug down to find a big gray disk :shocked04: It turned out to be a 1935 Walker! :happydance01: In the same...

Well it looks like spring has finally sprung here in northern Illinois! <: This past week, since I'm on the night shift, I got up and got out of the house a couple hours early each day to get in a little swing time before having to head off to work. >:tongue: lol Each day I was able to pull at...