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This morning we still had two-three inches of snow on the ground. By the end of the day the 60 degree sunny weather had cleared it all out. :clapping: Made it out for two hours of park hunting. It sure felt like I was looking for a needle in a haystack today. But three keepers worked their way...

I squeaked in another after work hunt tonight and was rewarded with one silver, two wheat cents and a lawn mower hit token. The Roosevelt will have to hold me for a while as we have snow and rain in the forecast for the next several days. crying01 The park close to my house hasn't offered up...

Went out after work this afternoon in search of silver. I got to the park a little after 4:00 today with an hour and a half to search. I continued working the area I found a silver Roosevelt yesterday. Only one more wheat cent showed up. crying01 Decided to move to a different area and was...

I wasn't planning on detecting this afternoon, but around 2:30 I noticed how much snow had melted in my backyard. Checked the ground and it was mostly thawed. :happydance01: Grabbed my gear and headed to the park a couple blocks from my house. I really didn't expect much from this late...

Ron and I headed down to our construction/demolition site this afternoon hoping to find new areas to hunt after the crew finished up another week. The snow had melted away from two yards we were not able to hunt last time we were there. Unfortunately most of the ground was still frozen in...

This afternoon I made it out for some much needed hunting. I decided to try and locate an old sledding hill that Angie (Epi-Hunter) had suggested I check out. Unfortunately almost the entire area was frozen solid. Found just a little bit of thawed ground away from the sledding hill and worked up...

We got out for a little while before the game. Headed down to the construction site where the city is removing about 10 old houses from a couple of city blocks. Have to admit... I was getting a little frustrated at the abundance of wheats and lack of silver from the spots I was running my coil...

I made it out with Ron this afternoon for a few hours of digging. Much to my surprise the ground was free of snow and soft to dig in. Finding thawed ground in this part of Iowa is almost unheard of for February 3rd. :shocked04: Looks like the 2012 detecting season has officially begun...

With seven inches of snow on frozen ground it was a real treat to dig into soft dirt today. :smitten: Ron called me last night letting me know he just drove by an old section of town that had the top 4-7 inches scraped away. :shocked04: This afternoon I obtained permission for us to hunt the...

Ron and I made it to a new park today. One that was on the list last year... but I never got around to visit. We were hoping for a lightly detected park but quickly realized we were searching for oldies that others had missed. :rolleyes: The park definitely shows signs of potential, so a return...

I made it out for one last hunt this year. Today was in the low 40's and, unbelievably, the ground is still soft. :shocked04: I decided to hunt a park that I felt had the best chance of coughing up a few more silver coins. Sure enough... it did. :happydance01: Silvers #199 and #200 plus some...

Ron and I headed south of town today with the intention of hunting a small town park we hadn't searched yet this year. As we arrived at the park, we noticed a much more promising site across the street. This lot once held an 1835 homestead. :drool: We searched for several hours and both of us...

Made it out for an hour and a half late afternoon hunt today. The park I hunted was about 50/50 frozen/soft. I stuck to the soft areas. :rolleyes: Got my coil over 4 keepers. :happydance01: I am starting to wonder if I'll have to put my detector away at all this year. :confused: lol

It is just unbelievable the ground is still soft here in Iowa on December 23. :clapping: Hit the stores early today with a list to complete early enough to allow a little detecting time this afternoon. Hurried home to drop off the day's purchases, change clothes, grab my gear and meet up with...

Made it out for an hour before the snow started falling today. The ground remains soft here in Eastern Iowa and the oldies are still finding their way under my coil. :happydance01: Recovered two Wheat cents and a Rosie in a park here in town.

Met Ron at a park today for some last minute hunting before the ground re-freezes. It sure was soft and the temps today were quite pleasant. Pulled out several Wheat Cents, an IH and an abused and bent Barber. :happydance01: This is the furthest into December I have experienced soft ground...

Made it out for some mid December metal detecting today with Ron. The ground was froze last week, but with the warm days we've been experiencing... it thawed out again. :clapping: Ron upgraded to the E-Trac this week and wanted to try a church he hunted two years ago. Just so happened to be the...

The forecast is in the 40's for the next couple of days AND my digger just slid easily into the ground of my back yard. :thinkingabout: :yes: :rolleyes: This can only mean one thing. :cheesysmile: Bonus December detecting days. <:

I am really interested to see how many items from each category the members of the AD community found this year. :-> Please feel free to submit your totals as a reply and I will update the total as we go. Thank you. American Detectorist totals for the 2011 Metal Detecting season. Silver Coins...

Looks like today was most more than likely my last hunt for 2011. Spent several hours back at the park I briefly hunted on Friday. Although I did hope for a few more shiny ones from this site... I'm happy to end the year with a Merc and 11 Wheat cents. :happydance01: The badge to the left of...