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Last week I pulled these 'coin slots' from a yard of a house built in 1902. The original owner was quite wealthy and apparently, (told to the owner by two neighbors), had an illegal gambling structure on the property during the prohibition years. Descendants of this man currently hold ownership...

I had two hours to hunt this morning so I headed to my Barber quarter spot. There is not many signals in the part of the yard I am hunting, but the coins that turn up are nice. I got one nice hit there that turned out to be a 1904 World's Fair pendant from St. Louis. After digging that I...

This morning Dave and I finally were able to hunt the small town park I found over the weekend. The park is about 100 years old. With so much clad there, I assumed the park hadn't seen too many metal detectors the last several years. A lot of the clad sits about 4-6 inches deep, so with every...

Well, due to my schedule, we couldn't hit that small town park I found over the weekend. But, just this morning I received permission to hunt a hospital that was built in the late 30's then later converted into a retirement home. After 2.5 hours of hunting I had to leave, but we were both lucky...

the few that did show up were nice. :clapping: Dave had to postpone our park hunt this morning due to new additions to his family, so I decided to stick in town and save the park for a time when we could both go. So, I went back to a site that gave me a Barber quarter, dime, a V and some IH's...

Left town a little bit today to detect a little park in a small Iowa town. Tons of clad quarters and dimes, a few wheats and a Merc were my rewards. :clapping: Although I am certainly excited about the silver, I am more excited that this park probably hasn't seen a detector for a little while...

I was itching all day to get out and find some goodies... so tonight I got home and grabbed the detector and headed out while there was still some sun left. I went back to the place I found the Barber quarter and dime on Monday. No silver this time, but I found a couple of goodies. The Good -...

Still haven't broken into the 1800's with silver, but I have been hovering real close lately. Sooner or later I'm going to push through... hopefully this year. :yes: The Barber quarter (1904 O) was only an inch deep and I'm very happy I didn't hit with my digger. It was the first good signal I...

Dave had a late night last night... so our start time today was pushed to 11:00. Of course I wasn't going to waste the early morning hours so I hit the place I found the gold Army ring and 3 silver dimes about a month ago. I was happy to find a Merc, an IH and a 1939 coin from Brazil (an ugly...

I found this last week at a place that was built in 1880. Just wondering if any of you can roughly date it based on the design. Thanks a bunch in advance. :clapping:

Boy the sunrise is sure taking it's good ol' sweet time now. I had exactly one hour to hunt this morning. I wasn't going to get up early to go today, but I just had to try a new spot out. Picked up two of the Mercs right out of the gate and the other two just before I had to go. The Buffalo is...

Dave and I got a few goodies today from the same church that he pulled the Barber quarter from last time we were there. It's an old country church with lots of open ground to cover. I'm sure there are more keepers hiding. One silver, a few wheats, clad, a cross and a very small portable rosary.

Got out for a full hunt this morning after the rain ended. Spent about 4 hours digging lots of targets this morning. :yes: A couple of IH's, lots of wheats, a pendant from McCormick Line Steamers, a 'Good for 5¢' token, two Buffalo nickels, two Mercs and a Barber. :happydance01: The almost...

Dave and I were able to get our schedules together for a hunt this morning. The first spot I lined up was a house built in 1890... lots of trash in the ground and very few good signals. :confused: I was lucky enough to get an IH and a Buffalo there. Then we went to another property owned by...

Tonight I went armed with my detector and determined to pull an older silver from the site I have found 19 IH's, a V nickel, a buffalo nickel and lots of wheats on my last 3 hunts. Signals are getting pretty sparse, but I finally managed to pull an older silver dime. :happydance01: Also got a...

Went back tonight to the spot I hit Saturday morning. Although I picked up a rosie :), the old silver continued to hide from me. :confused: I got some nice IH's and a pile of wheats. Also a buffalo and my first V nickel. :happydance01: I can scratch that one off my list of things to find this...

I got a full hunt in Saturday morning. From 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. I was bound and determined to pull some silver from the site I hunted Friday night. There were plenty of wheats (17), IH's (7), copper and zinc pennies and lots of clad quarters (7), dimes (11) and nickels (3)... just no silver...

The sun is sure quick to say goodbye after work now. crying01 Although I really like fall weather, after work hunts are coming to an end soon. ... but still fun nonetheless. :yes: I picked these up about a foot apart. Both '64D, wonder if they are a displaced pocket spill. lol I'm looking...

I got out at sun up for an hour of hunting. Skunked on the silver, but recovered a couple of interesting items. Questions... Anyone recognize the hallmarks on the ring? I couldn't find anything helpful online. I would kind of assume the ring is 14k but based on the level of corrosion around...

Since I couldn't get out this weekend... a little treasure hunting was in order tonight after work. A couple of wheats and the 'saltine cracker of silver coins'... old faithful, a rosie. lol