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I can't believe I finally got out on Friday for a few hours. :clapping: What a long winter. :ticked: Had knee surgery a week ago last Thursday and my wife wasn't happy about me going digging :girlcry: but I worked out a one knee digging stance that I only used on good signals. I explained to...

Finally got out hunting with Marinedad last Friday and then Pokie73 on Saturday. Got a total of eight silvers: 1939-D Merc, 1943 Merc, 1944-S Merc, 1937 Merc, 1945 Merc, 1956 Rosie, 1953 Rosie and a 1945 Washington quarter. <: The weekend before I also got a 1936-D Washington and a 1953 Franklin...

The E-Trac was sniffing out the silver this weekend. :bananadance: I got a 1941-S Merc, a 1946 Rosie, a 1957-D Rosie and two 1964-D Rosies in the same hole. A total of five silvers! <: Also got a 1902 V-Nick and 10 Wheaties with the oldest being 1914. Plus 104 clad coins totaling $12.17 which...

Went hunting this past weekend with some hunting buddies. Got a 1963-D Rosie at 3 inches on Saturday <: and a real nice 1939 Merc at 7 inches on Monday afternoon. :peace: Also got 5 Wheaties, the oldest being 1928, plus 123 clad coins totaling $9.74. I also used my SunRay X-5 five inch coil and...

Went hunting with Earl and Pokie73 this past weekend. I got a 1943 Washington quarter, a 1959 Rosie dime, a .925 silver ring, a goldtone Avon ring, a Sterling silver religious pendant, 9 Wheaties, an 1898 Indian and 187 clad coins totaling $16.96. Happy hunting to all! :beerbuddy:

Went hunting this past weekend with a couple of my hunting buddies. Got a 1942-S Merc at 8 inches <: , three Wheaties, 1917, 1926 & 1944, a spoon that says Alaska Silver on the handle but there is nothing silver about it :crying02: , a No Cash Value token, a Shell Oil Presidential coin and 90...

Here are some photos of my finds from this last weekend. Got a silver Rosie dime, a silver .925 necklace, a silver dragon pendant, four half dollar size brass baseball tokens, a strange looking lead pendant and 112 clad coins totaling $11.36. Happy hunting to all. :beerbuddy:

Had a three day weekend so I loaded up the treasure wagon full of my hunting buddies and we all hit the road. :grouphug: Still ran into some occasional frozen ground but overall it wasn't too bad. First good hit was a 1944-P war nickel at 5 inches. happydance02 It was a solid 12-29 and I was...

Last year at the end of March I had 37 silvers. :happy: This year I only have 10. :thumbsdown: I think my goal of 150 is out the window. 8/ How are you doing so far?

Got up early this morning and took off south with my hunting buddies Earl and Marinedad looking for some diggable turf. After about an hour and a half of driving we found a spot and the Lesche's were smiling. Marinedad and I tuned up our Etrac's and Earl reved up his new CTX 30/30. After about...

I didn't get this one from the McDonald's drive thru! Went south this morning with my hunting buddy Earl. Got to where I thought would be huntable but I was wrong so we kept going south until we found another location. Finally we stopped and had some diggable ground. As soon as we started to...

The last week has been just horrible. I have had a bad cold :sick: and I am having silver withdrawals because the snow is 6 inches deep and it is freezing outside. :frozen: I woke up today feeling a little better so I decided I have to do something with metal detecting to help offset my cabin...

Had to get a February hunt in to keep my 24 consecutive month hunting streak alive in northern Illinois. Took the afternoon off and met up with my buddy Marinedad and we took off south looking for diggable dirt. About five miles from I-80 we found it! <: We didn't have a lot of time to hunt but...

For those of you who haven't noticed I am very glad to say that Dennis is back home and posting comments again. <: Had some extensive testing and got loaded up with medications. :clapping: Best wishes on a successful recovery so he can get back out digging in the spring. Welcome back Pokie...

Heard it was going to be 50 degrees south of I-80 on Saturday so Earl, Marinedad and I packed up around 7:30 am and took off. <: Found a spot around 9 am so we stopped to do a digging test. The ground was just soft enough to dig a nice plug and do no damage so we dropped anchor and dressed for...

Went out yesterday with my hunting buddy Earl for two hours. :detecting: Got a 1961-D Rosie at 8 inches. <: Silver #6 for 2013! Also got a Mickey Mouse pendant at 7 inches. Nothing special just cheap metal. crying01 Also got 32 clad coins totaling $2.44. Happy hunting to all! :beerbuddy:

My hunting buddy Dennis (Pokie73) is in the hospital. It is very serious and we are all wishing him the best. He is a great guy (also Santa!) and a special friend. Wishing him a speedy recovery so he will be back out there with us in the Spring.

Gave myself the day off on Tuesday and headed south with my hunting buddy Marinedad. It was pretty rough going as far as the digging but we managed to hack out a few silvers. We mostly dug where the leaves were thick around the wooded areas. I got a 1942 Merc at 5 inches and a 1948 Rosie at two...

High today was only 29 so my buddy Earl and I took off south for some freestyling. My first good hit was a screaming 12-43, 12-45 at 8 inches. I flipped the plug and after a couple more inches I saw the glimmer. <: My first silver for 2013! A 1906 Barber dime. Then about two hours later I...

Santa brought my camera so here is a test to see if I got it right! The 1904-S Barber half I got in May, 2012.