Fire Fighter 43
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I had asked permission to hunt this church several years ago and received a Big No from the pastor at that time. I recently was driving by the church and noticed it looked as if it might have shut down so I decided to give it another try. I tracked down a care taker who confirmed that the church was no longer in use and he had no problem with me detecting it. I was not even swinging for more than a minute and I got a nice 12-45 at 6 inches and out popped a nice Merc. You can imagine at that point I had high hopes. The first day I spent about 5 hours detecting and walked away with 6 silver coins, 4 Mercs, a Rosie and a no date SLQ. I also found a 1904 Indian and 9 wheats, which several were in the teens. As far as noncoin finds I found three of my favorite finds for the year. The first is a 1936 dog tag from the county I live in. The second is a Sterling Boy Scout ring in a mans size that fits me perfectly. I'm a Scout leader so I actually think I will wear it when I'm in uniform. The 3rd is defiantly my favorite relic of the year. A Elgin Pocket watch. Even though it is toasted I managed to get it open and could read the serial number, it was made in 1903. Here is the info I found from the serial number search.
Serial Number SN Range Quanty Name Year grade size code jewels Adj/reg/etc.
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10696092 10696001 4000 1903 318 0s h3n2p 15j
first run of grade 318; 92 of 101999 in grade
My 3 hour return trip produced a little more variety of coins, one of which is a semi key date SLQ 1918-D. I also found a 1916 Barber dime, 1902 & 1906 Indian, a 1916 Buffalo and 17 wheats.
We have had some great lates season weather here in Wisconsin and I happy I have had the opportunity to take advantage of it for a a couple of hunts.
Serial Number SN Range Quanty Name Year grade size code jewels Adj/reg/etc.
-------------- -------- ------ ---- ---- ----- ---- ------ ------ ------------
10696092 10696001 4000 1903 318 0s h3n2p 15j
first run of grade 318; 92 of 101999 in grade
My 3 hour return trip produced a little more variety of coins, one of which is a semi key date SLQ 1918-D. I also found a 1916 Barber dime, 1902 & 1906 Indian, a 1916 Buffalo and 17 wheats.
We have had some great lates season weather here in Wisconsin and I happy I have had the opportunity to take advantage of it for a a couple of hunts.
erfect10: A nice collection of coins !! Appropriate destiny that the Scout ring was resurrected by you .That is a super ring !! Awesome watch also . :yes:
