z118
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I didn't get in as much hunting as I had hoped to this weekend, but I did have some good luck regardless.
I spent several short hunts in a park that I've always ignored due to lousy conditions. I've never been a fan of hunting particularly difficult spots but when they're all you have left you grit your teeth and get after it I guess. The first hunt was encouraging, yielding a few wheats and an older Jefferson nickel. The second was much better - an early signal proved to be three deep nickels in one hole - a '54 Jefferson, a '43 war nickel, and a '29 Buffalo. That was a cool dig! A short while later I pulled a nice sterling Navy ring. This ring hefty but a small size and it is VERY well worn. The hallmarks are from the early 1900's from what I can gather on the web. I'm more than pleased with this ring. A third trip to this spot gave up a '50 Rosie as well as more wheats.
I also hunted a large rural school this weekend built in 1934 but I did not find anything old. The tot lot did give up some clad though.
On Monday the ground was too wet for digging so I gave a local beach on Lake Ontario a try. I don't hunt this spot often due to the sparse good targets but it sure is a pretty place to detect. I found a bit of clad, and odd piece of metal dated April 20, 1869, and some nice bits of shells and sea glass. The clad total was nothing great but I really did enjoy the hunt.
Total for the long weekend was 225 coins worth $19.73 which included 13 wheats, the older nickels, and the silver dime. I'm looking forward to the kids getting back to school and hopefully replenishing the tot lots.
Happy hunting!
I spent several short hunts in a park that I've always ignored due to lousy conditions. I've never been a fan of hunting particularly difficult spots but when they're all you have left you grit your teeth and get after it I guess. The first hunt was encouraging, yielding a few wheats and an older Jefferson nickel. The second was much better - an early signal proved to be three deep nickels in one hole - a '54 Jefferson, a '43 war nickel, and a '29 Buffalo. That was a cool dig! A short while later I pulled a nice sterling Navy ring. This ring hefty but a small size and it is VERY well worn. The hallmarks are from the early 1900's from what I can gather on the web. I'm more than pleased with this ring. A third trip to this spot gave up a '50 Rosie as well as more wheats.
I also hunted a large rural school this weekend built in 1934 but I did not find anything old. The tot lot did give up some clad though.
On Monday the ground was too wet for digging so I gave a local beach on Lake Ontario a try. I don't hunt this spot often due to the sparse good targets but it sure is a pretty place to detect. I found a bit of clad, and odd piece of metal dated April 20, 1869, and some nice bits of shells and sea glass. The clad total was nothing great but I really did enjoy the hunt.
Total for the long weekend was 225 coins worth $19.73 which included 13 wheats, the older nickels, and the silver dime. I'm looking forward to the kids getting back to school and hopefully replenishing the tot lots.
Happy hunting!
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