One Yard / Three Keepers & some Wheats

[Digger Don]

I stopped after work last night and hunted one yard for a little over an hour.

About 15 minutes into the hunt, I dug an 1899 Barber Dime about 6 inches deep. 20 minutes later I got a 1945 Merc about 5 inches deep. Things slowed down after that, but just as I was getting ready to call it a day, I got a solid 12-11 at about 7 inches. When I got down to 9 inches, there it was, a 1905 V Nickel. Not bad for an hour and a half.
I ended up with 6 Wheats as well.

Just for the record, I went back to the same neighborhood today for about 2 hours. Got 6 more Wheats and nothing else.

 

[Ronandari]

You make Illinois look like a groovy place to hunt Don. Nice finds in those yards. I found my first V nickel yesterday but is nowhere near the conditions yours is in.
Happy hunting.

 

[aloldstuff]

WTG on getting all those keepers in such a short time. The V looks pretty good.

 

[Ill Digger]

Killer after work hunt Don! :thumbsup02:
A couple silvers and a V? Sweet!
Congrats! :grin:
Ones even a 1800's silver! Gotta love it!

 

[Lodge Scent]

Man, you just keep plugging along and piling up the finds :congrats:

 

[Nesdore]

Wow nice hunt Don nice barber dime and really like that V nickel still haven't got my coil over one of those but I will HH

 

[Pastpursuits]

Great hunt Don!:congrats:
Love the Silvers, V and W pennies!!!

 

[Digger Don]

You make Illinois look like a groovy place to hunt Don. Nice finds in those yards. I found my first V nickel yesterday but is nowhere near the conditions yours is in.
Happy hunting.

Thanks Ron. I love hunting Illinois. The soil here is good to the buried coins. ( most of the time) and the home owners are pretty good at giving permissions.
Congrats on your first of many V Nickel

 

[wisconsin digger]

Nice hunt. Your right all the coins look to be in great shape. WD

 

[Ronandari]

Here is a comparison for you Don. I'd say your soil in Illinois is pretty sweet
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[Dan]

Great hunt Don....sweet Barber!

 

[MangoAve]

You make Illinois look like a groovy place to hunt Don.

Yeah, why haven't I pulled up anything like that here? Altho, one permission I have been to three times but couldn't hunt yet as they weren't home. ugh. Congrats on pulling up a lot of silver lately, and that barber has nice detail.

 

[Fire Fighter 43]

Congrats on a nice hunt, WTG.