Tony Two-Cent
Administrator
[size=36pt]IOWA
Jkress and Rgorman were nice enough to invite me up to Iowa for a day of metal detecting on Saturday. I have always wanted to meet Joe and do some metal detecting with him, and we were finally able to make it happen! I had hunted with Rgorman (Ron) earlier this year in Wisconsin. It was good to see Ron again. We met at a park at about 9:15 a.m. The old coins were hiding from us at this first park but I did manage a 1918-S Mercury Dime that was only 3 deep.
After a while we decided to move on to a larger park, and at this site the old coins started popping up. I got 2 Mercs, 2 Rosies and 15 wheat cents. When we took a break for lunch I had a pork loin sandwich that was to die for at Hy-Vee, and Joe even bought my lunch! Thanks again, Joe! Next time I'm buying!
We went back to the same large park after the lunch break and all three of us ended up with silver. Ron had the find of the day, but I will let him tell about it. (Not a coin.) It was a very fun day and I had a blast. The weather was absolutely perfect. It was great meeting Joe finally, and nice to hunt with Ron again. We said our goodbyes as the sun was setting and I headed back to my hotel. I really look forward to hunting with Joe and Ron again someday.
By the way, thanks for the pink gloves, Ron! lol
Here are my finds from Iowa:
The silvers from Iowa:
[size=36pt]Illinois
This morning I checked out of my hotel early and drove back to Silver Park. I started hunting there at about 9:00 a.m. and hunted until 4:45 p.m. I guess this park is starting to show the signs of me hunting it so much as the silvers weren't exactly jumping out of the ground into my pouch today. Neverthless, I ended up getting 6 more silver coins out of this park, all of them Mercs. I also got 23 wheat cents and a no date Buffalo Nickel. That makes 46 total silvers out of this park in four hunts, and also puts me at 150 silvers for the year.
Here are my finds from Silver Park today:
And today's silvers:
Just for my amusement I sorted the wheat cents by decade and once again there are NONE from the 1950s.
All of the silvers from this weekend:
Thanks for looking and happy hunting! :beerbuddy:
Jkress and Rgorman were nice enough to invite me up to Iowa for a day of metal detecting on Saturday. I have always wanted to meet Joe and do some metal detecting with him, and we were finally able to make it happen! I had hunted with Rgorman (Ron) earlier this year in Wisconsin. It was good to see Ron again. We met at a park at about 9:15 a.m. The old coins were hiding from us at this first park but I did manage a 1918-S Mercury Dime that was only 3 deep.
After a while we decided to move on to a larger park, and at this site the old coins started popping up. I got 2 Mercs, 2 Rosies and 15 wheat cents. When we took a break for lunch I had a pork loin sandwich that was to die for at Hy-Vee, and Joe even bought my lunch! Thanks again, Joe! Next time I'm buying!
We went back to the same large park after the lunch break and all three of us ended up with silver. Ron had the find of the day, but I will let him tell about it. (Not a coin.) It was a very fun day and I had a blast. The weather was absolutely perfect. It was great meeting Joe finally, and nice to hunt with Ron again. We said our goodbyes as the sun was setting and I headed back to my hotel. I really look forward to hunting with Joe and Ron again someday.
By the way, thanks for the pink gloves, Ron! lol
Here are my finds from Iowa:
The silvers from Iowa:
[size=36pt]Illinois
This morning I checked out of my hotel early and drove back to Silver Park. I started hunting there at about 9:00 a.m. and hunted until 4:45 p.m. I guess this park is starting to show the signs of me hunting it so much as the silvers weren't exactly jumping out of the ground into my pouch today. Neverthless, I ended up getting 6 more silver coins out of this park, all of them Mercs. I also got 23 wheat cents and a no date Buffalo Nickel. That makes 46 total silvers out of this park in four hunts, and also puts me at 150 silvers for the year.
Here are my finds from Silver Park today:
And today's silvers:
Just for my amusement I sorted the wheat cents by decade and once again there are NONE from the 1950s.
All of the silvers from this weekend:
Thanks for looking and happy hunting! :beerbuddy:
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