wisconsin digger
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As planned the weather was nice so I got two long hunts in yesterday and today. Yesterday I made a road trip to another park that showed evidence of a ballfield that was present in the 30's but just open grass today. the research was right as I found a handful of older coins right where the picture showed the field but the coins were scarce. Managed a couple of wheats and 2 Rosies which brought me to 798 for 4 years of hunting. Today was the perfect day so I headed to the ballfield only 10 or so miles from my house in hopes of hitting 800. Things were going a little slow with a couple of wheats and some clad. I headed out to the outfield and things continued to be slow. I got a decent 12-44 with a little depth and dug a late '60's dime. Just 6" to the left I got what looked like the same signal only a tad shallower. Pulled the plug and loosened some dirt in the hole and saw big silver. This was a 12-44 so I was not expecting silver much less a half. When I wiped the dirt off I could not believe it was a Barber. I have not found one of those in 40+ years. I filled the plug and got a weak signal between the Barber half and where I found the clad dime. This coin was a tad deeper and turned out to be a Merc and number 800. Took a while but two iffy signals got me to the milestone. Hunted a bit more and managed another Merc. All in all a great hunt. If the weather holds I may get a few more hunts in but I am ready for hibernation now as that was a great finish. Keep swinging Wisconsin Digger
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erfect10: Big congrats on the Barber half as well :groovy: