Tony Two-Cent
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This past weekend I drove up to Wisconsin early on Saturday morning to meet up with Digger Don and DiggerAl for some detecting. We started out at an old church that was built in the 1870s. Don and Al had hunted this site with success previously, but this time I only got one wheatie. However, Don managed to get a first and I'm glad I was there to see it.
From there we moved on to the large park where Don recently found the trime. Finds were sparse for me in this park, but I managed a 1918 Buffalo Nickel and 4 wheat cents. After a while we decided to move on to a park in another town, and right away Don found the only silver coin of the day. (I will let him tell about it.) By 7:00 p.m. it started raining pretty hard so we called it a day and had a nice meal at a family restaurant, then retired for the evening at Don's cottage.
The next day we went back to "Trime Park" and I found 2 more buffalo nickels and 3 wheat cents. We tried another old park in a different town but just got a couple of wheaties there. At about 2:30 p.m. we parted company and I started heading back to Illinois.
On the way home I stopped at "Trade Token Park". I hadn't been back to this park since my first hunt there because it is about 2 hours away from my house, but it was a convenient stop for me on the way back from Wisconsin. I hunted there for about 3 hours and found 1 Indian Head, 2 wheat cents, 2 V Nickels, 1 Barber Dime, 1 Mercury Dime and a Barber Quarter.
Here are all of my coins from this past weekend's hunts:
Here are the buffalo nickels that I found in Wisconsin. They are dated 1913-D, 1917 and 1918:
Here are the three silver coins I found at "Trade Token Park" in Illinois. The 1916-S Merc and the 1899-O Barber Quarter were found in the same general vicinity and they both had some discoloration. The 1909 Barber Dime cleaned up nicely though.
Here are the two V Nickels, 1903 and 1906:
And last but not least are the relics and jewelry items:
I can't thank Don enough for his kindness and hospitality. Not only did he put me up for the night he even bought my dinner on Saturday evening! Thanks a million, Don! It was a fun weekend!
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From there we moved on to the large park where Don recently found the trime. Finds were sparse for me in this park, but I managed a 1918 Buffalo Nickel and 4 wheat cents. After a while we decided to move on to a park in another town, and right away Don found the only silver coin of the day. (I will let him tell about it.) By 7:00 p.m. it started raining pretty hard so we called it a day and had a nice meal at a family restaurant, then retired for the evening at Don's cottage.
The next day we went back to "Trime Park" and I found 2 more buffalo nickels and 3 wheat cents. We tried another old park in a different town but just got a couple of wheaties there. At about 2:30 p.m. we parted company and I started heading back to Illinois.
On the way home I stopped at "Trade Token Park". I hadn't been back to this park since my first hunt there because it is about 2 hours away from my house, but it was a convenient stop for me on the way back from Wisconsin. I hunted there for about 3 hours and found 1 Indian Head, 2 wheat cents, 2 V Nickels, 1 Barber Dime, 1 Mercury Dime and a Barber Quarter.
Here are all of my coins from this past weekend's hunts:
Here are the buffalo nickels that I found in Wisconsin. They are dated 1913-D, 1917 and 1918:
Here are the three silver coins I found at "Trade Token Park" in Illinois. The 1916-S Merc and the 1899-O Barber Quarter were found in the same general vicinity and they both had some discoloration. The 1909 Barber Dime cleaned up nicely though.
Here are the two V Nickels, 1903 and 1906:
And last but not least are the relics and jewelry items:
I can't thank Don enough for his kindness and hospitality. Not only did he put me up for the night he even bought my dinner on Saturday evening! Thanks a million, Don! It was a fun weekend!
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