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    A Little Silver Today, Coins & Ringy-Dingy

    Well, I was on my way to hunt around the fields and creek around the CCC built picnic area in the Gila. An irrestible urge caused the Plymouth to turn off into a pull out just before the picnic areas. I just found a few copper pennies among the eclectic mixture of Deer & Javalina remains, an...
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    Last 2 Days Hunts, Local Parks, Token, Clad, Crud

    Felt like pulling some coins, so I spent some time at a local park, along the creek, and around the old train depot. Pulled a bunch of coins, 50 of the pennies came from a spill found in an alley near the old train station. Most of the rest came from the park. Total of 155 coins, $4.75 total...
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    A Few Ghost Town Finds from Friday

    I thought I'd spend Friday the 13th in the company of some ghosts, so headed back up to Fierro. I hunted around a couple of ruins and located the old jail. Found a few relics, not too much to brag about, but as it's quiet in the forums..... I like the broad axe - it looks like he used the axe...
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    Camping - Picnic Grove Hunt Thursday

    I decided to hunt another area that had been mentioned in old newspapers as a picnic site, near the semi-ghost town of Pinos Altos. It's still in use as a campground and turned out to be very trashy with tons of flat rusted bottlecaps, bullets, campfire aluminum, etc. I dug 65 coins, just one...
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    A Field of Wheats & a Little Silver

    I hit a random spot in the Woods today and got lucky with 10 Wheaties and a Silver 1935 Mercury Dime, well worn but still beautiful! Most of the coins were a pocket spill under a Juniper along a dry creek. The Duck pin was found across the creek in an old road. It seems to be Copper, made by...
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    Amazing Where Silver Turns Up!

    I went looking for the site of a late 1800s picnic. I had noted a reference in an old paper for the "Picnic on the Prairie", with a general location. I was out about half way between BFE and a ghost town (Georgetown - private property, too bad). Did some sniffing around in a few clearings, & was...
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    Ghost Town Keeps It's Secrets

    Got a few hours in at the ghost town Sunday. Mighty trashy, but found an old axe head that I'm happy with. Couldn't buy an old coin, it's either been pounded or they're hiding under all the iron. Just a few 60's and up hunter drops, the remains of a souvenir spoon of the Battleship Maine, sunk...
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    Tuesday's Finds at Penny Park

    Went out hoping for more tokens and such, but had another good clad day. 87 coins for a total of $4.12. Numerous early 60s pennies. One nice little 1940 wheat penny with gold toning, shown as it came out of the ground. One possible token; a 1 5/8" diameter copper disc, has a slight curve to it...
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    Coin Flood Revisited

    Felt like pulling some change outta the dirt today, so hit the creek bank (pun intended). Pulled 90 coins in about 2 1/2 hours, just one lonesome 1956-D Wheatie in the mix. Some early 60s pennies, not sure of most of the dates until I get a tumbler :rolleyes: Pretty sure there's no silver...
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    A Few Meager Ghost Town Diggings from Saturday

    Well, once I had ascertained that there were no children down the bunny shaft, I could get down to a bit of detecting. I spent too much time hiking the area (I'm prone to explorer-itis, what's over this hill...) The iron and aluminum trash is so thick that I decided to just work the perimeter...
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    Reconnaissance Mission to Ghost Town

    I headed up to a semi-ghost town named Fierro today. A friend had mentioned that there is a little chapel with a picnic grove near it. The chapel and picnic area was a bust, looks like more drinkin' & shooting going on than praying. I did take a hike around the grounds, though, and found several...
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    A Walk in the Park & a Couple Little Treats :tongue:

    Spent some more time in the litlle park today, was doing OK on clad in the skateboard area until the young delinquents showed up. Decided to work the volleyball court / city dump area :ranting:, hoping for something that glitters. The finds speak for themselves, though I spared you about a...
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    The Hunt of My Dreams....NOT

    Decided to hit the gravel parking lot at an older park, since we had a little snow & slush that melted off. The lot is usually like concrete, so I thought it would be a good time to pry a few coins out. Man, I gotta move to a richer area, 51 pennies to 1 quarter :veryangry: I did find a little...
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    I'm Not Leaving Until I Find Some SILVER!!

    Made me work for it, finally checking a dirt patch behind a shed, BLING! Just a 1957 (good year to be born in, cough) Washington Quarter, but in pretty nice shape. Found a couple wheaties, 1944 D & 1945 D. I was working on the small areas that are open while they rebuild the little park that I...
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    Does This Count as a Find??

    Doing some cross country bushwacking yesterday and found a Leatherman Wave in the bushes. If it counts as a find, I guess it was an OK day. Otherwise, lots of horseshoes, shells & cartridges, and a iron buckle, finial??, chain, and harness bits. It's all good, got the heart rate up and had a...
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    Amazing What You Can Find On An Abandoned Road!

    My research found that what was once a busy road was re-routed and the old route is no longer used. I decided to give it a try yesterday. It passed near Fort Bayard, which was active from 1866 - 1899, and is now a Military Medical Center and historic site. So I figured that there had been lots...
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    Wednesday's Hunt, Caterpillar Fob Pendant...

    I spent several hours working around the edges of the closed park where I found the Barber Half last week. Got a couple bucks in clad, some odds and ends. a bunch of fodder for the recycling bins and my favorite finds, a Bronze (?) Caterpillar watch fob pendant (it would have been on a leather...
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    Snagged a Token Today!

    I got a couple hours in at a local park today and snarfed my first token! It's from the Charles Burg Saloon in Canby, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, which operated from 1898 - 1912. Good for 5 cents at the bar. I wonder how far 5 cents got you back then??? I was happy to find it, as it's my...
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    Was Having a Slow Week, and THEN...

    Yesterday, I was driving past a little park that I've been wanting to hunt. It used to have some neat community-built play structures for the kids until the local crack-heads burned it down a couple of years ago. Been fenced off and off limits since then, but I see they've cleared and graded it...
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    Couple Meager Hunts, Managed a Rosie & Wheatie, though.

    Hit a local park on Sunday, found some clad and a lonely 1964 Silver Rosie Dime (my first silver from this park, though!) - also a kid's copper ring. Yesterday, Monday, I was convinced that I'd find some old goodness in an old disused ballpark in a little mining town about 15 miles from here...
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