Met up with "a buddy yesterday...and we headed to one of the parks we gave up on a year or so ago.
We only had 3 hours so I didn't call Guvner for such a short hunt. It's probably a good thing too because he would have more than likely messed up our karma anyway.
He has a nack of digging something up 2 feet away from you and messing up your day by gloating about it.
He has also been known to get into scuffles with senior citizens at restaurants
Anyway...over the next 3 hours...neither one of us would dig a wheatie...but we did get 4 silver between us
He told me to pick a good spot to start because I always seem to find something pretty quick.
This day was no different because my very first signal was an iffy deepie...but decent enough for me to give it a shot.
I dug down over 8" and ran the probe. I was surprised when it sang...and the target was still a ways down.
I dug a big chunk of dirt out...and from nearly 11" down
...out popped a clump with a brown/black coin on edge sticking out...and I mean on edge.
Now if Guvner would have found it...he would have given himself credit for an extra 1/2" of depth like he did when he found a Barber half on edge a couple of weeks ago.
Since I found it though...I have to say my buddy and I measured it and it was right at 10 1/2" deep to the top edge of the coin. 11" to the bottom edge though
I picked up what I thought was a wheatie so we could see the date on it since it was so deep.
After rubbing it a little though...I saw the glint of silver.
I thought "no way"...but then what I was sure was a wheatie...ended up being a Barber dime with a hard blackish/brown tarnish coated over it.
You can see in the pic of the uncleaned coins...you can't even tell it's a silver coin. In fact the back never did clean up.
What a pleasant surprise it was though...to see the silver peek through the outermost edge of the rusted, tarnished crud.
It was a 1902 Barber dime.
About 45 minutes later my buddy called me over to watch him dig a plug.
I chuckled as he popped out a big chunk of crap...cussed a little...then chucked it towards the garbage dumpster.
His grumbling stopped though when he instictively ran the probe one more time before filling in the hole...and the probe sang AGAIN!
From about 8" down..and next to the big chunk of crap came the 1897 Barber dime he found.
We then hunted another hour or so...each finding one merc...but no wheaties.
I also got a big silver cross which I hacked
...a smashed sterling silver band...then a sweet sterling filagree cross by a set of old volleyball poles.
The oddball neat find of the day was the big 3" piece I found with the indian chief in full headdress engraved on it.
I have no clue what it is...so I scanned it dirty first.
I then rinsed it and took another pic of it.
About 1/2" from the bottom it has the word CHIEF in big letters. Any idea as to what it is?
I wonder if it couldn't possibly be the old emblem off of an antique Indian motorcycle??
Thanks for viewing...and good luck on your next hunt.
We only had 3 hours so I didn't call Guvner for such a short hunt. It's probably a good thing too because he would have more than likely messed up our karma anyway.
He has a nack of digging something up 2 feet away from you and messing up your day by gloating about it.
He has also been known to get into scuffles with senior citizens at restaurants
Anyway...over the next 3 hours...neither one of us would dig a wheatie...but we did get 4 silver between us
He told me to pick a good spot to start because I always seem to find something pretty quick.
This day was no different because my very first signal was an iffy deepie...but decent enough for me to give it a shot.
I dug down over 8" and ran the probe. I was surprised when it sang...and the target was still a ways down.
I dug a big chunk of dirt out...and from nearly 11" down
...out popped a clump with a brown/black coin on edge sticking out...and I mean on edge.Now if Guvner would have found it...he would have given himself credit for an extra 1/2" of depth like he did when he found a Barber half on edge a couple of weeks ago.
Since I found it though...I have to say my buddy and I measured it and it was right at 10 1/2" deep to the top edge of the coin. 11" to the bottom edge though
I picked up what I thought was a wheatie so we could see the date on it since it was so deep.
After rubbing it a little though...I saw the glint of silver.
I thought "no way"...but then what I was sure was a wheatie...ended up being a Barber dime with a hard blackish/brown tarnish coated over it.
You can see in the pic of the uncleaned coins...you can't even tell it's a silver coin. In fact the back never did clean up.
What a pleasant surprise it was though...to see the silver peek through the outermost edge of the rusted, tarnished crud.
It was a 1902 Barber dime.
About 45 minutes later my buddy called me over to watch him dig a plug.
I chuckled as he popped out a big chunk of crap...cussed a little...then chucked it towards the garbage dumpster.
His grumbling stopped though when he instictively ran the probe one more time before filling in the hole...and the probe sang AGAIN!
From about 8" down..and next to the big chunk of crap came the 1897 Barber dime he found.
We then hunted another hour or so...each finding one merc...but no wheaties.
I also got a big silver cross which I hacked
...a smashed sterling silver band...then a sweet sterling filagree cross by a set of old volleyball poles.The oddball neat find of the day was the big 3" piece I found with the indian chief in full headdress engraved on it.
I have no clue what it is...so I scanned it dirty first.
I then rinsed it and took another pic of it.
About 1/2" from the bottom it has the word CHIEF in big letters. Any idea as to what it is?
I wonder if it couldn't possibly be the old emblem off of an antique Indian motorcycle??
Thanks for viewing...and good luck on your next hunt.
