What a great week. My cousin Bob aka DrBobinMo came to visit for a few days of hunting. We had a BLAST and I always love spending time with him not matter what we are doing, especially detecting. This trip was especially neat because we had very little home obligations and were able to go hunting and hang out together without many interruptions.
We hunted a variety of parks and even a school. Bob was extremely helpful on the research end of things and I learned a ton. We did a whole mess of recon missions to various locations and I now have a handful of places within a 45 minute drive that I can hunt anytime. Thanks Bob!
So keep in mind this was not a 5 full days of hunting parks that produce, but a full 5 days of hunting many many locations to find locations for me for the future.
With that said, I did have a personal best week ever, although who knows what I would of ended up with if we had stayed at the places that produced.
Anyway, just a few weeks ago I got my first multiple Barber day (two dimes), this week I had another multiple Barber day, but this time they weren't dimes
but two Barber Quarters!!! The first one (1904 Barber Quarter) I dug was at 7 inches deep and read very nice. In that same area we were pulling injuns from that time frame and once I heard the sweet sound of silver, I just knew I had something special even before I dug it.
The second Barber Quarter was found at another park where we had been digging coins from the 20's and 30's. I got one of my Merc's and a Rosie there and a handful of Wheaties and as it turned to nightfall, we continued to hunt there trying to squeeze out a few more swings. I got a deep 3 way signal that sounded sweet and as I was digging the plug Bob came over and helped me because it was so dark we could barely see. He re-pinpointed it for me and confirmed it was still in the middle of the whole at about 7 plus inches, so Bob gets down and spots the coin at the bottom of the whole and says "Your not going to believe this...you got another Barber Quarter (1899) - Way to go Michelob!!!" I was amazed and literally fell over with joy. Wow what a feeling. That day I totaled 5 silver coins my personal best - the 2 Barber Quarters of course, a Rosie and 2 Mercs oh and also 3 injuns It was so cool to have Bob there sharing the experience with me. I will never forget it.
Thanks Bob for an amazing trip!
My totals for the week were:
2 Barber Quarters - 1899, 1904
6 Mercs - 1925, 1936, 1939, Two - 1942's (and yes I checked them both for the strike 42/41 - no luck), 1943
1 Rosie - 1950
6 Injuns - 1891, 1899, Two - 1903's, 1906, 1909
1914 - Canada One Cent
50 plus Wheaties - I lost count
We hunted a variety of parks and even a school. Bob was extremely helpful on the research end of things and I learned a ton. We did a whole mess of recon missions to various locations and I now have a handful of places within a 45 minute drive that I can hunt anytime. Thanks Bob!
So keep in mind this was not a 5 full days of hunting parks that produce, but a full 5 days of hunting many many locations to find locations for me for the future.
With that said, I did have a personal best week ever, although who knows what I would of ended up with if we had stayed at the places that produced.
Anyway, just a few weeks ago I got my first multiple Barber day (two dimes), this week I had another multiple Barber day, but this time they weren't dimes
but two Barber Quarters!!! The first one (1904 Barber Quarter) I dug was at 7 inches deep and read very nice. In that same area we were pulling injuns from that time frame and once I heard the sweet sound of silver, I just knew I had something special even before I dug it. The second Barber Quarter was found at another park where we had been digging coins from the 20's and 30's. I got one of my Merc's and a Rosie there and a handful of Wheaties and as it turned to nightfall, we continued to hunt there trying to squeeze out a few more swings. I got a deep 3 way signal that sounded sweet and as I was digging the plug Bob came over and helped me because it was so dark we could barely see. He re-pinpointed it for me and confirmed it was still in the middle of the whole at about 7 plus inches, so Bob gets down and spots the coin at the bottom of the whole and says "Your not going to believe this...you got another Barber Quarter (1899) - Way to go Michelob!!!" I was amazed and literally fell over with joy. Wow what a feeling. That day I totaled 5 silver coins my personal best - the 2 Barber Quarters of course, a Rosie and 2 Mercs oh and also 3 injuns
It was so cool to have Bob there sharing the experience with me. I will never forget it.Thanks Bob for an amazing trip!
My totals for the week were:
2 Barber Quarters - 1899, 1904
6 Mercs - 1925, 1936, 1939, Two - 1942's (and yes I checked them both for the strike 42/41 - no luck), 1943
1 Rosie - 1950
6 Injuns - 1891, 1899, Two - 1903's, 1906, 1909
1914 - Canada One Cent
50 plus Wheaties - I lost count
AWESOME..HH...PHIL
next time you come to Missouri