Wife and oldest daughter are huge soccer fans so when the Professional women's soccer league started back up and St. Louis got a team they were very excited. Had to go to the inaugural game on Saturday in Edwardsville IL. That is a 4 hour drive for me so the only way I agreed was if I could stop off at Forest Park for 3 hours of hunting. Fair enough?
Well, my 3 hour hunt got severely diminished once we got to the park at was stuck in a traffic jam.... IN THE PARK. It was absolutely nuts. it took me exactly 1 hour
to get to the zoo area where my wife and kids were going to hang out while I hunted. 1 freakin hour once we entered the park. I was fuming. My precious time was slipping away and I knew we would have to leave earlier to fight traffic getting out.
So anyways, my 3 hours was cut down to about 90 minutes on the hill by the zoo. It was so trashy there that I got multiple signals each sweep and my 6" excelerator was at home
My only choice was to slow down clear my head and enjoy what i could.
Through the trash I was able to pick out 2 wheat cents and a couple silver roosies. Not bad for a short hunt.
I am happy anytime I find silver but knowing what that park is capable of producing, I was a little disappointed I couldn't scare up at least 1 old coin.
Well, my 3 hour hunt got severely diminished once we got to the park at was stuck in a traffic jam.... IN THE PARK. It was absolutely nuts. it took me exactly 1 hour
to get to the zoo area where my wife and kids were going to hang out while I hunted. 1 freakin hour once we entered the park. I was fuming. My precious time was slipping away and I knew we would have to leave earlier to fight traffic getting out.So anyways, my 3 hours was cut down to about 90 minutes on the hill by the zoo. It was so trashy there that I got multiple signals each sweep and my 6" excelerator was at home
My only choice was to slow down clear my head and enjoy what i could. Through the trash I was able to pick out 2 wheat cents and a couple silver roosies. Not bad for a short hunt.
I am happy anytime I find silver but knowing what that park is capable of producing, I was a little disappointed I couldn't scare up at least 1 old coin.
I've hunted out there religiously for over 20 years and its hard for me to scare up any silver anymore. Take care and HH, Mike.
saving you a trip all the way home to get them?????