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jim tn

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My wife and I spent another ten days up in north central Minnesota and was it ever great. Left here with a heat index of well over 100 and arrived up there to 78 degree temps. and low humidity.

Although I did split my hunting time between my LTD and an Omega 8000, which I had just gotten right before we left for the northland, the LTD did get used some fifteen or so hours on an old fairgrounds and one city park. Silver was a bit more elusive, with both detectors, then it some times is on some of our other trips up there, but the LTD, none the less, gave me a few keepers.

From one small city park the LTD sniffed out 1 deep 1912 Barber dime and a 1901 IH cent and a couple of wheats. Oh, and a neat 1924 Canada one cent coin. From the old fairgrounds the only silver coin I could muster this trip with the LTD was a 45d war nickel. Got 2 war's with the Omega, too. The LTD made up for its lack of silver, though, by sniffing out 3 more IH cents, (1893 1900, 1904) 2 Buffalo (no date) nickels and 7 wheats.

Between the Omega and LTD, I also managed 27 clad quarters, 16 clad dimes, 5 nickels, 6 fair tokens, numerous cents and several items of junk jewelry. Most of these coins were still nestled in the grass as the fair had just finished a few days earlier.

I usually hunted in BP, disc.0, sen. in the 80's and 4h tone. The IH cents all came in in the 2nd and 3rd tone. Usually, a mix of each. For the most part, vdi's were in the 60's, but jumpy. This site being well over 100 year's old, however, is non stop sifting through the trash hunting, and most good targets are usually co-located with some sort of trash. And, the depths of the IH cents were from 4" to 6" deep.

HH jim tn
 
Sounds like you had a good trip, with great results!!
 
I'm glad you have the LTD. Man that's some good finds non the less.
Keep us posted on all the unusual finds with the LTD.
 
n/t
 
gman, do go out and find you an old one. They are remarkable spots to hunt. They are virtually impossible to hunt out. This particular one is situated in a setting that most of us can only dream about. Its about 112 years old, sets in a rural setting where no town within a 40 or so mile radius has a population of more then 3200. When I first started hunting it some twenty or so years ago now, I highly suspected my coil may well have been the first swung on the site. And just up until recent years, I believe the same held true. For many years an outing of a couple hours or so always yielded several silvers, in addition to IH's, wheats, Buffalo nickels and the occasional V. Yep, go out and find you one! I can't wait to get back to it, myself. HH jim tn
 
i have one here in mass where circuses have been held since the mid 1800's..huge place in acreage and flat as a table top!
being used as a baseball field these days,and hunted to death,however the sheer size of this place guarantees it will never be hunted out!
generally one will sweep for 2 or three hours and get one or possibly two coins,but ohhh!..what coins they will be!..usually seated,or early barbers,or mercs!

(h.h!)
j.t.
 
Barbers are the oldest types of silver I've gotten from the old Mn grounds. One in Columbus Ga back in the early 90's did yield me 2 seated coins. That one also was a pretty remarkable site. Love those old fairgrounds. HH jim tn
 
poppin' early seated or bust surely gets the blood movin'..love to see that old stuff in the hole!
wish everybody could get a chance to hunt here in new england!..we go way back!

(h.h!)
j.t.
 
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