Since we were finally blessed with some rain and slightly "cooler" temps (It was only 84 today 
). I made my way out to an old picnic area for some detecting. This place is about as far off the beaten path as you can get, so just about everything I dig there dates from the late 1800's to about 1925. The bugs were thick and the overgrown grass was thicker, but I managed a few nice finds. Total time spent hunting was about 3 1/2 hours and I ended up with 3 Indians (1865, 1888, and 1889) 2 Wheaties (1911, 1919D), a 1909 V Nickel and a 1908 Barber dime. I also found a small gold plated pin, and a gold plated back off a button which was made by Krementz.
As you can see the soil is not very copper friendly :sad: The Indians were totally encrusted, but it only took about 60 seconds in boiling peroxide to destroy my hopes of one of them being a 1877
). I made my way out to an old picnic area for some detecting. This place is about as far off the beaten path as you can get, so just about everything I dig there dates from the late 1800's to about 1925. The bugs were thick and the overgrown grass was thicker, but I managed a few nice finds. Total time spent hunting was about 3 1/2 hours and I ended up with 3 Indians (1865, 1888, and 1889) 2 Wheaties (1911, 1919D), a 1909 V Nickel and a 1908 Barber dime. I also found a small gold plated pin, and a gold plated back off a button which was made by Krementz.As you can see the soil is not very copper friendly :sad: The Indians were totally encrusted, but it only took about 60 seconds in boiling peroxide to destroy my hopes of one of them being a 1877
