You will also want to read Ron's posts about his St. Paul trip this last weekend. This hunt wouldn't of been possible without him.
I ended up contacting Chicago Ron when I saw he was in town. I don't live very far from the twin cities and thought it would be great together.
We planned on hooking up early Monday morning because Ron needed to leave about 10:30am. The previous night I got little to no sleep because of a foster dog we currently are taking care of...Bob can attest to how this effects the whole household. The dog basically barks all night, no matter what you do. Anyway, I got a late start Monday morning thanks to the dog, before I could roll out of bed my job called me to handle something (I forgot I was on call this week) I hold an IT Support role that consists of me being on call every 6 weeks or so...and this week was my lucky week. Since Monday was a Holiday, none of my other IT co-workers were in the office, so the responsibility landed on my head.
During the drama in the morning, I spoke with Ron cause we planned on meeting at a park in Minneapolis that I suggested we hunt at. Now I am not the type of guy that hides my hot spots, if you come hunting with me, I will bring you to were I produce the most (grant it, it may not always be "silver city", but its the best I got). Until just recently I have not hunted the twin cities much at all. I usually would head way out in small towns and hit podunk parks. But Bob opened my eyes up to these "hunted out" parks and just in the last two weeks I have dug a few very nice finds including two Barber quarters in one day. So my point to this is, when I heard Ron was in town and we spoke, I advised he meet me at my hot spot down there. The park is large and still holds some goodies, but they are farther and few between, plus the digging is TOUGH out there, you practically need a chisel sometimes to dig a good plug. But hey, this is where I found stuff, so why not.
Ron didn't have much luck at my "hot spot", but the kicker is this, he gets out here for a days and finds an even better place to hunt then I have...I have lived here for over 10 years and this "Genie of the Lamp" swoops on thru and produces magic in one afternoon. I love it. He being equally unselfish directs me to that park so we could hunt out there together. By the time I got there we only 1 hour to hunt together because of my crazy morning. But hey that was behind me and I can't change the past, its time to hunt. Plus it was easy to put on my game face because as I pull up Ron is in the process of digging a nice Barber quarter. Take a read at Ron's post to see what he dug, he has some great pics and video clips also.
20 minutes into the hunt I get a nice screaming silver sound, dig down only 4 or 5 inches and was amazed to see Liberty herself sitting down!!!!!!!! Heck ya, this was my first seated dime ever, and man was I pumped and excited. I dabbed off the dirt and read 1884. This coin is in amazing condition, I couldn't believe it, wow. My heart was pounding and I just sat there for a moment, I went over to Ron who was hunting on the other side of the park to show him my find. He was so cool and could tell how excited I was. It was an awesome moment. I was shaking and he took a nice little video clip of the moment. Ron is one of those type of guys who is truly happy for another when they get a good find, heck he has found so many amazing things in his time I could never compete. Thanks for sharing the moment with me bud, that was awesome!
I didn't find much else in the little remaining time we had together. I saw Ron off, as he was headed back to Chicago and I wished him a safe travel home. THANKS RON for everything, I had a great time.
I naturally had no intention of leaving this park and wanted to see if I could pull another goodie.
Well I ended up digging a 1870 injun at 7 inches down and shortly after that a 1926 Merc. I was only able to stay about 1 hour after Ron left cause I received a call from a friend who needed me. So as much as I wanted to stay the remaining of the day, my friend needed me more at that time. I will be back to hunt another day.
Later that night however when I got home I looked up the 1870 injun in my coin book, the really cool thing is there were a few years where the "N" in CENT as in ONE CENT, could have two different varieties, meaning the "N" could be Shallow or Bolded. I believe my is the variety of Shallow cause when I tip the coin at an angle, it appears to be less predominant then the other letters.
The injun is really dirty and after running it over water its not much cleaner than how it came out of the ground...so I ask all of you
How do I clean up an Indian Head penny? I scanned it as it, but would love to clean it up and scan it again.
Once again thanks Ron! Happy hunting to all and thanks for reading.
~Michelob
I ended up contacting Chicago Ron when I saw he was in town. I don't live very far from the twin cities and thought it would be great together.
We planned on hooking up early Monday morning because Ron needed to leave about 10:30am. The previous night I got little to no sleep because of a foster dog we currently are taking care of...Bob can attest to how this effects the whole household. The dog basically barks all night, no matter what you do. Anyway, I got a late start Monday morning thanks to the dog, before I could roll out of bed my job called me to handle something (I forgot I was on call this week) I hold an IT Support role that consists of me being on call every 6 weeks or so...and this week was my lucky week. Since Monday was a Holiday, none of my other IT co-workers were in the office, so the responsibility landed on my head.
During the drama in the morning, I spoke with Ron cause we planned on meeting at a park in Minneapolis that I suggested we hunt at. Now I am not the type of guy that hides my hot spots, if you come hunting with me, I will bring you to were I produce the most (grant it, it may not always be "silver city", but its the best I got). Until just recently I have not hunted the twin cities much at all. I usually would head way out in small towns and hit podunk parks. But Bob opened my eyes up to these "hunted out" parks and just in the last two weeks I have dug a few very nice finds including two Barber quarters in one day. So my point to this is, when I heard Ron was in town and we spoke, I advised he meet me at my hot spot down there. The park is large and still holds some goodies, but they are farther and few between, plus the digging is TOUGH out there, you practically need a chisel sometimes to dig a good plug. But hey, this is where I found stuff, so why not.
Ron didn't have much luck at my "hot spot", but the kicker is this, he gets out here for a days and finds an even better place to hunt then I have...I have lived here for over 10 years and this "Genie of the Lamp" swoops on thru and produces magic in one afternoon. I love it. He being equally unselfish directs me to that park so we could hunt out there together. By the time I got there we only 1 hour to hunt together because of my crazy morning. But hey that was behind me and I can't change the past, its time to hunt. Plus it was easy to put on my game face because as I pull up Ron is in the process of digging a nice Barber quarter. Take a read at Ron's post to see what he dug, he has some great pics and video clips also.
20 minutes into the hunt I get a nice screaming silver sound, dig down only 4 or 5 inches and was amazed to see Liberty herself sitting down!!!!!!!! Heck ya, this was my first seated dime ever, and man was I pumped and excited. I dabbed off the dirt and read 1884. This coin is in amazing condition, I couldn't believe it, wow. My heart was pounding and I just sat there for a moment, I went over to Ron who was hunting on the other side of the park to show him my find. He was so cool and could tell how excited I was. It was an awesome moment. I was shaking and he took a nice little video clip of the moment. Ron is one of those type of guys who is truly happy for another when they get a good find, heck he has found so many amazing things in his time I could never compete. Thanks for sharing the moment with me bud, that was awesome!
I didn't find much else in the little remaining time we had together. I saw Ron off, as he was headed back to Chicago and I wished him a safe travel home. THANKS RON for everything, I had a great time.
I naturally had no intention of leaving this park and wanted to see if I could pull another goodie.
Well I ended up digging a 1870 injun at 7 inches down and shortly after that a 1926 Merc. I was only able to stay about 1 hour after Ron left cause I received a call from a friend who needed me. So as much as I wanted to stay the remaining of the day, my friend needed me more at that time. I will be back to hunt another day.
Later that night however when I got home I looked up the 1870 injun in my coin book, the really cool thing is there were a few years where the "N" in CENT as in ONE CENT, could have two different varieties, meaning the "N" could be Shallow or Bolded. I believe my is the variety of Shallow cause when I tip the coin at an angle, it appears to be less predominant then the other letters.
The injun is really dirty and after running it over water its not much cleaner than how it came out of the ground...so I ask all of you
How do I clean up an Indian Head penny? I scanned it as it, but would love to clean it up and scan it again.
Once again thanks Ron! Happy hunting to all and thanks for reading.
~Michelob
