bruce01364
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Hit an old fairground this weekend. Didn't expect to find much so was surprised when I got a barber dime only about 2 inches deep. Near the end of the day I found another at about 3 inches. Figured there were more so went again sunday. After about 8 hours and 100 holes later I had 2 more. Plus a lot of junk. I think I found enough modern coins to pay for my gas though.
But here's the kicker. After about 3 hours into the hunt sunday I found my first barber for the day and a little while later a car pulls up and the guy asks how I'm doing. I show him the dime. I told him it was a lot of work but finding an old silver coin makes my day. Then he said that he used to detect the park years ago. And he had found THOUSANDS of coins. Lots of silver and hundreds of indian heads. Even 2 silver half dollars in the same hole. Not sure if he was exaggerating or not but after some small talk about all the pull tabs he found and a brief description of my ET I said "Well, thanks for clearing out most of the pull tabs but you left a few. And you made it pretty darn hard to find silver these days."
Wow. What it must have been like to detect when you could find coins like that. I guess I got into the hobby too late. All you old timers (I know your out there) must miss those days. I'd give up an arm (my non detecting left one) to find an old park that hasn't been detected and find thousands (or even dozens) of old coins.
If you are interested I'll tell you about the other guy that came up to me later and told be about a man that used to detect the park years ago. For now, here is a pic of the meager silver I found this weekend. Don't think there is enough room to post a pic of the junk I found. Hey, I'm still trying to learn the sounds of the ET. But as a relative newcomer to the hobby I guess I can say that any day I find old silver, even one, is a good day. I thank you old timers for leaving me a couple for the ET to find.
But here's the kicker. After about 3 hours into the hunt sunday I found my first barber for the day and a little while later a car pulls up and the guy asks how I'm doing. I show him the dime. I told him it was a lot of work but finding an old silver coin makes my day. Then he said that he used to detect the park years ago. And he had found THOUSANDS of coins. Lots of silver and hundreds of indian heads. Even 2 silver half dollars in the same hole. Not sure if he was exaggerating or not but after some small talk about all the pull tabs he found and a brief description of my ET I said "Well, thanks for clearing out most of the pull tabs but you left a few. And you made it pretty darn hard to find silver these days."
Wow. What it must have been like to detect when you could find coins like that. I guess I got into the hobby too late. All you old timers (I know your out there) must miss those days. I'd give up an arm (my non detecting left one) to find an old park that hasn't been detected and find thousands (or even dozens) of old coins.
If you are interested I'll tell you about the other guy that came up to me later and told be about a man that used to detect the park years ago. For now, here is a pic of the meager silver I found this weekend. Don't think there is enough room to post a pic of the junk I found. Hey, I'm still trying to learn the sounds of the ET. But as a relative newcomer to the hobby I guess I can say that any day I find old silver, even one, is a good day. I thank you old timers for leaving me a couple for the ET to find.
I guess it wouldnt be as fun if every other coin we dug was silver...wouldnt be exciting after awhile..This is kinda like winning a mini lottery when we get one now ,we really appreciate it 
