markinswpa
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After over a month of too hot to hunt weather, Monday morning I walked out to have my coffee on the back porch. Feeling the cool dry air was all it took for me to scrap my plans for the day and head to the woods. All but one of the silver I've dug this year has came from two city parks. I decided to hit the one thats given up the least of the two. I had an idea on some woods line but unfortunately the weeds were way too high. So I relegated to hit the grass/woods edge. By the way, me and others have hit this particular area on several occasions but wanted to see if the Manticore could squeak out few more. First coin, second signal of the day was a 23-24. A not too deep 1890s something V nickel showed itself. Great start. A while later as I was digging a target I heard a voice behind me. It was a Chinese woman, asking the questions we all get. She told me she wrote short stories and thought this might make a good subject. Ask if she could tag along for a while. I said sure, I don't mind. Told me she was here from China visiting her daughter who was in university here. She was pretty amazed when I got a clean coin signal and said it was a Memorial about 6 in. down and it was, a 64, and ecstatic when I told she could have it. I told her I hope she would get to see a silver coin come out of the ground. And a while later on one of the trails I noticed a stone wall I hadn't recalled seeing before. I got a perfect, sweet 79-80-81 and said thats a silver dime and sure enough out comes a not too shiny 1909 Barber dime. Didn't find much else on the day but made a friend, we discussed politics, which they know very little about in China, education, religion and a few other topics. She said she would e-mail me a copy of the story but quite honestly I was a little reluctant to give my e-mail address.
Headed back Thursday to a different area of the park, again not much, a couple wheats, the 39 is probably the nicest I've dug this year. a little over a buck in clad and late in the day I got a jumpy coin signal, I suspected another clad dime but when I saw the torch on the back I said "Hello Beautiful " a 41 Merc. Heck yea. This wasn't 50 ft. from where a year or two back my buddy found a loaded, cocked 45 Ruger P 90. So I intend, after the first snow to head back to both of the area's I hit this week. Got out, moved the silver count to 40 FTY, added a couple wheats, a V nickel, learned a little about a different culture, not a bad week. The feel of fall is in the air, I hope its here to stay. Thanks for looking in.
Headed back Thursday to a different area of the park, again not much, a couple wheats, the 39 is probably the nicest I've dug this year. a little over a buck in clad and late in the day I got a jumpy coin signal, I suspected another clad dime but when I saw the torch on the back I said "Hello Beautiful " a 41 Merc. Heck yea. This wasn't 50 ft. from where a year or two back my buddy found a loaded, cocked 45 Ruger P 90. So I intend, after the first snow to head back to both of the area's I hit this week. Got out, moved the silver count to 40 FTY, added a couple wheats, a V nickel, learned a little about a different culture, not a bad week. The feel of fall is in the air, I hope its here to stay. Thanks for looking in.
