Larry (IL)
Well-known member
It was misting rain and in the low thirty's, but I dressed for it so it wasn't as bad as I thought it might be when I get started. Yesterday when I invited a club member to join me, I thought it was supposed to be in the mid 40's and sunshine. I need to have a talk with the weather man. 
Anyway I'm glad it turned out the way it did, 
if I had known it was going to be cold, windy and wet like it was today, I probably would have not hunted and missed out on these finds.
MikeB (IL)
and I got together about 11 this morning and started working an old park in Peoria. We have had some freezing nights the last few days and the ground was frozen for the first couple of inches where we started and the digging was tough for the first half of the hunt. After a coffee break, we moved over to another part of the park and found the ground more to our liking in more than just the break in less ice. I started hitting some targets.
First the Rosy, then the Merc with some wheats scattered here and there and then a nice Sterling bracelet with what I thought was a turquoise stone, but it's not. Pretty none the less and an old enamel pin with just a tulip on it found the way to my pouch. It got to be 3 PM and Mike said he had to leave, but I stayed until 5 and kept busy. In the next two hours, I found the two Barbers, two Indians stacked face to face in the same hole and a couple of tokens, both good for 5 cents in trade. The one with the hole was dated 1917 , but where it was good for must have been on the missing center.
Out of the picture is the clad and the deepest find of the day was a clad quarter at 10 inches. All of the good finds were 6 inches or less.
Now figure that one out. Thanks for coming to Peoria Mike, I had a great time in spite of the weather.
Anyway I'm glad it turned out the way it did, if I had known it was going to be cold, windy and wet like it was today, I probably would have not hunted and missed out on these finds. MikeB (IL)
and I got together about 11 this morning and started working an old park in Peoria. We have had some freezing nights the last few days and the ground was frozen for the first couple of inches where we started and the digging was tough for the first half of the hunt. After a coffee break, we moved over to another part of the park and found the ground more to our liking in more than just the break in less ice. I started hitting some targets. First the Rosy, then the Merc with some wheats scattered here and there and then a nice Sterling bracelet with what I thought was a turquoise stone, but it's not. Pretty none the less and an old enamel pin with just a tulip on it found the way to my pouch. It got to be 3 PM and Mike said he had to leave, but I stayed until 5 and kept busy. In the next two hours, I found the two Barbers, two Indians stacked face to face in the same hole and a couple of tokens, both good for 5 cents in trade. The one with the hole was dated 1917 , but where it was good for must have been on the missing center.
Out of the picture is the clad and the deepest find of the day was a clad quarter at 10 inches. All of the good finds were 6 inches or less.
Now figure that one out. Thanks for coming to Peoria Mike, I had a great time in spite of the weather.
