Cladiator (OR)
Member
Hi everyone,
Made it back to my "micro-park" and had a good hunt. I ended up with more keepers than clad--and not a Zincoln in the bunch! I don't think that has ever happened to me before. As usual though, the coppers are in pretty rough shape--still had fun finding them though!
My first good target was showing a 12-43 and indicated it was fairly deep. I got down to 7 inches and out pops a.. MEMORIAL! I thought, "how did that get so deep?" Rechecking the hole indicated there was more, so out pops three more.. MEMORIALS!
Then it started to rain a bit, so I tucked in under a fir tree and started checking the ground under the protection of its branches. A couple minutes later, I get the sweetest sounding 12-47 showing about 6 inches deep. This was one of those unmistakable signals that is screaming "I'M SILVER, and I'm all yours!" Sure enough, out pops the silver Washington and I'm having fun now!!! The next thing I know, it was like I stepped into a Wheat field and I start poppin' a Wheat out about every 3 or 4 feet as I go along. The Indian was a little trickier because it was hiding amongst its iron friends a good 8 inches down.
I could get use to days like this!
Thanks for looking and good luck on your next hunt!
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Made it back to my "micro-park" and had a good hunt. I ended up with more keepers than clad--and not a Zincoln in the bunch! I don't think that has ever happened to me before. As usual though, the coppers are in pretty rough shape--still had fun finding them though!
My first good target was showing a 12-43 and indicated it was fairly deep. I got down to 7 inches and out pops a.. MEMORIAL! I thought, "how did that get so deep?" Rechecking the hole indicated there was more, so out pops three more.. MEMORIALS!
Then it started to rain a bit, so I tucked in under a fir tree and started checking the ground under the protection of its branches. A couple minutes later, I get the sweetest sounding 12-47 showing about 6 inches deep. This was one of those unmistakable signals that is screaming "I'M SILVER, and I'm all yours!" Sure enough, out pops the silver Washington and I'm having fun now!!! The next thing I know, it was like I stepped into a Wheat field and I start poppin' a Wheat out about every 3 or 4 feet as I go along. The Indian was a little trickier because it was hiding amongst its iron friends a good 8 inches down.I could get use to days like this!
Thanks for looking and good luck on your next hunt!
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Great story! Thanks for the pictures and congratulations on a sensational hunt !!!!!!