Mark in S.E. IA
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Sat morning started off kind a nice but by 11:00 it was getting HOT. The first place I went to I got 6 wheat's and nothing else of any good. the second place was picked clean.
At the third place their was a guy there mowing and the area I wanted to hunt was not mowed yet so I started in the area that was already mowed and I was not doing any good in that area. As soon as he got done mowing the area I wanted to hunt I moved over there. At first I wasn't doing too good but I did pick up a couple wheat's and then I got a kind a good deep quarter signal and it turned out to be a 47d Washington quarter,,, sweeeet, I'm on the board with silver, no skunk today. Then it got slow for a long time with only finding a wheat here an there. One of the wheat's is in a bazel.
This place was loaded with tin foil and iron so when you did get a signal you really had to work it to decide if you wanted to dig or not.
After a long time of not finding much in the type of area that I like to hunt at old schools I moved to a area that I like to call Hall Dollar Alley. I just get in to that area and I get a shallow sounding quarter signal and that was the first clad quarter signal of the day. I cut out a small plug and flipped it out of the hole and I'll be damn if their wasn't 2 silver quarters sticking out of the bottom of the plug at a angle, sweeeeet. One was a no date SLQ and the other was a 1934d Washington and that's one of the better date and mint mark's for the Washington quarters. Then I found a 1912 Barber dime. A lil while later I found a 1912 Canadian Quarter and I think that's the oldest Canadian quarter I have ever found. The last silver for the day was a real nice 1925d Merc and that's a good date and mint mark to find.
I also found a 4 IH's, 1899, 1900, "2" 1902, a Palmolive soap token and a total of 22 wheat's with one of them being a nice 1913s.
About 3:30 I took a break and the Temp gauge in the car said it was 94 degree's out. I was soaking wet all afternoon, but it was worth it to me.
At the third place their was a guy there mowing and the area I wanted to hunt was not mowed yet so I started in the area that was already mowed and I was not doing any good in that area. As soon as he got done mowing the area I wanted to hunt I moved over there. At first I wasn't doing too good but I did pick up a couple wheat's and then I got a kind a good deep quarter signal and it turned out to be a 47d Washington quarter,,, sweeeet, I'm on the board with silver, no skunk today. Then it got slow for a long time with only finding a wheat here an there. One of the wheat's is in a bazel.
This place was loaded with tin foil and iron so when you did get a signal you really had to work it to decide if you wanted to dig or not.
After a long time of not finding much in the type of area that I like to hunt at old schools I moved to a area that I like to call Hall Dollar Alley. I just get in to that area and I get a shallow sounding quarter signal and that was the first clad quarter signal of the day. I cut out a small plug and flipped it out of the hole and I'll be damn if their wasn't 2 silver quarters sticking out of the bottom of the plug at a angle, sweeeeet. One was a no date SLQ and the other was a 1934d Washington and that's one of the better date and mint mark's for the Washington quarters. Then I found a 1912 Barber dime. A lil while later I found a 1912 Canadian Quarter and I think that's the oldest Canadian quarter I have ever found. The last silver for the day was a real nice 1925d Merc and that's a good date and mint mark to find.
I also found a 4 IH's, 1899, 1900, "2" 1902, a Palmolive soap token and a total of 22 wheat's with one of them being a nice 1913s.
About 3:30 I took a break and the Temp gauge in the car said it was 94 degree's out. I was soaking wet all afternoon, but it was worth it to me.
