Last Hunt of the Year?

[RLOH]

Today was the first day of deer season here in Ohio so when the weather cleared up for a couple of hours, I went to a place far from the hunters. The weather was 34 degrees and the sun was trying to poke through so I went to a Lake Erie park hoping the warm lake would make my hunt more enjoyable. I no sooner started hunting and the wind started blowing real hard so I ducked into a ravine where kids have sledded for a 100 years. The last silver I found here was about three years ago and today I was hoping to to dig the questionable signals that showed deep. I found my usual wheat pennies(four of them) and they were all 8 to 9 inches deep. I was happy with just being able to hunt for maybe the last time. The ravine was protecting me from the wind, but then it started snowing. I started hunting back to the truck when on the side of the hill, I got a loud signal that would only hit from one direction. I have had many of these types of signals on steep hills and I decided to dig, half expecting a piece of aluminum slaw. But, the depth gauge was nearly pegged. As I bent down to start digging, I slipped on the wet grass and jerked my back out of wack. I was getting in a hurry and I was not being too careful with my digging. I got down to 8 inches and my probe was singing real loud and the crosshair was buried in the upper right corner. I dug about two more inches of dirt out and I saw a big glimmer in the bottom of the hole. I thought I had a big chunk of aluminum so I quickly popped it out with my Lesche. I about crapped my drawers when a super nice Standing Liberty half landed at my feet. Here I sat on a wet, cold, windy, and now snowing hillside laughing to myself. There wasn't a soul around and I was feeling like it was 80 degrees out as I savored the moment. Oh yeah, the half was a 1935 and in excellent condition. What is so great about this hobby is no place is ever truely hunted out and if you are two or three inches away from a great coin, you might as well be a mile. One thing for certain, the Explorer is one power house detector.

 

[ellis]

:blush:i heard that laugh all the way down south rloh..i knew from the laugh what had happened.hope i can hear it again fore-long--i think every body loves those things.hh and merry christmas..

 

[king-ghidorah]

Could you post a pic of it please? I am sure that warmed you up really quick when it hit you what you had in your hand!

 

[James N.D.]

That's a great find to make if it truely is the last Coin you dig for the year. Nice way to end the hunting season. Continued Success, Good Luck and HH to you.

 

[Hotcz70]

You just never know what will pop out of the ground...and when. Nice find