Friday after work I stopped over at heavily hunted old park. We've had a few group outings here and I think everyone in the area knows how hard it is to hunt and find good old targets. I remember one COMDA (Central Ohio Metal Detecting Association) hunt there where Dan (OhioCoinHunter) doggedly hunted the whole time to get one silver dime out of the place, and it was the only silver of the day. Anyhow, I must have just been in the right spot Friday.
I was walking a line and picked up the 1937 Mercury dime. At that point, my day is made. Silver from this place, what a treat! I walk another 100 feet or so and get another silver dime sounding hit. I dig the hole... 1943 Mercury dime. I send a text to tease my detecting buddy Suzanne and let her know I've got two silver dimes and I close up the hole. I get up, rescan the hole and get a 12-38 on the E-Trac... I'm thinking, ok, there's a wheat in there. Open 'er back up and nope... 1940 Mercury dime! Obviously I've hit the one strip of grass in this place that everyone with a detector has just walked over.
So, I keep running passes through this area and pick up some more wheats, a 1949 nickel, a 1940 Canadian cent, a nifty looking medallion with an M on it and near the end a nice 1901 Indian... a bit crusty, but with great detail. This kinda day makes up for all the other days I've left this park empty handed.
I was walking a line and picked up the 1937 Mercury dime. At that point, my day is made. Silver from this place, what a treat! I walk another 100 feet or so and get another silver dime sounding hit. I dig the hole... 1943 Mercury dime. I send a text to tease my detecting buddy Suzanne and let her know I've got two silver dimes and I close up the hole. I get up, rescan the hole and get a 12-38 on the E-Trac... I'm thinking, ok, there's a wheat in there. Open 'er back up and nope... 1940 Mercury dime! Obviously I've hit the one strip of grass in this place that everyone with a detector has just walked over.
So, I keep running passes through this area and pick up some more wheats, a 1949 nickel, a 1940 Canadian cent, a nifty looking medallion with an M on it and near the end a nice 1901 Indian... a bit crusty, but with great detail. This kinda day makes up for all the other days I've left this park empty handed.
uke: over the years. It's a tough site. I know because I've hunted there too and went home with a shattered soul.
You almost have to be Chris Angel to make a silver coin appear. The fact that Nick got multiple silver coins there is definitely a "mind freak." Perhaps that's what the "M" stands for on the cool medallion he also found. The nice 1861 Indian Head cent is also a great find. I am truly amazed, stunned and flabbergasted!
Super job, Nick!
