I have been in contact with forum member bday for over a year now about meeting and doing some hunting...but something always came up for both of us.
Well we finally got to meet and hunt and had a blast.
The park was one that I met Guvner at a year or so ago...and he told me that he...golddigger...and Mike Moutray had hit it a few times in the past.
Bob (bday) also said that a wheatie from this place on any given day is a moral victory...so I knew I was in for a challenge. Hey...what park isn't a challenge anymore!
I brought along my faithful friend and hunting buddy Hercules.
He goes with me on every hunt if possible.
After some chatting...we got down to some huntin'.
Bob told me that a lot of nice old coins had come out of here in the past...and Guvner told me the same thing...as did GOLDDIGGER.
The last time here...Guvner called GOLDDIGGER and asked him where some seated had been found...and he was kind enough to point me to the right spot.
I was able to sniff out a seated dime on that day after nearly 3 hours of huntin'.
After almost 2 hours with nothin' but crap in my pouch today ..I asked Bob if he minded telling me where he had most of his luck at over the years. He was kind enough to point me to a spot where he had pulled a lot of injuns' out of back in the 80's...so that's where I went.
Within a half hour or so I was able to get a signal through the nulling. This spot was loaded with iron and junk signals...and I mean LOADED.
It ended up being an 1880 Injun...so I was very happy.
About 20 minutes later I got a deeeeep and faint warble...but man was it NICE. It buried the depth meter and was a very tiny window of a hit between the iron...but again..it was a sweet one.
I dug a nice plug of at least 8" and ran the probe. It SANG...and it was a good 2" deeper from what I could tell.
I carefully popped out a nice clod/chunk of dark soil from 10" down...and got what I always dream of....a grayish rim barely peeking out from the side of the clod.
I asked Bob if we should pop open my little present to see what I had...or whether I should leave it intact and scan it for the post. We all three unanimously agreed....OPEN it...OPEN it.
We were guessing barber because of the gray colored rim...so I popped it open to see. We saw the back of what we thought was a barber...UNTIL we flipped it over and took some crust off the front and saw the seated lady peeking at me.
YIPPEE!
The absolute last thing I expected to see from this beat up park...and coming from 10" down.
It was then that we decided to go to lunch so we could REfuel and come back for more hunting.
I was shaking from the excitement of seeing the seated dime shocker...and was smiling like a little kid. Just ask Bob and I'm sure he'll tell 'ya.
I slung the SE in the car...and off we went to eat.
About an hour later we returned and started hunting again.
Within 15 minutes I had popped out a barber dime from about 8" to 9"...and 1892. Dang missed a second seated dime by only one year.
After that point though...I didn't find SQUAT for the rest of the hunt
...other than a button...a wheatie...and a junk ring.
Bob was kind enough to ruffle my feathers an hour later when he yelled and said.."This is really gonna tick you off...but I just found a Merc you need"
Bob did well and ended up with a Merc and a wheatie.
I ended up with the 1885 Seated dime...1892 barber dime...a wheatie...and the 1880 Injun.
I want to thank Bob for the invitation to hunt with him. It was a long time coming...but worth the wait. He is a great guy...and lots of fun to hunt with.
We will do it again soon.
Well we finally got to meet and hunt and had a blast.
The park was one that I met Guvner at a year or so ago...and he told me that he...golddigger...and Mike Moutray had hit it a few times in the past.
Bob (bday) also said that a wheatie from this place on any given day is a moral victory...so I knew I was in for a challenge. Hey...what park isn't a challenge anymore!
I brought along my faithful friend and hunting buddy Hercules.
He goes with me on every hunt if possible.After some chatting...we got down to some huntin'.
Bob told me that a lot of nice old coins had come out of here in the past...and Guvner told me the same thing...as did GOLDDIGGER.
The last time here...Guvner called GOLDDIGGER and asked him where some seated had been found...and he was kind enough to point me to the right spot.
I was able to sniff out a seated dime on that day after nearly 3 hours of huntin'.
After almost 2 hours with nothin' but crap in my pouch today
..I asked Bob if he minded telling me where he had most of his luck at over the years. He was kind enough to point me to a spot where he had pulled a lot of injuns' out of back in the 80's...so that's where I went.Within a half hour or so I was able to get a signal through the nulling. This spot was loaded with iron and junk signals...and I mean LOADED.
It ended up being an 1880 Injun...so I was very happy.
About 20 minutes later I got a deeeeep and faint warble...but man was it NICE. It buried the depth meter and was a very tiny window of a hit between the iron...but again..it was a sweet one.
I dug a nice plug of at least 8" and ran the probe. It SANG
...and it was a good 2" deeper from what I could tell.I carefully popped out a nice clod/chunk of dark soil from 10" down...and got what I always dream of....a grayish rim barely peeking out from the side of the clod.
I asked Bob if we should pop open my little present to see what I had
...or whether I should leave it intact and scan it for the post. We all three unanimously agreed....OPEN it...OPEN it.We were guessing barber because of the gray colored rim...so I popped it open to see. We saw the back of what we thought was a barber...UNTIL we flipped it over and took some crust off the front and saw the seated lady peeking at me.
YIPPEE!The absolute last thing I expected to see from this beat up park...and coming from 10" down.
It was then that we decided to go to lunch so we could REfuel and come back for more hunting.
I was shaking from the excitement of seeing the seated dime shocker...and was smiling like a little kid. Just ask Bob and I'm sure he'll tell 'ya.
I slung the SE in the car...and off we went to eat.
About an hour later we returned and started hunting again.
Within 15 minutes I had popped out a barber dime from about 8" to 9"...and 1892. Dang missed a second seated dime by only one year.
After that point though...I didn't find SQUAT for the rest of the hunt
...other than a button...a wheatie...and a junk ring.Bob was kind enough to ruffle my feathers an hour later when he yelled and said.."This is really gonna tick you off...but I just found a Merc you need"
Bob did well and ended up with a Merc and a wheatie.
I ended up with the 1885 Seated dime...1892 barber dime...a wheatie...and the 1880 Injun.
I want to thank Bob for the invitation to hunt with him. It was a long time coming...but worth the wait. He is a great guy...and lots of fun to hunt with.
We will do it again soon.
Tell Bob and the yeti hi. good luck on your next hunt !!!!!!