My wife and I just returned from spending fifteen days up in Mn at a resort that we have been frequenting now for over twenty five years. Needless to say, we enjoy the time we get up there a couple times throughout the spring and summer each year.
And, walleye fishing and detector swinging share about equal time. Had several walleye (yum, yum) fish fries over the two weeks there and actually had a little better luck then was typically the norm in some prior years.
As far as my detecting went, some of you may recall some of my previous detecting adventures from up there. There is a old fairgrounds now approaching 125 years of age. I have hit it pretty hard over the years and guess a few others have as well. There was a time when one didn't have to work to hard for 2 or 3 silver coins and a couple of other older coin varieties each outing. Alas, not the case any more. Fortunately, though, it hasn't yet dried up entirely.....and with all the trash it harbors, probably never will. And a good freeze every winter doesn't hurt either, I suspect.
This year, conditions were very dry when we got there and by the second week, there were many areas of the turf I couldn't dig. The 1st week did, however, yield me 7 silver dimes from the old fairgrounds, along with a few wheat cents. The 2nd week the spot yielded a few more wheats, a good condition 36 Buffalo nickel and a nice 1902 I H cent. 4 of the silver dimes, including the 99o Barber, came with the 5 x 10 dd coil as well as some of the wheats.The other 3 silver dimes from this site came with the 5" coil along with the I H cent and Buff nickel. G B probably averaged 70, but the ground is 3 and 4 bars. The 75 in 0 disc would get pretty sparky running sen much above 80. I really prefer 0 disc, but did a lot of hunting running 7 disc and sen around 70-75 in both de and bp modes. 3h and 4h were usually the tone modes.
The beach at the resort typically gives up a few coins, mostly modern, each trip, along with lead sinkers, shells, shot gun and rifle, and the usual trash and whats its. I have hunted it pretty hard as well, but if the sand can get stirred up with the resort Bobcat blade, hard rain and frost heave in the spring, some goodies do on occasion still show up.
Such was the case the Sat night just before Labor Day. Near midnight the area got 3 1/2" of rain in less then two hours. Its runoff created deep troughs and trenches along the beach and washed tons of sand out into the lake. It washed out some sections of sidewalk and one side of the concrete boat ramp. Right off the bat in the morning my wife eyeballed a ring with engraving inside. Unfortunately, it was made of one of the modern day metals. The resort owner did know who lost it, so my wife got her first ring return. I did fire up the 75 with the 11 dd on and ran in 99 sen, 0 disc and 2f tones. I like that set up for beach hunting as if it beeps, I dig it. This outing yielded me the 2 cars. Although there had been a lot of sand washed down into the lake, the toy jeep was still all of 10" deep. The only decent coin from the beach was the blackened 41 Merc. and a couple of wheats. The late stages in time kept me from giving the beach a good going over. I suspect though, the beach will have some other goodies for me next spring. HH jim tn
And, walleye fishing and detector swinging share about equal time. Had several walleye (yum, yum) fish fries over the two weeks there and actually had a little better luck then was typically the norm in some prior years.
As far as my detecting went, some of you may recall some of my previous detecting adventures from up there. There is a old fairgrounds now approaching 125 years of age. I have hit it pretty hard over the years and guess a few others have as well. There was a time when one didn't have to work to hard for 2 or 3 silver coins and a couple of other older coin varieties each outing. Alas, not the case any more. Fortunately, though, it hasn't yet dried up entirely.....and with all the trash it harbors, probably never will. And a good freeze every winter doesn't hurt either, I suspect.
This year, conditions were very dry when we got there and by the second week, there were many areas of the turf I couldn't dig. The 1st week did, however, yield me 7 silver dimes from the old fairgrounds, along with a few wheat cents. The 2nd week the spot yielded a few more wheats, a good condition 36 Buffalo nickel and a nice 1902 I H cent. 4 of the silver dimes, including the 99o Barber, came with the 5 x 10 dd coil as well as some of the wheats.The other 3 silver dimes from this site came with the 5" coil along with the I H cent and Buff nickel. G B probably averaged 70, but the ground is 3 and 4 bars. The 75 in 0 disc would get pretty sparky running sen much above 80. I really prefer 0 disc, but did a lot of hunting running 7 disc and sen around 70-75 in both de and bp modes. 3h and 4h were usually the tone modes.
The beach at the resort typically gives up a few coins, mostly modern, each trip, along with lead sinkers, shells, shot gun and rifle, and the usual trash and whats its. I have hunted it pretty hard as well, but if the sand can get stirred up with the resort Bobcat blade, hard rain and frost heave in the spring, some goodies do on occasion still show up.
Such was the case the Sat night just before Labor Day. Near midnight the area got 3 1/2" of rain in less then two hours. Its runoff created deep troughs and trenches along the beach and washed tons of sand out into the lake. It washed out some sections of sidewalk and one side of the concrete boat ramp. Right off the bat in the morning my wife eyeballed a ring with engraving inside. Unfortunately, it was made of one of the modern day metals. The resort owner did know who lost it, so my wife got her first ring return. I did fire up the 75 with the 11 dd on and ran in 99 sen, 0 disc and 2f tones. I like that set up for beach hunting as if it beeps, I dig it. This outing yielded me the 2 cars. Although there had been a lot of sand washed down into the lake, the toy jeep was still all of 10" deep. The only decent coin from the beach was the blackened 41 Merc. and a couple of wheats. The late stages in time kept me from giving the beach a good going over. I suspect though, the beach will have some other goodies for me next spring. HH jim tn
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