If you have a safe area where a night hunt won't end with a call to 911, you definitely should try it at least once. I really like it. Peaceful, cool, quiet. I hit it for much too long last night and I'm paying the price for yesterday's 8 total hours of swinging. My back this time. Anyhow, I had a strong desire to end my silver coin drought so I went to one of my best silver producing sites around 9:30 pm. I know at least one other hunter who goes there and he has done a good job getting most of the good stuff. I find a silver coin there about every other hunt. My first dig was a wheat cent then nothing but clad. First hour and a half in the oldest part of the site led to 6 more modern coins. I moved to a newer area and got the rest.
I was approached once by some volunteer firemen around midnight. They thought I was vandalizing the place and were going to run me off. I asked them to keep an eye on me and they said they would but I only went on for another half hour.
That star with the "1" in the middle is pretty cool. I was amazed I found it after digging it. It's pretty small.
The knife pictured is very sharp. It was stuck into the ground blade side down. If it was oriented any other way I might have lost a finger. I got very lucky with that target. I quit hunting shortly after that.
I may head out tonight after the race at Michigan.
Chris
I was approached once by some volunteer firemen around midnight. They thought I was vandalizing the place and were going to run me off. I asked them to keep an eye on me and they said they would but I only went on for another half hour.
That star with the "1" in the middle is pretty cool. I was amazed I found it after digging it. It's pretty small.
The knife pictured is very sharp. It was stuck into the ground blade side down. If it was oriented any other way I might have lost a finger. I got very lucky with that target. I quit hunting shortly after that.
I may head out tonight after the race at Michigan.
Chris
