mapper65
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Went to one of our standby parks today. Silver has been few and far between at this stage of the game but this year I've vowed to search in the more obscure areas of any previously detected sites. A few weeks ago it paid off by finding a merc near the edge of the woods and that merc was the only coin found that day.
Today I noticed a ratty old grove sign that was a stye that had probably been phased out in the 70's. A few feet behind the sign I found a 1912 wheat. Not too far from there I found a 1924 merc. I took a little bit of a break and want back to that area and had a choppy 44 signal and shockingly uncovered a near brilliant uncirculated 1941 merc. It has to be the cleanest silver coin that I've ever found. It looks like it was just taken out of a roll and dropped. To my surprise there were two wheats (1935 & 1940) in the same hole along with a 1940 Jefferson nickel.
I found two clad dimes and a memorial over in the main area of that grove. It seems like getting off of the beaten path in some of these parks may be the way to go, especially if you've done a pretty good job covering the more common areas.
Today I noticed a ratty old grove sign that was a stye that had probably been phased out in the 70's. A few feet behind the sign I found a 1912 wheat. Not too far from there I found a 1924 merc. I took a little bit of a break and want back to that area and had a choppy 44 signal and shockingly uncovered a near brilliant uncirculated 1941 merc. It has to be the cleanest silver coin that I've ever found. It looks like it was just taken out of a roll and dropped. To my surprise there were two wheats (1935 & 1940) in the same hole along with a 1940 Jefferson nickel.
I found two clad dimes and a memorial over in the main area of that grove. It seems like getting off of the beaten path in some of these parks may be the way to go, especially if you've done a pretty good job covering the more common areas.
