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All the finds are from two weekends worth + a couple of weekday evening hunts after work. Sat. the 9th I started at an elementary school grounds part of which used to be an old fairgrounds dating back to the 1850s. Never had found much there before & didn't this time. But I did get the '04 Indian Head and an old ring (the one with the blue stone) of unknown composition. I can't find anything stamped on it anywhere. I also found the silver bracelet that was partially sticking out of the dirt. It is stamped .925 so I know it is silver but it gave a lower tone signal rather close to a nickel. After a few hours of that I went over to another small town schoolyard where there had been an old school before. Managed 6 wheats & a '28 Mercury & a '58 Jeff Nickel. I had found a few wheats there before with my XLT but hadn't found any silver until I found the merc. Sunday the 10th I drove a lot & ended up hunting four places, three old schools & last one an old small town park. Struck out at all of them as I only managed 4-5 wheats & a bent-up silver ring between all of them. Tues. the 12th after work I went back to the fish hatchery park & searched until nearly dark. Found 2 mercs ('43 & '45d) one wheat & a '38 Jeff Nickel. Last Saturday (16th) I drove around to a few schools but never searched anywhere as everything was too wet from all the rain Friday nite. Sunday I went over to one of the old parks in St. Louis thinking the club I belong to would be having a hunt there but after no one showed up for a couple hours I knew I'd screwed up somewhere. It turned out ok, though as I did manage a '43P War Nickel, a well worn '07 Barber Dime, two Buffalo Nickels ('13 & '24), a '41 Jeff Nickel & just a couple wheats. Left early afternoon & drove back Northeast in to IL & intended to hunt some soccer fields where an old fairgrounds used to be but decided to wait until another time as there was a crowd inside the community center building next door. Drove to the next town over to hunt some old high school athletic fields where I have found several silver coins in the last 2-3 years. Spent about 3 1/2 hours there & got 2 Mercs ('36 & '39) & 5 Wheats. The last hunt was just last night when after work I went out to the local park/county fairgrounds in town & worked a hill not far from the barns for about 3 hrs. Picked one Merc & 9 wheats out of an area where there were quite a few nails & old rusty bottle caps in spots. I was surprised that none of the coins were very deep, I'd say most less than 5". I had searched that area 2-3 years ago before I had the SE & did get a couple silver dimes nearby but I don't recall finding more than a wheat or two. I guess the ground conditions now are probably much better than they were the last time I was there.
...it would be pretty cool for you to give them the little Harley bracelet you found
