My lady and I went out today to hit some tot lots. She used the Bandido and I the Vaquero. We found buck or so in change and she found
an earring (nothing special). We headed back to the car and talked about where to go next and decided to stop off at an old friends place
(the bad guys house in Silence of the Lambs) actually. I had breakfast with Jodie Foster during the filming but that's another story.
On previous trips there I had found a merc and a barber dime and quite a few Indian heads and knew more was there just waiting for me
to pass the coil over and free them from their dirt nap. We passed the owners as they came out of the drive way and they said to feel free
and they may see us later and drove off. We parked and set up the detectors and started finding the usual yard trash then I hit a nice old buckle
and then a small makeup compact. She wasn't having a lot of luck so we moved to another side of the yard and BING I got a nice hit. I dug the plug
and as I pulled it back I saw a small silver coin fall to the bottom of the hole. I yelled for her that I had silver and she came over while I pulled it out.
I knew just by looking at it that it was too small for a dime. I poured some water on it and blew it off and could read "Half Dime" on the reverse but
for the life of me could not see anything other than it was a Seated Liberty and couldn't read the date other than 18_4 as my eyes just couldn't focus on it
and we both forgot to bring reading glasses..lol
I found a 1883 Indian Head about an hour after that and we headed home. Upon getting in the door I grabbed my glasses and saw 1854 with arrows. I could also
read the liberty on the shield but there were a couple really small nicks on the front that I didn't cause for a change..haha.
As soon as I can figure out how to use the macro feature on my camera I'll edit and add a pic.
Thanks and HH
an earring (nothing special). We headed back to the car and talked about where to go next and decided to stop off at an old friends place
(the bad guys house in Silence of the Lambs) actually. I had breakfast with Jodie Foster during the filming but that's another story.
On previous trips there I had found a merc and a barber dime and quite a few Indian heads and knew more was there just waiting for me
to pass the coil over and free them from their dirt nap. We passed the owners as they came out of the drive way and they said to feel free
and they may see us later and drove off. We parked and set up the detectors and started finding the usual yard trash then I hit a nice old buckle
and then a small makeup compact. She wasn't having a lot of luck so we moved to another side of the yard and BING I got a nice hit. I dug the plug
and as I pulled it back I saw a small silver coin fall to the bottom of the hole. I yelled for her that I had silver and she came over while I pulled it out.
I knew just by looking at it that it was too small for a dime. I poured some water on it and blew it off and could read "Half Dime" on the reverse but
for the life of me could not see anything other than it was a Seated Liberty and couldn't read the date other than 18_4 as my eyes just couldn't focus on it
and we both forgot to bring reading glasses..lol
I found a 1883 Indian Head about an hour after that and we headed home. Upon getting in the door I grabbed my glasses and saw 1854 with arrows. I could also
read the liberty on the shield but there were a couple really small nicks on the front that I didn't cause for a change..haha.
As soon as I can figure out how to use the macro feature on my camera I'll edit and add a pic.
Thanks and HH
