Yay!

[NealNoIN]

I wanted to get a seated to put me up to #10 for this year so I went to where they are found most often(my favorite park!).
In about 30 minutes I got one! An 1876 along with 5 indians including a decent 1870 and a pitted 1868.
All that was in about 3 hours. The next three hours turned up nothing much at all, but you have to scout out
new areas sometimes to find out what ground is worth hunting.

 

[teleman2525]

excellent finds

 

[onemore]

Nice - our ground is about to freeze near Chicago, as the temps aren't gonna climb out of the 30's for a while. You are probably facing similar upcoming weather.

1870 is one I just can't seem to find...

HH

 

[Tim IN/ IronBrigade]

WTG Buddy! You did good.

Tim

 

[justanotherpulltab]

Man would love to find a seated nice job.

 

[Big Fang Coin Biter]

n/t

 

[born2hunt]

Nice centennial seated Congrats on # 10

 

[Eddie in Poulsbo]

Nice finds there Neal and congrats on your 10th seated for the year. Are you going for 20 next year? GL & HH.

Eddie

 

[NealNoIN]

n/t

 

[dmitchstevens]

I would like to just find silver coin. I have hunted six months with over $50 in clad with not one silver coin. I have found about 10 1965 quarters, dimes. I have found one wheat cent. so you guys need to consider yourself lucky. I think here in east Ky people have been so poor so long that they didnt lose silver coins back thyen like they do now. Any advice send it on

 

[NebTrac]

Very nice finds. Thanks for sharing and for the pictures!

NebTrac

 

[JRJNJVJ]

dmitchstevens,
Just keep swinging those parks. Research which ones are the older ones. Look for areas where people would logically play or sit on the ground, i.e. shade in after noon sun, perimeter of sports fields, play grounds, picnic areas, etc.. I've been at it about the same amount of time in a town that is pretty barren also but I have found a 1955 dime, a few wheats, about $200 in clad. Also there are the unusual finds that are interesting but may not have much value to anyone else, like a little silver "hang ten" ring, small gold heart with cross charm and many more. Check the coin book for the dates on those clad coins before you discount their value. I was surprised that a 1070s small date that I had found was listed at $65, but mine is probably not mint state but still a good find for a clad penny. Remember to enjoy the hunt as the main reason for your "hobby" and what you find is just icing on the cake. I recently read an article about a MD hunter that converts his clad cents to cash and buys older silver from a coin dealer every time he gets 1500 of them. Not a bad idea to have more valuable coins to show for your hunting efforts. Swing slow, learn your detector by investigating all those sounds and experiment with different settings until you find the ones you are comfortable with and that work for you. Good luck to you.

 

[dmitchstevens]

must love that silver. I think i am gonna do like someone said and use my clad to buy older dated coins