Some Hunts Over the Last Couple of Weeks - Old Silver

ShovelinDave

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Jul 11, 2009
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Bandido 2 - umax, Garrett Ace 400, Garrett AT Pro, Garrett AT Pinpointer
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Howdy Yall, the last couple of weeks I've gotten out a few times. The weather here this spring has been a little crazy. If it wasn't snowing it was raining. When the sun peeked out, I took advantage of it. I made my way back to the spoon woods on two different occasions for few hours. Finding spoons and digging trash was the norm when I got a solid 82. To my surprise, it was a Mercury Dime. The next good tone was an 83-84. It was about 8 inches down. When I got it out of the hole I knew what it was, another watch fob. It's my sixth one that I've found in two years. I also found another wheat cent. When I got back to the woods the second time I got a nice tone and dug it. At first, I thought it was a dog tag. I was right about it being a tag, just the wrong animal. Pulled a token out of the ground also.
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Last Sunday I made my way back to the 1800's field for about an hour. Even tho it was a short hunt it turned out to be one of my better hunts there. The first tone was a bouncy one. It was bouncing all around, 50 to 70 to 60. Seemed odd. When I popped the plug out of the ground, it was in the plug and coming in as a solid 81. I knew it was a dime. To my surprise, my second seated dime. Both were found in the same field. I made a couple more passes up and down the field. I came across a part of the field that was washed out a little bit. Snow and water running off the field. In this area, I got a solid 81. Six to eight inches down and I was guessing Barber Dime. I got it out of the plug and surprised again. Another seated Dime. This one was 1877, the same year as the first one I found here almost a year ago.
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Monday afternoon we got off work a little early because the Site Manager had to leave. When I got home I grabbed my things and headed out to the field where I found the LC. This field has a lot of iron and I was going thru it very slow. The first decent sound was coming in around 67, only two inches down. I stuck the tip of the shovel under it and popped an IHC. I was working the grid back and forth. I was getting good sounds in the low 80's, all over the place that were pieces of brass. I got another that was ringing up at a solid 84. When I got it out of the plug I knew it was a ring. I was also very dark. I saw it was shining on parts of it. Cleaned it up a little and tried to see markings on the inside. There are no markings. I think it's silver and old silver at that. Every coin I've found here is in the 19th century. I kept at it for a little bit longer finding a flat button, the back of a two-piece button and an old padlock with a pat date 1895. I've kept you long enough. Thanks for looking. Best of luck on your hunts. SD
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Great hunt there, you got to love the old seated. HH
 

Great finds Dave! Seated don't come around all that often. Congrats!
 

Some great digs there Dave!!!! Seats are always a welcomed find but I really luv the fob and tag!! Those WILL stand out in the display case for sure!!!!!! Keep the hoosier finds a comin bud...... CONGRATZ.......
 

Great finds Dave! Seated don't come around all that often. Congrats!
Thanks Mark, hows that AT Max working out for you?
Some great digs there Dave!!!! Seats are always a welcomed find but I really luv the fob and tag!! Those WILL stand out in the display case for sure!!!!!! Keep the hoosier finds a comin bud...... CONGRATZ.......
Thanks fishstick, one of these days when I find a fob it's going to be silver. The day I dug the tag, it was almost a hundred years old to the day.
 

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