vegasmtl
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Well, after a bit more than 2 years on this wonderful island of Okinawa, we are coming home. I have posted off and on over the last 18 months or so, but have been so busy that most of my finds haven't been posted. The movers come in a week, so I figure I better get it done so I can cash in the Yen!
December 07 is when I first detected here, and found my first coin ever.(see pic)
I started out detecting mostly on Kadena Air Base, but moved quickly to beach hunting. I would say that about 80% of my US coins were found on Kadena, and about 90% of the Yen was found on the beaches. My family and I have really come to love the beach and ocean, and we are sure going to miss that moving back to Las Vegas. My wife says there is sand there, but it just doesn't seem the same
I also found a few other foreign coins here, mostly dug on base, and one on the playground.
I love detecting here cause the coinage is so much higher in value than ours. Coins here go from 1yen up to 500yen! When the dollar is sound :P, it is about 100yen to the dollar, or even more.(Highest I saw while we were here was 121yen to the dollar, lowest was 90yen) As you can see from the pics, I found a ton of 100yen coins, and a few 500yen, which were my favorite of course.
I did find a few US coins, mostly on the base rather than at the beach. A few wheats, but no silver sadly. I think the ground is just so wet here that the heavy stuff just sinks. I have found statehood quarters as deep as 8 inches!
By far I love finding jewelry! As of today, I haven't found any gold, but two weeks ago found my first Platinum ring. I was very stoked! I was actually hunting with someone I met on T-net(bigfish) who moved here recently, and we have been able to hook up twice now. Bigfish just got here, and I am heading out, kinda a bummer really. He is a super nice guy, and the first person I did any detecting with so that was kinda cool too. That day he found a .925ring, myself found the 900Pt mens band with diamond, and another junk ring also. So a good ring day all in all. Here are a couple pics of the Plat ring. It is bent out of shape a bit, and has an inscrip also. I put an ad in the local paper in english and japanese, but no callers yet, so I think this one will stay mine!
Here is a shot of all the jewelry I have found while here.
And, finally, here is a shot of all the stuff together. Quite a haul if I do say so myself.
I have done a bit of CRH'ing here also, but haven't done as well as I had hoped. There just isn't many half dollars on island, and the locals know that the old US stuff is silver, so they hoard it. I did a bit of CRH when we went back for a visit in August, and did ok. About 10 40% halves or so. I also found my first blank one cent planchet.
We are excited to come back to the states, but we are going to miss it here as well. It is such a pretty place, and the people are very friendly. If you get a chance, visit. Here is a parting shot
Well, we will be back in Vegas in a few weeks, get ready Immy, I am gonna cut in on your CRH action!
Also, if there are any MD'ers in Vegas, give me a shout!
HH
vegasmtl
December 07 is when I first detected here, and found my first coin ever.(see pic)
I started out detecting mostly on Kadena Air Base, but moved quickly to beach hunting. I would say that about 80% of my US coins were found on Kadena, and about 90% of the Yen was found on the beaches. My family and I have really come to love the beach and ocean, and we are sure going to miss that moving back to Las Vegas. My wife says there is sand there, but it just doesn't seem the same
I also found a few other foreign coins here, mostly dug on base, and one on the playground.
I love detecting here cause the coinage is so much higher in value than ours. Coins here go from 1yen up to 500yen! When the dollar is sound :P, it is about 100yen to the dollar, or even more.(Highest I saw while we were here was 121yen to the dollar, lowest was 90yen) As you can see from the pics, I found a ton of 100yen coins, and a few 500yen, which were my favorite of course.
I did find a few US coins, mostly on the base rather than at the beach. A few wheats, but no silver sadly. I think the ground is just so wet here that the heavy stuff just sinks. I have found statehood quarters as deep as 8 inches!
By far I love finding jewelry! As of today, I haven't found any gold, but two weeks ago found my first Platinum ring. I was very stoked! I was actually hunting with someone I met on T-net(bigfish) who moved here recently, and we have been able to hook up twice now. Bigfish just got here, and I am heading out, kinda a bummer really. He is a super nice guy, and the first person I did any detecting with so that was kinda cool too. That day he found a .925ring, myself found the 900Pt mens band with diamond, and another junk ring also. So a good ring day all in all. Here are a couple pics of the Plat ring. It is bent out of shape a bit, and has an inscrip also. I put an ad in the local paper in english and japanese, but no callers yet, so I think this one will stay mine!
Here is a shot of all the jewelry I have found while here.
And, finally, here is a shot of all the stuff together. Quite a haul if I do say so myself.
I have done a bit of CRH'ing here also, but haven't done as well as I had hoped. There just isn't many half dollars on island, and the locals know that the old US stuff is silver, so they hoard it. I did a bit of CRH when we went back for a visit in August, and did ok. About 10 40% halves or so. I also found my first blank one cent planchet.
We are excited to come back to the states, but we are going to miss it here as well. It is such a pretty place, and the people are very friendly. If you get a chance, visit. Here is a parting shot
Well, we will be back in Vegas in a few weeks, get ready Immy, I am gonna cut in on your CRH action!
Also, if there are any MD'ers in Vegas, give me a shout!
HH
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