twistidd
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- Nov 11, 2007
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Kermit and I decided to hunt a local sledding hill in hopes of picking up some gold or silver any earlier hunters
may have left for us. As we made our way to the hill, I decided to check out a little patch of woods nearby. It was cool because there were no mosquitoes at all in there. My first signal was the 1963 Norridge dog tag. My next signal was a memorial, and then my third signal was part of an old Tootsie Toy truck that at some point had been punished by a lawnmower (still, my first Tootsie Toy). I ran into a big spill of crusty zinc memorials, and trash, and so I joined Kermit near the hill. Not too many clad coins, but numerous nickels, some quite deep. I think, that between Kermit and myself, we must have dug 200 pulltabs and peices of can slaw. No gold was to be found at the hill, but as I mentioned, we did stock up on a bit of clad.
We decided to check out a wooded section together to see what we could manage. I found five wheats ('10, '18-S, '49-D, '51-D, '56-D) and a '26 buffalo, along with some odds and ends, including but not limited to a slaggy-looking bass (says North American Fishing Club on the back), peice of an eagle button, peice of a toy cast capgun, a big Boy Scouts button, and two spoons. Oddly enough, both Kermit and I were finding modern coins out deep in the woods, deep in the ground. The buffalo I found was one inch under the surface at the base of a tree. On the other side of the tree, I found another spill of crusty zincs and two 90's dimes, at about 4 inches down. Go figure!
Eventually, it began to mist/drizzle lightly, so we headed back to the cars. Not a bad hunt...I think eventually I'd like to scout that area and find places that might hold some more coinage. However, it wouldn't by my first choice. I think I'll spend more time at Bill's spot (WITH Bill of course...NOT going there alone!)...hope you all have/had a great weekend.
Joe
may have left for us. As we made our way to the hill, I decided to check out a little patch of woods nearby. It was cool because there were no mosquitoes at all in there. My first signal was the 1963 Norridge dog tag. My next signal was a memorial, and then my third signal was part of an old Tootsie Toy truck that at some point had been punished by a lawnmower (still, my first Tootsie Toy). I ran into a big spill of crusty zinc memorials, and trash, and so I joined Kermit near the hill. Not too many clad coins, but numerous nickels, some quite deep. I think, that between Kermit and myself, we must have dug 200 pulltabs and peices of can slaw. No gold was to be found at the hill, but as I mentioned, we did stock up on a bit of clad.
We decided to check out a wooded section together to see what we could manage. I found five wheats ('10, '18-S, '49-D, '51-D, '56-D) and a '26 buffalo, along with some odds and ends, including but not limited to a slaggy-looking bass (says North American Fishing Club on the back), peice of an eagle button, peice of a toy cast capgun, a big Boy Scouts button, and two spoons. Oddly enough, both Kermit and I were finding modern coins out deep in the woods, deep in the ground. The buffalo I found was one inch under the surface at the base of a tree. On the other side of the tree, I found another spill of crusty zincs and two 90's dimes, at about 4 inches down. Go figure!
Eventually, it began to mist/drizzle lightly, so we headed back to the cars. Not a bad hunt...I think eventually I'd like to scout that area and find places that might hold some more coinage. However, it wouldn't by my first choice. I think I'll spend more time at Bill's spot (WITH Bill of course...NOT going there alone!)...hope you all have/had a great weekend.
Joe
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