Brett
Bronze Member
Got out on the bright again today with my Dad... well, it was more like on the fog instead of bright... hunting from 6am to 11am. It was pretty quiet out there today. We made our way to some new spots strewn across some dew laden grass, but alas, it was not to be. Finally we decided to keep plugging on, heh, and eventually the wheaties started popping out for me. Clad was everywhere, but I was ignoring it all... unless it was a quarter. Knee surgery isn't cheap ;-) Eventually I steered my Dad where I wanted to go, and we started finding the goods when we slowed down. I started working a small area and was finding wheaties. My Dad was hovering around for good reason (just pulled the silver ring 15 feet away), and then he pulled the bus tokens. I was starting to really turn the ground into swiss cheese, and the next hole over was a very faint chirpy 11-46/12-47. It was so bad that I didn't even bother letting my Dad scan it... I just figured it was better to speed hunt and get the plug open before bothering my Dad with another nail or trash signal. Once I opened up the plug, probing, there was a faint signal in the bottom of the hole. Cutting away some more dirt I pulled up the coin, and it was probing nice and high! I was like where are you, you little ... And then the back of the Barber emerged through the dirt... my eyes lit up! "Barber", I shouted. My Dad came over and said it could be seated, and I'm thinking "don't mess with me man..." I watered her down and revealed the reverse first, then the obverse.. It was indeed a Barber dime, 1908. It still amazes me how bad that signal was, and I had to really focus on getting an X over it before digging. After that, the swiss cheese factory was in full production. I was digging just about every signal in this area, and to my delight they were all deep signals! Not all were coins, half were junk. And then we decided to split.
Wheaties are '10, '17, '20, '30, '36, '41, '51, '51d.
My Dad and I are now tied at 29 silver each this year... wish ->ME<- luck on hitting 30 first ;-)
Wheaties are '10, '17, '20, '30, '36, '41, '51, '51d.
My Dad and I are now tied at 29 silver each this year... wish ->ME<- luck on hitting 30 first ;-)
