DIGGING IN A LARGE AREA DATING BACK TO 1920S

[Pennyworth]

DIGGING IN A LARGE AREA DATING BACK TO 1920'S

Today I spent an hour and half digging in this large area. The top layer of grass was scraped and I a found 8 wheat cents 1919, 1951D(2), 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956D(2), small earring, lipstick tube cover, 6 clad cents, and one clad dime. I'm pretty sure there must be silver here as the area probably dates back to the 1920's. I found these coins between 1 to 2 inches of dirt and a few were a little deeper. Then I started digging clay and my hands hurt,even got a blister. LOL I have no idea how I am going to cover so much ground,especially as I only covered about 10 feet today. I haven't cleaned any of the coins yet, so the pictures are really dark. There are no signs posted to keep out and the area is not fenced in all the way around,even the police drove by but they were not concerned with me digging there.

 

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[Pennyworth]

Re: DIGGING IN A LARGE AREA

The Finds:

 

[tinpan]

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HI PENNYSWORTH.CONGRATS ON YOUR FINDS AND SOUND LIKE YOU HAVE PLENTY GROUND TO COVER.I THING YOU USED GOOD JUDGEMENT THE FENCE AND SIGN ISSUE AND GOOD LUCK

TINPAN

 

[Bavaria Mike]

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Congrats on the wheats and good luck! HH, Mike

 

[TnT2000]

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Hi penny

It looks like a great area to hunt. What are you digging with, if its not a Lesche get one,
no more pain...and good luck on that site....TnT

 

[ringding]

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Get an orange vest and have the word "Utilities" printed on the back. Do you have a hard hat?

 

[Gypsy Heart]

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Cool Penny...Thats alot of area,but I think you have it covered. Just perfect that they moved all that dirt just for you! Nice Finds

 

[nybuford]

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Penny, isn't it nice when they help you dig? Looks like you have a place to TH for awhile. Hopefully they wont be too quick about finishing up their construction. HH
Bu

 

[Mirage]

Re: DIGGING IN A LARGE AREA DATING BACK TO 1920'S

Get an orange vest and have the word "Utilities" printed on the back. Do you have a hard hat?

Never though of that - great idea!

Penny - just get up early and hunt to sundown. Actually, by noon it will be too hot. What you should do is "cherry pick" it for silver. Just don't dig anything that does not give a silver signal. You really should be able to find some silver....what was there before??

Mirage

 

[rb]

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Wow good job keep hunting and the silver will come to you. HH RB

 

[Nana40]

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Way to go Penny!!! And don't forget to hunt those piles of dirt too!

Good luck!!

Nana

 

[groundfisher]

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Wow! Looks like a great site.Nice finds so far.I hope you can hit on some silver.
I wear rubber palmed yard work gloves for comfort and protection.They work great.
Best of luck to you. HH!

 

[LizardQueen]

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Looks like you made out pretty well. I'd love to have a place like that to hunt for goodies.

 

[Pennyworth]

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I went back tonight to hunt for an hour and a half,as it was too hot to hunt during the day. I found 3 additional wheaties 1953D,1955, 1957D, and 3 clad pennies. No silver yet. It was actually dark and I was still detecting and a pick-up truck pulled up next to me and a guy started talking to me. I said wait a minute I can't hear you and took off my headphones.

He said it's getting dark, you should wrap it up tonight. They don't want anyone getting hurt here, but he was really friendly about it. Then he starts talking to me about 2 guys that he saw metal detecting and told me where they found some silver. He also said he thought he heard a firecracker and thought it came from the area I was in and just wanted to make sure everything was ok. I told him I'd finish retreiving my target and leave for the night. I will continue to go back in the daylight and try to pull as much as possible from there.

Mirage, so I should eliminate all targets except for dimes,quarters,halves, and dollars? I'm using an Ace 250 and I'm just wondering if I can go deep enough with it to find silver. I haven't found any silver coins with it yet,but I think most of the places I've hunted so far just didn't have silver and had been hunted a lot.

 

[stoney56]

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You might zip the dirt piles real quick before they haul them off, then concentrate on the flat areas before they put down the asphalt.

 

[Pennyworth]

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You might zip the dirt piles real quick before they haul them off, then concentrate on the flat areas before they put down the asphalt.

I thought about the large dirt piles and then I wondered how safe it would be to start walking on top of them and stepped back down. LOL Maybe if I shovel some of the dirt into a smaller pile right next to it and do a little at a time,and then throw it back on in one place when I'm done.

 

[stoney56]

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I'd just check the sides as U go around them. You don't have to walk on them, just keep the coil close and level. The 250 should be light enough to prevent too much fatigue. Just watch that you don't dig too deep and cause the upper area to cave down on you. Remember SAFETY 1ST!

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

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P,

very nice finds so far.

Keep at it, never know what you will find.
Must be some silver.

have a good un..........

 

[Green1]

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i would cherry pick too,, and if theres any signs were those large stumps were ,i would do at least a 30 foot circle around each,, all the best on the return.

 

[Gabbit]

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nice finds -- keep us posted -- the silver has to be there -- I wear a pair of harbinger (sp) gloves that just have the fingers showing. They provide a bit of padding for the heal of the hands -- last summer I got a ton of blisters -- this year just one or two. keep it up