Re: Found a RECORD silver dime "Cache"!!!!!!!!
I am a new coin hunter, just getting started since june of this year. No great finds yet, but a couple of nice pieces, includeing a couple of rings. I was interested in metal detecting for more than 10 years, in hind site, should have started then. At times since I started I have sometimes held little hope of finding good items/coins as have been told many times, the hunters that started years ago, got all the good stuff. But thanks to you, it is evident, that good finds are still there.
Along that line, since starting detecting this summer, I have spent a lot of time cultivateing leads, info, and help from old timers, local history, and some of my own historical knowledge I have from my interest in history since high school. So, now I do have a number of leads to pursue, but sorry to say at this point, it wont be till spring, as weather (winter) in this part of country halts the hunting till warmer weather. One lead I have, and it is just that, a "lead", is of a native american that supposidly buried some silver dollars or gold coins(
) along a railroad bed behind his cabin. So, I am not holding my breath, its just one of the things that keeps novices like me hopeing to find something. The lead is from several people that shared the same info........., so who knows for sure
I have generated many leads, and permission from many people to hunt property. I have hunted many places this summer. I think I have done well compared to some here, but not as well as some I have read about in other areas. I think success comes from a combination of persistance, and locale. Perhaps I am speaking to the choir here. I do have to say, that this is the most rewarding hobby I have been involved in.
One more thing. If there is any readers here from S Minn near Marshall or Iona, contact me here. When I was in 6th grade there, I did some garden work there for an ederly lady, and found some very early coins in her garden. One was some kind of half, with stars around the edge. It is so long ago, the details are faint now. But as I will never go that way soon, I will gladly share more info so someone can hunt there for possibility of more.
