Johnny Ringo Silver
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I've been meaning to ask permission for this yard for some time and just so happened to see the guy working in his yard yesterday.
When I stopped and asked, he told me that someone just last year had stopped and hunted it but I could give it a shot if i wanted to.
Well you know me, of course once again i seen it as a personal challenge! Everything was moving right along with a wheatie here and a wheatie there which was fine for me and it wasnt until I got out on the easment strip that I finally pulled my silver. There was a buried cable that i was getting broken signals off of but wouldnt pin-point tight. Moving along the cable, i ran into a signal that gave me a decent tight pin-point at about 5in. It was a 1918-D standing quarter and was laying flat against a rusty old nail. I had to do a little polishing to get the brown stains off of the quarter but it sure cleaned up well. Just before i was done for the day, i got another decent signal right at the edge of the driveway where the dirt was packed in real tight but rang up loud. After digging and cleaning out a 5in hole i rescanned it with the sunray and it screamed out like there was a tin can just below. Pulling my next handfull of dirt out, i noticed this big round rusty looking object in my hand. First impression was maybe an old pocket watch or washer but upon further inspection I could see writing on this flat disc. When i got home and cleaned it up it turned out to be a commemorative token from a dry goods company that was based out of KCMO. It was the Emery. Bird. Thayer company and celebrated its 50th year in 1913! This token is the biggest i have seen.
My wheaties for the day are
1919, 1919-D, 1911, 1912, 1913-D, 1917, 1927-D, 1940-S and 1958-D.
When I stopped and asked, he told me that someone just last year had stopped and hunted it but I could give it a shot if i wanted to.
Well you know me, of course once again i seen it as a personal challenge! Everything was moving right along with a wheatie here and a wheatie there which was fine for me and it wasnt until I got out on the easment strip that I finally pulled my silver. There was a buried cable that i was getting broken signals off of but wouldnt pin-point tight. Moving along the cable, i ran into a signal that gave me a decent tight pin-point at about 5in. It was a 1918-D standing quarter and was laying flat against a rusty old nail. I had to do a little polishing to get the brown stains off of the quarter but it sure cleaned up well. Just before i was done for the day, i got another decent signal right at the edge of the driveway where the dirt was packed in real tight but rang up loud. After digging and cleaning out a 5in hole i rescanned it with the sunray and it screamed out like there was a tin can just below. Pulling my next handfull of dirt out, i noticed this big round rusty looking object in my hand. First impression was maybe an old pocket watch or washer but upon further inspection I could see writing on this flat disc. When i got home and cleaned it up it turned out to be a commemorative token from a dry goods company that was based out of KCMO. It was the Emery. Bird. Thayer company and celebrated its 50th year in 1913! This token is the biggest i have seen.
My wheaties for the day are
1919, 1919-D, 1911, 1912, 1913-D, 1917, 1927-D, 1940-S and 1958-D.
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