Danimal
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Man. I really do miss swinging the coil often, but my son's travel baseball schedule has been brutal with a ton of out of town tournaments on top of division play and scheduled league games. He's got a gun like you wouldn't believe and is sooo into the game that I don't wanna hold him back (an elite team that beat us 4-1 and went on to win a big USSSA tournament we were in, was gunning him during the game and clocked him at 76 mph. BTW...he's 13 yrs old. That's unheard of velocity for such a yound kid and their coach said he's never seen a 13 yr old over 73).
He's living with me for 6 weeks now for the summer and this week I'm off work so aside from 4 baseball games we DID get out twice to detect.
We met Zoso Monday and he took us into his hot spot (he calls the silvermine) and we basically whacked our way through insane Vietnam-like jungle growth and heat and came away with only a few wheats, old bullets shotguns shells and some other stuff. My three good finds there were an old Coke bottle, a silver earring and a nice 18K gold ring with a small emerald and some teeny diamond chips alongside it. Nice ring nonetheless. I also dug a copper pendant with an Indian etched on it.
Today Spencer and I went to the Iceberg (ignoring severe TStorm warnings) and again it was like a jungle there too and very hot. We ran out of water and cool drinks after only 3 hrs and had to leave. I wasn't really prepared for the heat and humidity today (never did storm-blew right over even though we heard a tornado siren in the distance).
Digging in this weather sucks royally! Sweat constantly in your eyes, clothes soaked, mosquitos dining on your hide....
Ended the day with a handfull of wheats (oldest 1919), two silver (36 Merc and a 47 Rosie) and some older Jeffersons. Spencer was into it for a while and probably dug more than half the wheats using his Ace250. Also got a few marbles. The ones in the pics inside the Coke bottle are from previous trips there. I dug two 1956D wheats today and the "D" is in different positions on the two coins. I went to my Redbook and saw there is a 1956D "shadow D" coin. Maybe one of them is one?? Experts wanna chime in?
Enjoy the pics and HH all!!
Just throwing this one in...Spencer's new 'do
Spencer and I after today's hunt at the Element.
Closeup of today's stuff and trash
All finds from this week
closeup of the silver and ring
closeup of the two different 1956D wheaties...see how the D on one is lower?
He's living with me for 6 weeks now for the summer and this week I'm off work so aside from 4 baseball games we DID get out twice to detect.
We met Zoso Monday and he took us into his hot spot (he calls the silvermine) and we basically whacked our way through insane Vietnam-like jungle growth and heat and came away with only a few wheats, old bullets shotguns shells and some other stuff. My three good finds there were an old Coke bottle, a silver earring and a nice 18K gold ring with a small emerald and some teeny diamond chips alongside it. Nice ring nonetheless. I also dug a copper pendant with an Indian etched on it.
Today Spencer and I went to the Iceberg (ignoring severe TStorm warnings) and again it was like a jungle there too and very hot. We ran out of water and cool drinks after only 3 hrs and had to leave. I wasn't really prepared for the heat and humidity today (never did storm-blew right over even though we heard a tornado siren in the distance).
Digging in this weather sucks royally! Sweat constantly in your eyes, clothes soaked, mosquitos dining on your hide....
Ended the day with a handfull of wheats (oldest 1919), two silver (36 Merc and a 47 Rosie) and some older Jeffersons. Spencer was into it for a while and probably dug more than half the wheats using his Ace250. Also got a few marbles. The ones in the pics inside the Coke bottle are from previous trips there. I dug two 1956D wheats today and the "D" is in different positions on the two coins. I went to my Redbook and saw there is a 1956D "shadow D" coin. Maybe one of them is one?? Experts wanna chime in?
Enjoy the pics and HH all!!
Just throwing this one in...Spencer's new 'do
Spencer and I after today's hunt at the Element.
Closeup of today's stuff and trash
All finds from this week
closeup of the silver and ring
closeup of the two different 1956D wheaties...see how the D on one is lower?
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I look forward to seeing some more here real soon now!
