Great day following a skunking*3 coppers*Big silver*complete knee buckle

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Todd & I found a new cellar hole and headed out early 6am for the 45 min drive.after yesterdays skunking I was feeling better about todays hunt.
20 min hike into the site,we found it.1st target was a big old tall oxknob.good sign :y.decided to work the lip of the foundation.next to a log Todd rolled over i get a nice signal at 4 inches,out pops a early complete knee buckle.fill hole.take 2 steps and bam! nice 80's VDI at 5 inches.out pops a CT copper 1787 I believe. fill the hole take a few more steps get a nice signal mixed in with iron.out pops a draped bust half cent 1804 i think.todd was on the other side of the cellar hole near trail all of a sudden I hear "Im getting stung! I see a streak whippin down the trail like Flash Gordan! i peek over the cellar hole and theres like 500 yellow jackets in a cloud formation buzzing around the rotted log he apparently rolled over.I felt horrible as I know how he felt having gone through the same thing a few weeks earlier.he also broke his pinpoint toggle switch when he took a nose dive after tripping in the run.I give him the iron man award for the day as he stuck out the day using his machine like that and all welted up . not long after that episode i get a nice 90's reading at 4 inches near the barn.out pops a 1859-O seated half dollar.then last coin for the day was a 1818 matron head LC.was a great hunt for me but Todd didn't fare so well.a few buttons and whole lotta welts. I know how hard it is to regain your focus after going through an ordeal like that. gotta give him a standing ovation for toughing it out
the 1st pic is my skunking from yesterday the lock which was the coolest thing was a gift from todd

 

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[jewelerguy]

man those coins rock!

 

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[CMDiamonddawg]

yes , that's them , yeller dirt dwellers , attacked and stung apprx 19 times in a minute , last summer same kind of bee , it nests in the dirt and under fallen logs . .

Their stings burn and itch for days .

how are you doing all that searchin' this summer and how about that ..... after all of those coppers I am shocked to see you pull a a seated half

with a Nar leans mint mark at a CT cellar hole

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

yes , that's them , yeller dirt dwellers , attacked and stung apprx 19 times in a minute , last summer same kind of bee , it nests in the dirt and under fallen logs . .

Their stings burn and itch for days .

how are you doing all that searchin' this summer and how about that ..... after all of those coppers I am shocked to see you pull a a seated half

with a Nar leans mint mark at a CT cellar hole

thanks Dawg! im not sure what's worse these yellow jackets or the white faced hornets that got me a couple weeks ago.

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

WOW ! another hornet story.

Man nice stuff, I love that knee buckle, surely I will get one (or shoe) like it someday.

Half dollar, and half cent are super finds of course, but I'd still take the buckle for my first choice as I've not got one yet.

As far as skunked, that almost happened to me today, besides a modern loonie, and some lead, all I got was one button, although it is different.

Good luck out there.

Rick

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Congrats HMN, that"s a nice round up of goodies right there, the buckle sure is in great shape. Man I need a silver fix bad and the half sure is looking good.
ZDD