jgas
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Finally got around to some digging and posting..
Went out to an 1881 Farm to finish up the last part of what was left off after the last hunt where I found an 1864 Injun(my first). Scavenged a spoon and a few other junky artifacts...Skunked on coins...OUCH...But Opportunity knocks so Don and I went down the street to the next farm house where I got permission the day before. Talked to an older Italian lady. She lived there alone and spoke broken english. The Italian accent was very thick but she said it would be okay to look around. She said we would not find anything...Aha..A challenge! Soooo we started our search in the front yard just to see if she was right..Well she was wrong. We started getting targets all over the place. A bunch of clad and the occasional wheat penny from the 50's and 40's. Not a bad start. Then I got the silver(ugly) ring. Things were looking up when she came home. She was with another younger lady and that got out of the car and asked "What are you looking for?"
I said old coins, relics, whatever we could find. She then said "I don't think she (the old Italian Woman) doesn't want you out here. I then told her that I spoke to her yesterday and she said it was okay. The lady then said that she likes her privacy and we better leave. Okay I said and looked at Don and thought that was strange. Needless to say there was plenty more area to hunt so we left, with our tails between our legs and.......opportunity knocked.
Went on to the next place in hopes that the elderly lady would allow us to hunt her farm. It was dated 1881...She said it was hunted just last year and that we would not find anything. Ho Hum Challenge to say the least...My third target Id'ed as 52 on my Analog Pro 6000 at 5 inches..I looked at Don and brashly said that this would be an Injun...Popped out the rather large plug(gotta be safe ya know) and it surprised me more than Don I think...It was an 1895 Injun. A bit crusty but none the less, and Injun. I thought the guys that hunted it last year missed that one big time...Kept on hunting and Don got a decent signal in the 60's VDI on the DFX. It was kinda funny that he dug a plug, flipped it over and saw the imprint of a coin in the dirt. But no coin. We looked in the bottom of the hole, pinpointed all around and still no coin. We even thought it was an imprint left behind from those other hunters...That could not be possible, right? I said look to see if it is stuck to your shovel, Nope! I told Don to move away from the hole and then I saw that the coin was underneath him. He picked it up and I saw the small shield on the obverse. It was his first Injun. A beautiful 1889 Injun. Now we knew the other guys were either cherry picking easy targets or just ametuers at best. We found several early wheats, 1918, 1920, 1936. Plus a bunch of clad. What a day. I will be giving the 1895 Injun to the lady who let us hunt there. She was a nice old whippersnapper.
Oh the silvers Rosies were found at another hunted out church lot. Back yard hunt only. All those bullet casings were found in the church lot as well. This is an inner city church......223 caliber rounds and several other types..I was in the hood of all places. But I thought it would be safe. Run for cover when you hear those babies blasting...All in all we cleaned up pretty well. We both went home happy for seeing that opportunity knocks when one door closes and another opens.
Can someone possibly Id the small token like thing with the number 3 on it? The number is on both sides and it is as heavy as lead. The other tokens are a Oklahoma Consumer Tax Token For Old Age Assistance. Never saw one like that before. A Nice Sunoco Macinac Island Token, two of the Shell's President Tokens, Grover Cleveland and Andrew Johnson. The button says Wellington on the reverse and the front is just smooth. No idea as to how old that one is. Help there would be great. Okay that's it....Happy Hunting all. And be safe out there! Jgas
Went out to an 1881 Farm to finish up the last part of what was left off after the last hunt where I found an 1864 Injun(my first). Scavenged a spoon and a few other junky artifacts...Skunked on coins...OUCH...But Opportunity knocks so Don and I went down the street to the next farm house where I got permission the day before. Talked to an older Italian lady. She lived there alone and spoke broken english. The Italian accent was very thick but she said it would be okay to look around. She said we would not find anything...Aha..A challenge! Soooo we started our search in the front yard just to see if she was right..Well she was wrong. We started getting targets all over the place. A bunch of clad and the occasional wheat penny from the 50's and 40's. Not a bad start. Then I got the silver(ugly) ring. Things were looking up when she came home. She was with another younger lady and that got out of the car and asked "What are you looking for?"
I said old coins, relics, whatever we could find. She then said "I don't think she (the old Italian Woman) doesn't want you out here. I then told her that I spoke to her yesterday and she said it was okay. The lady then said that she likes her privacy and we better leave. Okay I said and looked at Don and thought that was strange. Needless to say there was plenty more area to hunt so we left, with our tails between our legs and.......opportunity knocked.
Went on to the next place in hopes that the elderly lady would allow us to hunt her farm. It was dated 1881...She said it was hunted just last year and that we would not find anything. Ho Hum Challenge to say the least...My third target Id'ed as 52 on my Analog Pro 6000 at 5 inches..I looked at Don and brashly said that this would be an Injun...Popped out the rather large plug(gotta be safe ya know) and it surprised me more than Don I think...It was an 1895 Injun. A bit crusty but none the less, and Injun. I thought the guys that hunted it last year missed that one big time...Kept on hunting and Don got a decent signal in the 60's VDI on the DFX. It was kinda funny that he dug a plug, flipped it over and saw the imprint of a coin in the dirt. But no coin. We looked in the bottom of the hole, pinpointed all around and still no coin. We even thought it was an imprint left behind from those other hunters...That could not be possible, right? I said look to see if it is stuck to your shovel, Nope! I told Don to move away from the hole and then I saw that the coin was underneath him. He picked it up and I saw the small shield on the obverse. It was his first Injun. A beautiful 1889 Injun. Now we knew the other guys were either cherry picking easy targets or just ametuers at best. We found several early wheats, 1918, 1920, 1936. Plus a bunch of clad. What a day. I will be giving the 1895 Injun to the lady who let us hunt there. She was a nice old whippersnapper.
Oh the silvers Rosies were found at another hunted out church lot. Back yard hunt only. All those bullet casings were found in the church lot as well. This is an inner city church......223 caliber rounds and several other types..I was in the hood of all places. But I thought it would be safe. Run for cover when you hear those babies blasting...All in all we cleaned up pretty well. We both went home happy for seeing that opportunity knocks when one door closes and another opens.
Can someone possibly Id the small token like thing with the number 3 on it? The number is on both sides and it is as heavy as lead. The other tokens are a Oklahoma Consumer Tax Token For Old Age Assistance. Never saw one like that before. A Nice Sunoco Macinac Island Token, two of the Shell's President Tokens, Grover Cleveland and Andrew Johnson. The button says Wellington on the reverse and the front is just smooth. No idea as to how old that one is. Help there would be great. Okay that's it....Happy Hunting all. And be safe out there! Jgas
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