Nate in Ohio
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Ok, as always, I'm making this chronological. Last Thursday I hit the Iceberg for a bit. I was on my way out with less than 10 wheats when I dug the 1920-S walker. Dan found one not far from this one a while ago (in addition to another that day), the day I found the barber half. So...after thousands of wheat pennies with only one silver for years from the wheatfield, I find two in two consecutive hunts here. 
From now on I'm immediately putting all silver coins in holders because I've noticed how terrible many have come to look from sitting out and tarnishing/toning real bad.
Had a little more time to kill another day so went back to a usual haunt, a school. Found the 52 Rosie and two wheats. Another day, I tried a new area closer to home, which seems to be untouched...found 14 wheats (one is sliced), but no silver. I did find the 1st Lieutenant bracelet and a clad half.
Now...yesterday, I just decided to go out real quick just for the sake of it. Went to a place real close to home, that we've hit a lot and found some sweet stuff at (nothing older than an 1892 barber quarter though). Kids were practicing/playing games in the field so I wedged myself into a corner where there was a small section of woods. Had to kick around some logs and branches and a few cans to be able to swing the coil. Got a weird signal right away and dug a wheat. Kicked some more stuff around, and got a nice strong penny signal. That was when I was shocked to see the 1845 large cent in the dirt. It's so weird because I feel like I need to be hiking around all day in the woods to stand any remote chance at finding something like that. And here's one that shows up when I'm not expecting it at all.
Messed around a little more in there and found two more wheats. Only spent about 15 mins total in there. It's a real small area but it's real trashy and there's definitely more logs to kick away and signals to unmask I'm sure.
Oh...and the other thing I found in there were these decorative pieces with abalone on them...and they must be silver. The shiny stuff is flaking off pretty bad though. But they're still pretty sweet; gotta be old. I can't really read the markings on the back...it actually looks like a different language. And thoughts would be appreciated.
HUGE silver:
Thanks for taking a look guys! Hope all's well.
From now on I'm immediately putting all silver coins in holders because I've noticed how terrible many have come to look from sitting out and tarnishing/toning real bad.
Had a little more time to kill another day so went back to a usual haunt, a school. Found the 52 Rosie and two wheats. Another day, I tried a new area closer to home, which seems to be untouched...found 14 wheats (one is sliced), but no silver. I did find the 1st Lieutenant bracelet and a clad half.
Now...yesterday, I just decided to go out real quick just for the sake of it. Went to a place real close to home, that we've hit a lot and found some sweet stuff at (nothing older than an 1892 barber quarter though). Kids were practicing/playing games in the field so I wedged myself into a corner where there was a small section of woods. Had to kick around some logs and branches and a few cans to be able to swing the coil. Got a weird signal right away and dug a wheat. Kicked some more stuff around, and got a nice strong penny signal. That was when I was shocked to see the 1845 large cent in the dirt. It's so weird because I feel like I need to be hiking around all day in the woods to stand any remote chance at finding something like that. And here's one that shows up when I'm not expecting it at all.
Messed around a little more in there and found two more wheats. Only spent about 15 mins total in there. It's a real small area but it's real trashy and there's definitely more logs to kick away and signals to unmask I'm sure.
Oh...and the other thing I found in there were these decorative pieces with abalone on them...and they must be silver. The shiny stuff is flaking off pretty bad though. But they're still pretty sweet; gotta be old. I can't really read the markings on the back...it actually looks like a different language. And thoughts would be appreciated.
HUGE silver:
Thanks for taking a look guys! Hope all's well.
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