against the wind
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- Jul 27, 2015
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- All Treasure Hunting
It is February and yesterday it was 61 degrees. With snow forecast for today, there was no way I wasn't going to get in a hunt.
I hit a lawn that is across the street from a high school that opened in the early 1900's. This lawn has a slight rise or mound that has trees and provides enough cover for a student to hide while cutting a class or sneaking a cigarette.
I keep a pocket log that I will start at the beginning of each year. I revisit the older logs and review where I have found silver in the past. This lawn has given up some silver dimes and wheat pennies.
I picked away at some clad and some deep wheat pennies. Then I got a signal that registered a 97 on the VDI. On the DEUS that is so close to IRON but I dare not ignore it. I dug a 6 inch plug and ended up staring at what I thought was my first Silver Dollar ever. I retrieved the coin and look at the bust of a person I have never seen on an American Coin. I also saw that there was a bezel attached. Momentarily I'm thinking, a Medallion. I flipped it over and I see 5 Francs, over the date, 1836. This ain't no Medallion. AHHHHH,, thank god for GOOGLE.
It turns out to be a French 5 Francs Silver Coin minted in Rouen, France. I took a few pictures and sent a few texts. Big Silver. Yeeeaaahhhh!!
The rest of that 5 hour hunt added a 1941d Washington Quarter and a total of 13 Wheat Pennies. I also recovered 2 dog tags. One of them says ALTERED. I could send that one to some people I know. lol
There was also a piece of a Jack Daniels Buckle
I hit a lawn that is across the street from a high school that opened in the early 1900's. This lawn has a slight rise or mound that has trees and provides enough cover for a student to hide while cutting a class or sneaking a cigarette.
I keep a pocket log that I will start at the beginning of each year. I revisit the older logs and review where I have found silver in the past. This lawn has given up some silver dimes and wheat pennies.
I picked away at some clad and some deep wheat pennies. Then I got a signal that registered a 97 on the VDI. On the DEUS that is so close to IRON but I dare not ignore it. I dug a 6 inch plug and ended up staring at what I thought was my first Silver Dollar ever. I retrieved the coin and look at the bust of a person I have never seen on an American Coin. I also saw that there was a bezel attached. Momentarily I'm thinking, a Medallion. I flipped it over and I see 5 Francs, over the date, 1836. This ain't no Medallion. AHHHHH,, thank god for GOOGLE.
It turns out to be a French 5 Francs Silver Coin minted in Rouen, France. I took a few pictures and sent a few texts. Big Silver. Yeeeaaahhhh!!
The rest of that 5 hour hunt added a 1941d Washington Quarter and a total of 13 Wheat Pennies. I also recovered 2 dog tags. One of them says ALTERED. I could send that one to some people I know. lol
There was also a piece of a Jack Daniels Buckle
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