My Aims A Bit Rusty - Shot down twice :-(

[ModernMiner]

I hit the 1830's CW property for a bit yesterday. Although my finds were nothing great, I did enjoy the mid-70's sunny weather we are having.
I mainly worked back and forth across a stretch of field. I got a good signal at one spot, dug down, and saw what looked like a pistol! As you can imagine, finding a gun at a CW site would be a dream come true. My dream soon fizzled as I pulled it out of the hole and realized it felt too light to be real.
I went from drooling to sobbing in about 10 seconds.
What kind of sicko would leave this toy out there for me to dig up 50 years later?
Anyways, it was a moment of fun.
My other finds were:
*A large decorative 1800's button w/out shank (27mm).
*A rusty pocketknife that will be sent to electrolysis.
*A piece of lead that may have started life as a musket ball. It is round on one end.
That was it, nothing great.

Disappointment #2-
I've been reading a lot about this coin roll hunting, and decided to give it a try. I stopped by my bank on the way home tonight, and bought up $50 in halves (it was all they had). My oldest find was one 1967 (40% silver). There were a bunch of 1971's in there, but no full silver.
I guess I'll pay for my next tank of gas with these now.
Take care,
MM

 

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[Jack(IN)]

Its not always easy to find the silver. I've searched around $800 in the last year and I've got one Silver Half. I don't keep the 40% silver coins so can't say how many of those I had. Just have to hit the right bank at the right time. I know the next big haul is there, just don't know when I'll find all those silver halves!! Just keep trying!!

 

[ModernMiner]

Its not always easy to find the silver. I've searched around $800 in the last year and I've got one Silver Half. I don't keep the 40% silver coins so can't say how many of those I had. Just have to hit the right bank at the right time. I know the next big haul is there, just don't know when I'll find all those silver halves!! Just keep trying!!

Thanks Jack.
I asked my bank if they could order me some rolls, but they looked at me like I had three heads. She said their minimum order would be $1000. I guess I'll stick with the leftovers.
I would think Wal-Mart would have a lot of them passing through their registers?
-MM-

 

[Wildfirefighter72]

Boy that gun had me sweating and drooling from just looking at the pic... The pic almost will fool you into thinking it is real!

 

[Ronin9868]

Man, I would have messed myself digging that pistol. Cool day!

Hh Ronin9868

 

[poppa19]

coin roll hunting can be fun:
finding the good one takes patience, but you cant expect to find good one very often, if you have fun coin roll hunting it helps and hey your not losing anything! i search pennies with my 5 year old daughter,there are alot of possible mistakes in pennies, i also search halfs , quarters, dimes and nickels, i spend 40 or 50 a week just for fun, and once in awhile get "lucky" but i mostly do it for fun. if your serious about finding good ones you need to invest in a box of halfs, quarters ,dimes, nickels which you can order from your bank, but you need ,in my opinion $500.00 or more to invest, but that 500 you just keep in circulation buy 500. search them , dump them and buy more. keep looking you'll find some keepers

 

[Tubecity]

Go ahead & rub it in about the mid 70's & nice weather. I know it's not your fault I live up north. Great finds though, and I can see why that gun could get your blood pressure up. Better luck next hunt. Nice pics.

 

[ModernMiner]

Man, I would have messed myself digging that pistol. Cool day!

Hh Ronin9868

Ronin,
I'll trade you even for one of those cannonballs.
Thanks,
MM

 

[ModernMiner]

coin roll hunting can be fun:
finding the good one takes patience, but you cant expect to find good one very often, if you have fun coin roll hunting it helps and hey your not losing anything! i search pennies with my 5 year old daughter,there are alot of possible mistakes in pennies, i also search halfs , quarters, dimes and nickels, i spend 40 or 50 a week just for fun, and once in awhile get "lucky" but i mostly do it for fun. if your serious about finding good ones you need to invest in a box of halfs, quarters ,dimes, nickels which you can order from your bank, but you need ,in my opinion $500.00 or more to invest, but that 500 you just keep in circulation buy 500. search them , dump them and buy more. keep looking you'll find some keepers

Thanks Poppa.
I didn't think I'd hit something my first time. Do you mind asking my wife if she'll let me have $500 for CRHing?
-MM-

 

[ModernMiner]

Go ahead & rub it in about the mid 70's & nice weather. I know it's not your fault I live up north. Great finds though, and I can see why that gun could get your blood pressure up. Better luck next hunt. Nice pics.

I know your pain. I used to live in Northern Indiana by Lake Michigan. I can't handle that bone chilling cold anymore.
I'd love to do some ice fishing again though.
-MM-

 

[Captn SE]

What kind of sicko would leave this toy out there for me to dig up 50 years later?

Doug, that reminds me of what happened to an md'er at a forum hunt at Golden Gate Park last May. At 10" down, one md'er dug a CW Belt Plate; his heart was pounding when he saw it, but there was a bag underneath it with a little note, dated Feb. '07 inside, saying something like, "And you thought you found the real thing, sorry". What a letdown.

Keep at it out there, my friend. We're having some great weather over here this week too.

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[Bavaria Mike]

A few nice finds! Roll hunting would be fun but no point in it here in Germany with the Euro. HH, Mike

 

[Tubecity]

I know your pain. I used to live in Northern Indiana by Lake Michigan. I can't handle that bone chilling cold anymore.
I'd love to do some ice fishing again though.
-MM-

How right you are. We always start out saying ,'oh, we just love the seasons.'
Then about the middle of January we realize that all we are doing by making
those statements are lying to ourselves. We really just like 3 seasons.