bazinga
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I went out to a local park today to do some hunting since the weather was so nice. It has been hunted HEAVILY for the past 30+ years, so finds are often few and far between, but this park is still producing some goodies! I had my best day ever detecting today out there! Granted, it's not as good a day as many of you have had, but for me I just didn't want to leave, but my battery forced it,haha.
I started off hunting behind the big sledding hill. All I pulled out was that tiny little bullet pictured. Then I just decided to go hunt the sled hill itself for some new clad and hopefully get some state quarters. Some of the guys over at the forums on coinhunting.net and I have decided to see who can come the closest to complete the state quarter series while detecting this year. Oddly enough, I did not find ANY state quarters! But the rest of my finds were great! First I found a Kershaw 'Ken Onion' Knife in a Rainbow color laying on the ground on the hill. They go for about $30-40 on ebay right now
The picture doesn't do it justice, it's an amazing knife! Then I pulled out my first ever silver roosevelt dime! A 1948S at about 2" deep. (I have a found a Mercury in the past, but never a Rosie.)
I pulled up some more clad, etc. and then at about 8" deep I pulled out that large token that is about the size of a half dollar. On one side it says: The Original "Boy Scouts" Shoe For Boys; and July 1910. On the other side it reads: The Excelsior Shoe; and Manufactured at the Excelsior Shoe Co. Portsmouth, O. I haven't researched it yet.... Feel free to do so if you get bored
I then went around collecting a few more pennies when I got an amazing hit that screamed at me! About 7" down I found an 1890 Indian... checked the hole again... a 1925 S Wheatie... cheked it again.... a 1900 Indian. First ever Indians, first ever pre-1900s coin, first ever double indians in one hole, haha.
I took a break, put my finds in the car and came back out. I got some more clad and then out popped a nice little ring at about 6" that I haven't completed cleaned yet to check if its silver. and then the rest of the day brought me a lot of clad. $3.37 total in clad, including a 1974 Canadian Quarter, 9 quarters total, 8 dimes, a nickel, and 14 pennies. I also found that torn up dollar bill on my walk back to the car.
I will definately be checking the place out again tomorrow.
I started off hunting behind the big sledding hill. All I pulled out was that tiny little bullet pictured. Then I just decided to go hunt the sled hill itself for some new clad and hopefully get some state quarters. Some of the guys over at the forums on coinhunting.net and I have decided to see who can come the closest to complete the state quarter series while detecting this year. Oddly enough, I did not find ANY state quarters! But the rest of my finds were great! First I found a Kershaw 'Ken Onion' Knife in a Rainbow color laying on the ground on the hill. They go for about $30-40 on ebay right now
The picture doesn't do it justice, it's an amazing knife! Then I pulled out my first ever silver roosevelt dime! A 1948S at about 2" deep. (I have a found a Mercury in the past, but never a Rosie.)I pulled up some more clad, etc. and then at about 8" deep I pulled out that large token that is about the size of a half dollar. On one side it says: The Original "Boy Scouts" Shoe For Boys; and July 1910. On the other side it reads: The Excelsior Shoe; and Manufactured at the Excelsior Shoe Co. Portsmouth, O. I haven't researched it yet.... Feel free to do so if you get bored
I then went around collecting a few more pennies when I got an amazing hit that screamed at me! About 7" down I found an 1890 Indian... checked the hole again... a 1925 S Wheatie... cheked it again.... a 1900 Indian. First ever Indians, first ever pre-1900s coin, first ever double indians in one hole, haha.
I took a break, put my finds in the car and came back out. I got some more clad and then out popped a nice little ring at about 6" that I haven't completed cleaned yet to check if its silver. and then the rest of the day brought me a lot of clad. $3.37 total in clad, including a 1974 Canadian Quarter, 9 quarters total, 8 dimes, a nickel, and 14 pennies. I also found that torn up dollar bill on my walk back to the car.
I will definately be checking the place out again tomorrow.
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What a day! 
