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Wow, what a day. 15 wheats, 3 silver Roosevelt dimes. and a Merc. the copper looking medallion at the top is a Red Ryder large penny, the back reads " penneys for super value " with the Red Ryder face on the front, and the Red Ryder on horse nack horse reared up on the reverse, a really nice find. The dimes are Rosies 1947, 1952 and 1952. The Merc is a 1940. I now have found 3 Mercs this year, and 6 silver Rosies. My wheat count is 97 since March. The large rectangular lookin object on the bottom appears to be a belt buckle or something of the like, it is obviously copper, with 3 faceted stones embedded in it, it's just cool. The large coin just above it is a 1893 Columbian Exhibition coin from the 1893 Chicago worlds fair, from what i can find on it anyway. All in all a stellar day in my book.
i live in a smaller town in east central Illinois, and just found out after asking a lot of questions that the town allows metal detecting on the boulevards in town, that is the area between the curb and the sidewalk, and it must be virgin groung, I have been hunting them daily now for a couple of weeks and there is just so much there they have to be. I think my best finds in them so far are 2 seated dimes, 1876 & 1887..............WOW
I am a disabled veteran, which does allow me a lot of time for this hobby, and I take advantage of it, I am 52 years old and have been wanting to do this since I was a Kid, I started this year, I hunt with a Whites Spectrum XLT and a Tesoro De Leon, also have a Tesoro Toltec II, and I always use my vibra probe in every hole to avoid damage to the coins. i encourage anyone wanting to do this as a hobby, believe me in time it pays for itself, just keep at it. I know everyone does not have the time and possibly the drive to keep at this hobby the way I do, but that's okay too, just have fun, and FILL YOUR HOLES.....lol.
By count since March I have picked up a total of 3,655 coins so far, believe me that is a lot of pennies in that number, and from my own experience you will probably dig or pick up several hundred clad coins to one or two good solid finds, so research, research, research.....it pays off. Thanks for letting me rant on here, I enjoy everyones stuff too, and gladto be here.
i live in a smaller town in east central Illinois, and just found out after asking a lot of questions that the town allows metal detecting on the boulevards in town, that is the area between the curb and the sidewalk, and it must be virgin groung, I have been hunting them daily now for a couple of weeks and there is just so much there they have to be. I think my best finds in them so far are 2 seated dimes, 1876 & 1887..............WOW
I am a disabled veteran, which does allow me a lot of time for this hobby, and I take advantage of it, I am 52 years old and have been wanting to do this since I was a Kid, I started this year, I hunt with a Whites Spectrum XLT and a Tesoro De Leon, also have a Tesoro Toltec II, and I always use my vibra probe in every hole to avoid damage to the coins. i encourage anyone wanting to do this as a hobby, believe me in time it pays for itself, just keep at it. I know everyone does not have the time and possibly the drive to keep at this hobby the way I do, but that's okay too, just have fun, and FILL YOUR HOLES.....lol.
By count since March I have picked up a total of 3,655 coins so far, believe me that is a lot of pennies in that number, and from my own experience you will probably dig or pick up several hundred clad coins to one or two good solid finds, so research, research, research.....it pays off. Thanks for letting me rant on here, I enjoy everyones stuff too, and gladto be here.
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