New Year...New Spot...Promising Finds

[Silvermonkey]

One of my New Year's resolutions is to seek out new areas to go detecting. With that in mind, I spent some time on Google Maps and picked a park about 20 minutes from my house. It's a roughly 500 acre wooded lot loaded with stone walls. I spent about 90 minutes exploring a small section of the park, and made some encouraging finds.

My first decent signal turned out to be 1 1/2 small buckles. They look to be on the older end of the spectrum, maybe mid/ late 1800's:

Next up was a solid "86" VDI that turned out to be a 1864 2-Cent piece. It's in pretty rough shape, but I'll take it!

Last find for the day was a really nice 1916 wheatie and a weird little "what's-it".

The best part about this new site was the lack of trash. I'm looking forward to many return visits!

 

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[Nathan W]

It helps without the loads of can slaw. Nice finds for sure

 

[Tony in SC]

looks like you might have a good spot for a long time !

 

[scruggs]

Good luck on your 500 acre site! From what you found it sure has the potential! Good job!

 

[iAmMike]

Nice work on the 2-cent piece. Bad shape but I would take it too!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Any site that gives up a 2 Cent is worth hunting seriously - congrats !

Good Luck on the return hunts !

 

[ArfieBoy]

Great finds, Silver Monkey! Congratulations! Thanks for sharing.

 

[JeffInMass]

Awesome start to the new year neighbor- hope that sets the tone for a big 2024 for you!

 

[ModernMiner]

Love that old buckle, and of course a big congrats on the 2-cent. I love those 2-cent coins. Great design.
Looking forward to your future posts from that site.
MM

 

[lenmac65]

Congrats on the finds and locating a new spot. The 2-cent piece might be in rough shape, but it’s great that it has a clear date on it. I especially like those Civil War era coins. Good luck!

 

[Digger RJ]

One of my New Year's resolutions is to seek out new areas to go detecting. With that in mind, I spent some time on Google Maps and picked a park about 20 minutes from my house. It's a roughly 500 acre wooded lot loaded with stone walls. I spent about 90 minutes exploring a small section of the park, and made some encouraging finds.

My first decent signal turned out to be 1 1/2 small buckles. They look to be on the older end of the spectrum, maybe mid/ late 1800's:

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Next up was a solid "86" VDI that turned out to be a 1864 2-Cent piece. It's in pretty rough shape, but I'll take it!

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Last find for the day was a really nice 1916 wheatie and a weird little "what's-it".

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The best part about this new site was the lack of trash. I'm looking forward to many return visits!

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Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[oldmxrat]

Great recoveries, congrats!

 

[Mr. Digger]

Great finds! I'm with you on the New Years resolution to find new spots for 2024. I'm tired of going back to same old spots and getting skunked.

 

[Gare]

Silvermonkey you did fairly well. I think I should come over and give you a few more tops :P: send me your Phone number and I can call and plan a trip to you heehehhehe You did great really
NICE JOB !!