Carolina Tom
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I got a chance to slip away with Smittyman for a couple of days. I won't bore you with all of the details, but we ended up in The Garden State last Tuesday. A local Tnetter reluctantly agreed to take us on a little hunt, if we promised not to find anything good. We both do very well at not finding anything good, so we agreed, and off we went.
The spot he took us to was so non-descript that I couldn't believe we were going to hunt it. It DID NOT look like a place to hunt. Our host's research placed people here in the 1800s... so away we went.
My first good target was a blackened 1918 Merc, I was quite happy with that. I stuck the pinpointer back in the hole and it was still going off, I pulled a little dirt out and BINGO... there was a nice 1910 Barber dime in the same hole.
A little bit later I get a choppy signal on the Deus, dig the target, and out comes what appears to be a fat IHC, but it just doesn't quite look right, our host suggests that it might be a flying eagle... We consulted an expert later in the evening, and it was determined that the coin was an 1857 flying eagle! When I got home, I cleaned the coin up, and it still has a bit of detail, despite my best efforts.
I am extremely pleased with the find, but disappointed in myself for breaking my "don't find anything good" promise!
I also found a 1964 Rosie, which made my first single day silver dime trifecta. I got a brass "coat hook", broken spoon fragment, four wheats and little girls silver ring.
I had an excellent time, our host was a scholar and a gentleman, and I can not thank him enough for his hospitality and generosity. YOU ROCK!
The spot he took us to was so non-descript that I couldn't believe we were going to hunt it. It DID NOT look like a place to hunt. Our host's research placed people here in the 1800s... so away we went.
My first good target was a blackened 1918 Merc, I was quite happy with that. I stuck the pinpointer back in the hole and it was still going off, I pulled a little dirt out and BINGO... there was a nice 1910 Barber dime in the same hole.
A little bit later I get a choppy signal on the Deus, dig the target, and out comes what appears to be a fat IHC, but it just doesn't quite look right, our host suggests that it might be a flying eagle... We consulted an expert later in the evening, and it was determined that the coin was an 1857 flying eagle! When I got home, I cleaned the coin up, and it still has a bit of detail, despite my best efforts.
I am extremely pleased with the find, but disappointed in myself for breaking my "don't find anything good" promise!
I also found a 1964 Rosie, which made my first single day silver dime trifecta. I got a brass "coat hook", broken spoon fragment, four wheats and little girls silver ring.
I had an excellent time, our host was a scholar and a gentleman, and I can not thank him enough for his hospitality and generosity. YOU ROCK!
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