digger27
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The other day it got up to the 60's for probably the last time this year, then the arctic express rolled into Kansas and now we are in the teens to the 30's.
I think the ground is going to freeze pretty quickly and I hate digging in the cold but I especially hate digging in the cold and dealing with frozen soil too so that is probably it for me unless we get some sort of a freaky warm up which does not seem likely.
I will head into the woods when I get acclimated to the cold, the thick layer of leaves will keep the ground unfrozen for awhile, there are some old coins in there and with luck I will find some, but hunting in open parks is probably over for me till spring.
A shame too, because after fooling around with my F70 all season I finally seemed to find the ultimate settings that really work to hunt my really trashy parks with great success and find hidden coins and jewelry more easily than ever before...the last 3 hunts I had I found silver each time in super trashy areas that I have hunted many times in the the past.
Wouldn't you know it, I finally feel I have this thing dialed in and we became one and now my jewelry hunting is over till spring.
Frustrating!
Anyhoo, on my last hunt in a regular park setting I came across this thing and because it was a bit deeper than most of my jewelry targets, maybe 5-6". and more tarnished than most other silver I have found in the past I think it might have been down there for awhile.
Several decades at least.
Cleaned up nicely, and it has one of my favorite stones in it a nice big piece of polished black onyx.
An odd shape, too, but pretty unique and a wonderful surprise and reward if this was indeed my last normal open area park hunt of the year.
If you live in the north and hate cold like I do it all has to end sometime, but if it has to at least finding precious metal on the last normal hunt is a great way to go out.
I think the ground is going to freeze pretty quickly and I hate digging in the cold but I especially hate digging in the cold and dealing with frozen soil too so that is probably it for me unless we get some sort of a freaky warm up which does not seem likely.
I will head into the woods when I get acclimated to the cold, the thick layer of leaves will keep the ground unfrozen for awhile, there are some old coins in there and with luck I will find some, but hunting in open parks is probably over for me till spring.
A shame too, because after fooling around with my F70 all season I finally seemed to find the ultimate settings that really work to hunt my really trashy parks with great success and find hidden coins and jewelry more easily than ever before...the last 3 hunts I had I found silver each time in super trashy areas that I have hunted many times in the the past.
Wouldn't you know it, I finally feel I have this thing dialed in and we became one and now my jewelry hunting is over till spring.
Frustrating!
Anyhoo, on my last hunt in a regular park setting I came across this thing and because it was a bit deeper than most of my jewelry targets, maybe 5-6". and more tarnished than most other silver I have found in the past I think it might have been down there for awhile.
Several decades at least.
Cleaned up nicely, and it has one of my favorite stones in it a nice big piece of polished black onyx.
An odd shape, too, but pretty unique and a wonderful surprise and reward if this was indeed my last normal open area park hunt of the year.
If you live in the north and hate cold like I do it all has to end sometime, but if it has to at least finding precious metal on the last normal hunt is a great way to go out.
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