Quick 1.5 hour hunt scores 3 silvers

HighVDI

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The boss let me have a short hunt while she watched my son. Literally this house is a stones throw from mine. Was built in 1942. I've messed around there for short hunts two other times and dug only wheaties.

Today I was on the same path for more wheat cents and I knew there had to be at least a few silver dimes in the yard. Not long after I had a good solid hit reading 78-80 on my F75. Sure enough, it was a silver rosie. I'll take it! Then after circling the pool I get another identical signal, and it was the same scenario. I was ready to walk home, and figured I'd make one last sweep past an area I already went through a couple weeks earlier. I picked up a faint 88-92 repeating signal and debated digging. I got down and started plugging away and almost abandoned the 10 inch hole I made in this guy's yard. I kept going for it since the depth gauge and pinpointer seemed to mesh. One more scoop and out pops a Barber quarter! I let out a big laugh!

It proved to me that the saying you never know what you're gonna find holds true. If some told me that was going to be a 1915 quarter I would have told them they were nuts. I dug 7 wheat cents, some modern clad, and these weird hook things maybe someone can Id. Thanks for looking, and HH! 20170322_175503.jpg20170322_175503-1.jpg20170322_175452-1.jpg
 

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The hook things are slate shingle hooks and they ring up like a penny on my XLT,lol
 

Wow, Great hunt! I agree.... The hooks are Shingle Hooks.
 

The hook things are slate shingle hooks and they ring up like a penny on my XLT,lol

Yep! That's exactly what they are now that you say that. Thanks for the id. I think they were ringing up as a copper penny too.
 

very awesome!!!
 

Congrats to you! Good story and nice pics.
You never know what it is gonna be till you dig it. :occasion14:
Glad you kept gong, it was worth it!
 

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Congrats to you! Good story and nice pics.
You never know what it is gonna be till you dig it. :occasion14:
Glad you kept gong, it was worth it!

Thanks! It's a good thing, and bad as well since it makes you wonder about others you gave up on!
 

1.5 hours holy moly silver is gettin scarce around here sweet finds!!!!!Thanks for the post!!!!
 

Very cool finds, I find the exact same octogon tacks on a site I hunt dating to the late 1800s ,
I have seen them used on old chests and furniture as well.
Very nice finds.
 

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