BigWaveDave
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Yesterday on my way to work I drove by the local Catholic School, and I noticed there had been some commotion with construction..... hmmm....
Early this morning I found myself asking a half dozen, non-English speaking workers for permission to detect. I’m not sure if they understood me at first, but once they saw my machine, they started yelling “Oro!”
There were two areas available to hunt, my head was spinning with all the clad at first...
It was the mulched playground and I guess common areas where $5.43 ultimately became mine.
My next area was directly behind the 1938 school, which had been paved over with asphalt in approximately 1948.
Boom! Let’s Do This!
3 hours and 53 coins later, I tapped out.
3 Buffaloes, 40 Wheats, 2 Wars, 2 Rosie’s, 5 Mercs, and a Big Girl Walker...
Every coin minted before 1948, buried beneath pavement for 70 years....Outstanding!
So, the coins were overall pretty smoked, even the silvers were practically unrecognizable...
But yea, I tumbled the snot out of the shiney ones...
Based on my work and life schedule, this may have been a one hit wonder.... and I’m ok with that!
Thanks for looking!
Early this morning I found myself asking a half dozen, non-English speaking workers for permission to detect. I’m not sure if they understood me at first, but once they saw my machine, they started yelling “Oro!”
There were two areas available to hunt, my head was spinning with all the clad at first...
It was the mulched playground and I guess common areas where $5.43 ultimately became mine.
My next area was directly behind the 1938 school, which had been paved over with asphalt in approximately 1948.
Boom! Let’s Do This!
3 hours and 53 coins later, I tapped out.
3 Buffaloes, 40 Wheats, 2 Wars, 2 Rosie’s, 5 Mercs, and a Big Girl Walker...
Every coin minted before 1948, buried beneath pavement for 70 years....Outstanding!
So, the coins were overall pretty smoked, even the silvers were practically unrecognizable...
But yea, I tumbled the snot out of the shiney ones...
Based on my work and life schedule, this may have been a one hit wonder.... and I’m ok with that!
Thanks for looking!
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Congrats on the finds...
