The Iceberg story- updated 2/23/07

[Nate in Ohio]

Re: Iceberg Saga version 11.25...unseasonably warm weather begins to melt the 'B

Yes the roots are a big pain, and lots of them are poison ivy roots. The buffs are cool. I wonder what the mystery is with all the wheats compared to silver in that one area. Yeah, no harm in being extra cautious.

 

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[Danimal]

Re: Iceberg Saga version 11.25...unseasonably warm weather begins to melt the 'B

Yes the roots are a big pain, and lots of them are poison ivy roots. The buffs are cool. I wonder what the mystery is with all the wheats compared to silver in that one area. Yeah, no harm in being extra cautious.

I wear a fake beard and leave through a backwindow into a car parked in the back alley as well.
One can NEVER be too careful.
BTW, I take back everything I ever said about not revealing the Iceberg's location......drumroll.................
It's Waterworks Park in Cuyahoga Falls.
sarcasm mode switched off

 

[Mirage]

More fun at the Iceberg. New record for me.

Here are my finds from the hunt with Danimal and my son Nate in Ohio on Saturday.
This place always seems to have some new surprise for us. Dan called this the wheat field and I see why. I dug 100 wheat pennies in a few hours. When we first got to the spot Dan pointed us in the general vicinity. Nate and I plopped our stuff down and went at it. Must have got lucky cause we didn’t have to move very far and just kept getting wheat after wheat. After digging maybe 50 I had a plan to wander around and cherry pick for some silver. That lasted maybe 45 minutes and then came back to my original spot. Only one silver rosie for me. Nate found only one silver for his 100+ wheats also. That’s a ratio of about 100 wheat pennies per silver coin. Usually it’s more like 5 to 1.
Anyway, still a lot of fun. Nate didn’t include the big rusty old nails that he dug while digging for the wheats in his photos so I used them in mine. They look like they could be from the 1800’s. We think there are 1800’s coins here but most likely too deep for our detectors(the nails were about 12” deep).

The second photo is of a few items I dug a couple weeks ago that never made it into any posts. They were found at a couple different sites

Good luck all.

Mirage

 

[ZoSo71]

Re: More fun at the Iceberg. New record for me.

Man. That's alot of Wheats..

Nice Job


ZoSo71

 

[jonhls]

Re: More fun at the Iceberg. New record for me.

100 wheats in a day is great,i was out for a bit today to a new site,got 4 wheats and a bit of clad.Hits were few and far between,i wont be in a hurry to get back to that park lol.hopefully will be able to hunt an old house in town tomorrow...hh jon

 

[Danimal]

Re: More fun at the Iceberg. New record for me.

Love 'em all lined up like that Bob...
That pendant in the second photo..can you get a better closeup?

Went back today for only 3 hrs ..I'll post it now

 

[Green1]

Re: More fun at the Iceberg. New record for me.

this spot must be a blast !!!!!!!!!!! 100 wheats...

 

[Danimal]

Last hurah at the Iceberg? Uno Silvero and 40 wheats!

Can't stop this insanity!!...slept way late and figured that even 3 hrs on site (after drive and hike time) would be enough to at the very least add to my wheat count. Also, with the sheer number of wheat pennies the "wheat fields" area of the Berg is producing, the odds of a key date definately are improved. These wheats clean up easy and it's kinds fun later sorting them for any good dates over a cold beer.
So...arrived about 1pm, and started RIGHT between where Nate and Bob were mowing em down yesterday. All told I dug 40 wheats and only 3 Memorials (total reversal from yesterday for me). I decided to leave before dark today and right next to the tree where I hung my backpack and thermos I set my detector down and took my headphones off (had left it turned on)..I poured a last cup of Joe and could hear the ACE ringing high belltone...I picked it back up and pinpointed a coin at 6"...out popped a 39D Merc!...ahhh silver.
That put me at 137 silver coins for this year, and who knows how many wheats..Just for me, Bob and Nate we dug 280 wheaties JUST THIS WEEKEND!!
Dunno if I'll be back before Spring to the Berg. I'd like a few weekends free to do some other things (Winter Mountainbiking mostly), and the Berg pretty mcuh consumes the whole day. My right elbow and my back need a break too. It was fun while it lasted!!

HH all

Pouch dumped out on the tailgate of my Element. I dug a LOT of old square nails today, just like Mirage did yesterday.

Closeup of nails and wheats

Closeup of dirty Merc

Cleaned

Merc un-polished...the way Nate likes 'em!!

 

[whitesid]

Re: Last hurah at the Iceberg? Uno Silvero and 40 wheats!

nice finds

 

[bazinga]

Re: Last hurah at the Iceberg? Uno Silvero and 40 wheats!

Your totals from that site are just plain sick!

Nicely done!

 

[Nate in Ohio]

Re: Last hurah at the Iceberg? Uno Silvero and 40 wheats!

Merc un-polished...the way Nate likes 'em!!

LOL

Musta felt really good to finally get silver after 40 wheats. Today I MDed for an hour or two at one of our local hammered parks. I found one wheat...which is pretty much a miracle for that place. All which made me crave a fix at the Iceberg even more! Yeah but I know what you mean about the Iceberg kinda stealing the day. Still would be nice to get back there every now and then as the frozen ground may not be a huge issue there.

 

[hollowpointred]

Re: Last hurah at the Iceberg? Uno Silvero and 40 wheats!

it would be hard for me to leave that spot alone until spring! i have really enjoyed reading your posts about this spot. and yes............i agree with brian, the amount of finds you guys have made is sick!!

 

[HobBob]

Re: Last hurah at the Iceberg? Uno Silvero and 40 wheats!

Dude... I think you just found one of the secret places where old wheaties go to die...
HH,
Bob

 

[DPBOB]

Re: Last hurah at the Iceberg? Uno Silvero and 40 wheats!

137 Nice job Now I will give you a goal to beat.. My 141 for the year and it doesn't look like I will be getting out to add to it....

Nice job you guys have done....I LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET spot...........

 

[civilman1]

Re: Last hurah at the Iceberg? Uno Silvero and 40 wheats!

Dude... I think you just found one of the secret places where old wheaties go to die...
HH,
Bob

My thought's excactly.....Unbelievable dig's everyone!!

 

[DPBOB]

Re: More fun at the Iceberg. New record for me.

Deck the halls with all those wheat pennies Fa La La La La La La


WTG

 

[EDDE]

Re: Last hurah at the Iceberg? Uno Silvero and 40 wheats!

NICE CAMO JOB PLANNING ON DOING THAT OVER THE WINTER TO MY MACHINE(sorry dont mean to yell hard of hearing)

 

[Danimal]

Re: Last hurah at the Iceberg? Uno Silvero and 40 wheats!

137 Nice job Now I will give you a goal to beat.. My 141 for the year and it doesn't look like I will be getting out to add to it....

Nice job you guys have done....I LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET spot...........

Well thanks Bob!!...as far as totals go, in my mind Buffalo and V nickles are just as rare for me as any silver. So...if this is a competition (my goal has already been far exceeded) my silver and Buffs and Vs add up to 168.
A few months ago I even counted wheaties. I stopped that when certain areas started spitting them out like sunflower shells at a baseball game

 

[renegade_7]

Re: Last hurah at the Iceberg? Uno Silvero and 40 wheats!

Nice pile of wheats there, and way to get a merc on the way out. Great way to finish the day.

 

[Mike95inNJ]

Re: Last hurah at the Iceberg? Uno Silvero and 40 wheats!

Very nice day wheat day at the berg. Sure makes for a fun day.WTG.
Mike in NJ