This is gonna be good.....

[jopher]

Thats what I was thinking as I stood just inside a 1-1/2 acre "old growth" woodlot near the old school. The school had a monument date of 1908 and the woodlot was just accross the ballfield. The lot had been freshly mowed and the only trees on it were sparcley scattered oaks you couldnt reach your arms around.I was only ten steps in and had dug , in this order ...a 1960d penny , a 1942 penny , and a 1919 buffalo nickle...
To make a long story short....4 hours later I retreated with a handful of clad , three more wheats , and a couple of misc. things. I cant really complain but.......Im gonna anyway....what the hell...I thought I was gonna find a bunch of old loot...what kind of bait and switch is this....c'mon history, throw me a bone!

Oh well.....better luck next time....H.H. JO

 

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[dave-enc]

still some nice finds JO, congrats. Nothing wrong with buffalo nickles
hh
dave+bobbie

 

[buudman]

JOPHER STILL VERY NICE FINDS.
BUD

 

[Kansas]

Welcome to my world Jo I think we need to dig deeper. Those are nice finds though.
~Kansas~

 

[Bavaria Mike]

A good time, battery money and peace of mind! ?Is that a transparent blue glass bead? ?Indian maybe? ?I've found two here in Germany and they are over 700 years old. ?HH, Mike

 

[renegade_7]

You're writting my song. This has happened to me several times. I know the silver should be there, but....Well you know the rest of the story. On the flip side though, a few times those out of the way spots have paid off, so keep search-in.

 

[SparklyStuff]

"c'mon history, throw me a bone!"
I hear ya.



Still a good haul of coins!

 

[surfrat96]

Looks like it was a good day to me. Any day you don't get "skunked" is good!

HH 8) surfrat

 

[Deadshot]

Jopher,
I think that is probably to story of most MDers lifes. I know it fits me perfectly. Pretty nice haul though. I would take another trip there after a good rain and see if any deeper older stuff pops out.

Keep at it.

Deadshot

 

[Huntin' 59er]

Hey, I'll trade with you ! In my book you still did good. Better luck next time !

Huntin' 59er

 

[jopher]

Seriously now folks , I really had a good hunt today. As far as the ground conditions , I went immediately after a four hour thundershower.The ground was saturated sandy clay.I worked the area hard and even went back over the trashier areas with my disc. up a bit to try and pull some silver.I figure this area must have been hit hard prior to 1980.Pretty much all the clad dates were above that.The buffalo and the wheat were only 2-3" under so I dont think there were any depth problems.Im sure Ill find my way back there again someday and poke around some more. ? By the way....Good eye Mike....that is a transparent blue glass bead , but Im sure its a late model edition. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? H.H......JO

 

[JakePhelps]

Yea, is there any headstamp on the base? if so the bullet can be dated and identified.

 

[Monty]

Things are not always as they seem. I have dug junk from "good " sites and found good stuff at places I didn't give a second look! The "bullet", actually a cartridge looks like either a .22 Hornet or .32-20, or even a .22 magnum, hard to tell from the picture. JIM

 

[jopher]

The cartridge is a .22 mag "Super X". I found another cartridge the other day that was new to me.Its a 25.20 with "W.R.A.Co W.C.F. "on the base...any info on that....just curious.
Thanks....JO

 

[Barelyclad]

W.C.F. Just a guess--Winchester center fire. That looks like a load of pretty good stuff. You should see (or not) some of the worthless crap I dig up from what I thought would be great spots. Barely find much clad

HH

BC

 

[sidly]

lots of good targets, never know what you'll dig.

 

[Boston Baked Bean]

Dont forget to count the legs on those Buffs
BBB

 

[JakePhelps]

The headstamp on you cartridge stands for Winchester Repeating Arms Co.? The headstamp was used 1866 to 1932, the Super X is also Winchester and is from the 1950's on up.

 

[Getty]

Nice haul!!WTG!!

 

[lonewolfe]

Nice haul no matter!

HH

Lonewolfe