I'd say the research did payoff...maybe not the way I'd hoped, but it was still a fun hunt with a few goodies: $3.91 clad, a lock part, 3 wheats (earliest is a 1919S), two War nickels (42P, 43P), and a '54D Rosie to top it off! HH and thanks for checking out the pics!
Thanks. I was working the edge of old foot paths and found the war nickels and two of the wheats.
The dime was under a tree, and within about a foot of the lock piece.