Mirage
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Winter finally loosing it's grip
Nate and I got out a couple times. Once to the 'berg (Nate already posted his finds from this outing) and once yesterday.
I found a Merc, a Marble, a Buff and twenty wheats at the 'berg. My favorite find was this 1926 Buffalo Nickel. Not the best shape but at least it has a clear date.
Yesterday we had most of our day taken up with Nate's Cleveland State orientation. But afterwards we hit a spot I have had my eye on for some time. As we were driving out from Cleveland State we passed a lot of promising looking sites and open lots. Nate tells me “Hey, let's just stop here”. But I stuck with plan A.
We get to the place and start hunting and immediately realize that we are a little underdressed. It was 32 degrees with a stiff wind. Nate goes back to the car to get the winter gloves and I bundle up as much as I can. Only way I could stay warm enough was to hunt walking downwind. But it was worth it. Within 25 minutes we had both dug some old looking stuff and Nate had pulled a Buffalo nickel and some deep wheats. Just after Nate got his Buffalo Nickel I found a Silver War Nickel with two wheats in the same hole. Cool.
We hunted some more and since my hands and feet were going numb I told Nate we need to head back to the car. About 30 seconds later I hear Nate yell over to me .... He points to the coin and tells me excitedly that it's either a barber or a seated (you could see the back of the coin in the hole). He gingerly lifts it out of the hole to see ___________! Man, it's been over a year since either of us has found one of those so we were very excited.
Some more pics:
Found a lot of keys for such a short hunt(7 total).
The winter weather has finally loosened it's grip on us here in Cleveland, Ohio. Although not by much. Yesterday as we drove by Lake Erie as far as the eye could see it was icebergs! A lot of the lake is ice free but when you get a steady north wind it pushes all that ice right to the shoreline.
Bob
Nate and I got out a couple times. Once to the 'berg (Nate already posted his finds from this outing) and once yesterday.
I found a Merc, a Marble, a Buff and twenty wheats at the 'berg. My favorite find was this 1926 Buffalo Nickel. Not the best shape but at least it has a clear date.
Yesterday we had most of our day taken up with Nate's Cleveland State orientation. But afterwards we hit a spot I have had my eye on for some time. As we were driving out from Cleveland State we passed a lot of promising looking sites and open lots. Nate tells me “Hey, let's just stop here”. But I stuck with plan A.
We get to the place and start hunting and immediately realize that we are a little underdressed. It was 32 degrees with a stiff wind. Nate goes back to the car to get the winter gloves and I bundle up as much as I can. Only way I could stay warm enough was to hunt walking downwind. But it was worth it. Within 25 minutes we had both dug some old looking stuff and Nate had pulled a Buffalo nickel and some deep wheats. Just after Nate got his Buffalo Nickel I found a Silver War Nickel with two wheats in the same hole. Cool.
We hunted some more and since my hands and feet were going numb I told Nate we need to head back to the car. About 30 seconds later I hear Nate yell over to me .... He points to the coin and tells me excitedly that it's either a barber or a seated (you could see the back of the coin in the hole). He gingerly lifts it out of the hole to see ___________! Man, it's been over a year since either of us has found one of those so we were very excited.
Some more pics:
Found a lot of keys for such a short hunt(7 total).
The winter weather has finally loosened it's grip on us here in Cleveland, Ohio. Although not by much. Yesterday as we drove by Lake Erie as far as the eye could see it was icebergs! A lot of the lake is ice free but when you get a steady north wind it pushes all that ice right to the shoreline.
Bob
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but someday I hope to know what it feels like to pull one out of the ground!
. I'll have to check out Nate's post!
Congrats!
