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    The Fab Four Unearth Some Central Illinois Treasures

    It was great to get together with the guys again yesterday! It had been a long while since we had detected with Dave, he's always jet-setting off to Germany or England! But Digger Don, Noah and I finally cornered him and detected three small towns in central Illinois. It was a fun day!

    Things started off rather slow at the first town but I finally got a 1953-D Rosie.

    In the second town we eventually got a yes from a very friendly gentleman with a decent-sized yard. His two polite young kids watched us detect the whole time. They were very interested in what we found. In this yard I found back-to-back Barber Dimes 1903-O and 1912-D, and later a 1900 Indian Head Cent.

    In the third town we finally got into a productive yard at the end of the day while Dave elected to stay in the park where he was having some luck with his Deus. (I had previously detected this park in 2015 and had much success there.) In this last yard I found a 1944-S Mercury Dime in the first hole I dug. A few minutes later I found a 1945-D Walking Liberty Half near the front sidewalk. I was thrilled with the Walker as it had been over 7 years since I had found one. My last find of the day was the padlock from the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

    It's always a ton of fun to get together with these guys and we all got some keepers!

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    Thanks for looking and happy hunting!
    Lifetime totals:10 Large Cents, 421 Indian Heads, 2 Two Cent Pieces, 1 Capped Bust Half Dime, 1 Seated Half Dime, 10 Shield Nickels, 68 V Nickels, 125 Buffalo Nickels, 31 War Nickels, 16 Seated Dimes, 133 Barber Dimes, 407 Mercury Dimes, 251 Rosies, 4 Seated Quarters, 18 Barber Quarters, 21 Standing Liberty Quarters, 90 Silver Washingtons, 1 Seated Half, 3 Barber Halves, 17 Walking Liberty HalvesYouTube Channel: Tony Two-Cent https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmz...RlHTBIU42bUORg

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    Elite Member The Rebel's Avatar
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    Great finds, great friends & great weather is a MDers Paradise. You guys had a great hunt!
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    Yes! It was fun to get the band back together for some awesome detecting and camaraderie. You had some great luck and great finds. Those two barber dimes are certainly early drops, and they were iffy signals at best. I had a great time hanging out with you and look forward to our next adventure. Best wishes and happy digging, Dave.
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    Wow! So many handsome….coins there! Well done.
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    Fab four found fun frolicking for fantastic fortunes. Finds featured five fabulous......silvers. Sorry, could not come up with another "F".
    Oldest find: 5,000 year old copper spearhead
    Oldest coin: 1699 William III halfpenny
    Purdiest coin: 1832 Capped Bust quarter
    Coolest find: USA button with blue threads still on shank

    "He who would search for pearls must dive below."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bucknut View Post
    Wow! So many handsome….coins there! Well done.

    So nice to see The Beatles of metal detecting together again! Great haul, too!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew View Post

    So nice to see The Beatles of metal detecting together again! Great haul, too!!
    Hmmm, I wonder which one I am? Maybe George??
    Oldest Coin: 100-60 BC Gallic bronze coin (Sequani Tribe) ☺Oldest Silver Coin: 1156 hammered Pfennig from (now) Bavaria ☺Oldest U.S. coin: 1805 Draped Bust Large Cent ☺Best Coins EVER: 1625 4 Sols from Kingdom of Chateau Renaud, France, 1662 15 Kreuzers, Leopold I, Austria ☺Best Relics: Bronze Age Arrowheads & Spearhead, 2c Roman silver ring, complete medieval knight's spur (x6) ☺YouTube Channel: Full Metal Digger ☺Instagram: Full_Metal_Digger ☺

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    Nice going guys!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Full Metal Digger View Post
    Hmmm, I wonder which one I am? Maybe George??
    Yeah, Def George
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    Great Nummer of coins and in a very good condition! Greetings from Germany

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    Thank you for sharing! what a terrific hunt!



    Jeff
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    Great hunting day regardless of finds! Still you all managed to find some great coins including some shiny. Well done and congrats!
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