My Internet connection has been down for the past three days now, and I'm not sure when the outage at my ISP will be corrected. :bangahead02: :bangahead02: In the meantime I have kept myself busy detecting at a few locations in CT and MA. :yes:
Friday
This past Friday was a very windy and cold day, but I did take some time to head to a Connecticut park to detect for a while. I was an icicle by the time I had to leave! At least I had four silver coins in my pouch, a 1914 Barber dime and three mercury dimes, dated, 1924, 1940-S, and 1943. I also picked up an old silver signet ring and a part of a bracelet, sterling silver with a gold piece inlaid.
These are the 1924 and 1943 mercury dimes while encased in soil.
My silver take for the day.
I wish the bracelet had been intact, but I think I got the best of the pieces. I was not able to locate the remaining pieces. :bummer:
This sterling silver ring sure looks nice.
A few wheat cents found their way into my pouch too. The small gold piece was in the hole with one of the wheat cents.
Saturday
This turned out to be a very good Barber day. I returned to the same park to work another section, this time gridding a small part of it and going over the area from different directions. At the end of the hunt I had in my pouch eight silver dimes, a Seated Liberty, dated 1874, four Barber, dated 1901-O, 1905, 1910, and 1911, and three mercury dimes, dated 1917, 1941, and 1944.
There was no doubt as to what this one would be. :grin:
The 1917 mercury dime.
Another eight silver dimes added to the collection. :thumbsup01:
I'm not sure what this silver piece may have been part of but it's a keeper.
Several more old wheat cents and a 1905 Indian Head cent.
Sunday
Today I met up with midas to detect at a local site. It was my first time at this particular location, but we felt it had the potential to yield a few old coins. I did manage to dig up four silver pieces by the end of the hunt, a 1942 Washington quarter, a 1944 mercury dime, a 1912-D Barber dime, and a 1897 Victoria Canada Silver 5 Cent piece.
The size of a U.S. half dime, this silver 5 cent piece made for a wonderful find.
These four bring my total silver for this year to 194, 157 of them this month alone.
The wheat cents, a 1903 Indian Head cent, a sterling silver piece, and a large copper slug.
A nice and heavy silver ring.
HH!
Friday
This past Friday was a very windy and cold day, but I did take some time to head to a Connecticut park to detect for a while. I was an icicle by the time I had to leave! At least I had four silver coins in my pouch, a 1914 Barber dime and three mercury dimes, dated, 1924, 1940-S, and 1943. I also picked up an old silver signet ring and a part of a bracelet, sterling silver with a gold piece inlaid.
These are the 1924 and 1943 mercury dimes while encased in soil.
My silver take for the day.
I wish the bracelet had been intact, but I think I got the best of the pieces. I was not able to locate the remaining pieces. :bummer:
This sterling silver ring sure looks nice.
A few wheat cents found their way into my pouch too. The small gold piece was in the hole with one of the wheat cents.
Saturday
This turned out to be a very good Barber day. I returned to the same park to work another section, this time gridding a small part of it and going over the area from different directions. At the end of the hunt I had in my pouch eight silver dimes, a Seated Liberty, dated 1874, four Barber, dated 1901-O, 1905, 1910, and 1911, and three mercury dimes, dated 1917, 1941, and 1944.
There was no doubt as to what this one would be. :grin:
The 1917 mercury dime.
Another eight silver dimes added to the collection. :thumbsup01:
I'm not sure what this silver piece may have been part of but it's a keeper.
Several more old wheat cents and a 1905 Indian Head cent.
Sunday
Today I met up with midas to detect at a local site. It was my first time at this particular location, but we felt it had the potential to yield a few old coins. I did manage to dig up four silver pieces by the end of the hunt, a 1942 Washington quarter, a 1944 mercury dime, a 1912-D Barber dime, and a 1897 Victoria Canada Silver 5 Cent piece.
The size of a U.S. half dime, this silver 5 cent piece made for a wonderful find.
These four bring my total silver for this year to 194, 157 of them this month alone.
The wheat cents, a 1903 Indian Head cent, a sterling silver piece, and a large copper slug.
A nice and heavy silver ring.
HH!
A nice couple of days hunting.
And a very nice ring. What is the greenish thing at the top right of the photo below the 'AP Mechanic' photo? It looks like it has a stone in it.
You have been talking to Angie, haven't you. :lol: 
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