Ill Digger
09-14-2012, 08:23 PM
It's been a hectic week and I'm a little behind in my posting again. 8/
Jeff (FireFighter43) told me that him and Darren(Milco) were planning a hunt for Tuesday 9/11. So I took a vacation day and made the two hour migration up north to Wisconsin to hunt with the guys at Jeff's coveted honey hole picnic grounds. thumbsup01 Things started of with a bang... or should I say a WOO HOO with Jeff digging , not one, but two seated dimes back to back! :shocked04: :clapping:
Again, way to go, and congrats on findin' those fine ladies Jeff! thumbsup01
As for me? Things started out a little slower. lol I found a few wheaties along the way.
Eventually I pulled this nice silver and turquoise (?) snake ring! :cool:
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I don't see a .925 or sterling stamp on it. But it looks like it has some initials or a makers mark inside of it. ::huh::
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So I desided to hunt around that tree /area for a while. A short while later I got a deep 12-37/38. When I dug down out popped a IH! Sweet! So I rechecked the hole and out pops another IH! :peace: By that time I called Darren over as I was pulling the second IH out I told him There's gonna be something else in here too. It came in too high for IH's. There's either a wheatie or a piece of silver in here. Sure enough the Pro Pointer said keep digging! lol Sure enough there was a wheatie in with them. :yes: Then Jeff and Darren had to leave . Jeff told me I could stay and hunt if I liked. :thinkingabout: With there still a few hours to kill to wait out the Milwaukee 5 o'clock traffic jam I said Sure! Thanks! |:confused:)
So I headed to my favorite little sliver of the grove to see if anymore goodies were laying in wait. This is a area where on one of my previous invites I found a nice deep pocket spill. So I decided to look for the deeper targets. Anything repeatable and above 27Co. Near the creek I got a nice deep 15-37 bouncing around 32, 36, 38. Down about 7 inches I first pulled out a 1908 V nickle. I know a nickle didn't give off a Co. of 37 so I rechecked the hole and out pops a 1909 plain wheatie! I figured that would be it. I rechecked my dirt pile and as I was swirling the PP around it started to beep and I seen the edge of a silver dime in the dirt! <: Turned out to be a 1905 Barber dime! :happydance01:
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After back-filling the hole I rechecked the hole and about 6 or 7 inches away I got a solid 12-45 at the same depth! :drool:
Dug down to find their friend .
A 1911d Barber dime! :peace:
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I sent Jeff a quick text and showed him the pics. With the possability of the dreaded SDHOS wiped out lol I started to head to my truck. Along the way I got two more silvers! In one hole I got a 1903 Barber dime with a wheatie. And a shallow 1945s Mercury dime! thumbsup01
Not includind the $4.64 in clad and all the junk here's the days take.
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Thanks for lookin' & HH everyone! :grin:
Once again. Thank you Jeff! |:confused:)
And Darren It was nice to finally get a chance meet and hunt with you! thumbsup01 It's only been 3? Or 4 years now we've been trying to hook up? :dontknow: lol
Jeff (FireFighter43) told me that him and Darren(Milco) were planning a hunt for Tuesday 9/11. So I took a vacation day and made the two hour migration up north to Wisconsin to hunt with the guys at Jeff's coveted honey hole picnic grounds. thumbsup01 Things started of with a bang... or should I say a WOO HOO with Jeff digging , not one, but two seated dimes back to back! :shocked04: :clapping:
Again, way to go, and congrats on findin' those fine ladies Jeff! thumbsup01
As for me? Things started out a little slower. lol I found a few wheaties along the way.
Eventually I pulled this nice silver and turquoise (?) snake ring! :cool:
[attachimg=1]
I don't see a .925 or sterling stamp on it. But it looks like it has some initials or a makers mark inside of it. ::huh::
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So I desided to hunt around that tree /area for a while. A short while later I got a deep 12-37/38. When I dug down out popped a IH! Sweet! So I rechecked the hole and out pops another IH! :peace: By that time I called Darren over as I was pulling the second IH out I told him There's gonna be something else in here too. It came in too high for IH's. There's either a wheatie or a piece of silver in here. Sure enough the Pro Pointer said keep digging! lol Sure enough there was a wheatie in with them. :yes: Then Jeff and Darren had to leave . Jeff told me I could stay and hunt if I liked. :thinkingabout: With there still a few hours to kill to wait out the Milwaukee 5 o'clock traffic jam I said Sure! Thanks! |:confused:)
So I headed to my favorite little sliver of the grove to see if anymore goodies were laying in wait. This is a area where on one of my previous invites I found a nice deep pocket spill. So I decided to look for the deeper targets. Anything repeatable and above 27Co. Near the creek I got a nice deep 15-37 bouncing around 32, 36, 38. Down about 7 inches I first pulled out a 1908 V nickle. I know a nickle didn't give off a Co. of 37 so I rechecked the hole and out pops a 1909 plain wheatie! I figured that would be it. I rechecked my dirt pile and as I was swirling the PP around it started to beep and I seen the edge of a silver dime in the dirt! <: Turned out to be a 1905 Barber dime! :happydance01:
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After back-filling the hole I rechecked the hole and about 6 or 7 inches away I got a solid 12-45 at the same depth! :drool:
Dug down to find their friend .
A 1911d Barber dime! :peace:
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I sent Jeff a quick text and showed him the pics. With the possability of the dreaded SDHOS wiped out lol I started to head to my truck. Along the way I got two more silvers! In one hole I got a 1903 Barber dime with a wheatie. And a shallow 1945s Mercury dime! thumbsup01
Not includind the $4.64 in clad and all the junk here's the days take.
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Thanks for lookin' & HH everyone! :grin:
Once again. Thank you Jeff! |:confused:)
And Darren It was nice to finally get a chance meet and hunt with you! thumbsup01 It's only been 3? Or 4 years now we've been trying to hook up? :dontknow: lol