Tony Two-Cent
09-24-2012, 08:51 PM
This isn't a hunt that I would typically post, but I wanted to document my progress towards 100 Indian Heads for the year. I hope that isn't too obnoxious of me. :embarrassed:
Today after work I headed to a nearby park that I have hunted to death, but I have found several good coins there in the past. No luck at all this time, not a single old coin after an hour and a half. I guess I've pounded it pretty hard. :-\
So I moved on to Plan B, a site a couple of blocks away from the park where they recently tore down a 100+ year old high school. The spot where the building itself was torn down is fenced off, but the outer areas around the sidewalks are still accessible. I tried hunting the bare dirt areas around the old trees, and immediately found a 1913 Buffalo Nickel less than an inch deep. Around the next old tree I found an 1898 Indian Head that was only about 3" deep, but boy is it toasted. Oh well, it still counts, I guess. Indian Head #98 for the year.
Right before it got too dark to hunt I found two wheat cents together in one hole, a 1913 and a 1921. You can really tell which two sides of the coins were together and protected from the elements.
Here are the meager finds for today:
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Here is the 1898 Indian Head. Not pretty, but I'll take it.
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1913 Buffalo Nickel Variety I. (Buffalo on a mound.)
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And the small pocket spill of two wheat cents.
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Thanks for looking and happy hunting! :beerbuddy:
Today after work I headed to a nearby park that I have hunted to death, but I have found several good coins there in the past. No luck at all this time, not a single old coin after an hour and a half. I guess I've pounded it pretty hard. :-\
So I moved on to Plan B, a site a couple of blocks away from the park where they recently tore down a 100+ year old high school. The spot where the building itself was torn down is fenced off, but the outer areas around the sidewalks are still accessible. I tried hunting the bare dirt areas around the old trees, and immediately found a 1913 Buffalo Nickel less than an inch deep. Around the next old tree I found an 1898 Indian Head that was only about 3" deep, but boy is it toasted. Oh well, it still counts, I guess. Indian Head #98 for the year.
Right before it got too dark to hunt I found two wheat cents together in one hole, a 1913 and a 1921. You can really tell which two sides of the coins were together and protected from the elements.
Here are the meager finds for today:
6233262331
Here is the 1898 Indian Head. Not pretty, but I'll take it.
6233362334
1913 Buffalo Nickel Variety I. (Buffalo on a mound.)
6233562336
And the small pocket spill of two wheat cents.
6233862337
Thanks for looking and happy hunting! :beerbuddy: