1st HUnt of 2013 - - A Very Good One

[aloldstuff]

Yesterday Rob went to the library to do some research. Right off the bat I want to send a shout out to Rob, thank you.

Today we went to another town and were looking for 3 parks. The 1st on we found had some bare ground so we decided to stop and hunt. We got out of the car all excited and loaded with enthusiasm.

Took quite a while but I finally dug a wheat. About 30 min after that I had a hit but the VDI was really bouncing all over. It did hit in the silver range on a couple of swings so I decided to dig. When I dug the plug, I couldn't believe what I was looking at. I called Rob over, something I never do. On his walk over I pick the coin up and it was a 1853 Seated dime w/arrows. Having that in the keeper pouch we decided to stay a little longer.

About 10 min after the Seated I got myself a IH. Shortly after that another wheat. I decided to move over to another section of the park. This park is extremely small and some of it was still snow covered. In this new area I managed to dig up 2 more IH's and the Pontiac token. I don't think that I have ever gotten 3 IH's in one hunt.

The IH ended up being 1907(2) and a 1908.

The wheats ended up being 1911 and 1919.

Overall quite pleased with the 1st hunt of 2013, now lets see if the rest of the year will be as good.

Thanks for reading.

[Thiltzy]

awsome hunt! That seated arrow is a beauty :wow: It's great when research pays off

[del]

great coin Al :cheering: :cheering: congrats on it and the indians and wheats |:cheering: |:cheering:

[angellionel]

Excellent find Al! :smitten: She is a looker. :yes:

[Hook]

thats a great start to a new year of hunting...congrats!

[skribnodsister]

Awesome finds Al! That's one sweet looking Dime! :congrats: on the Silver and IH :perfect10: :perfect10: :perfect10:

[buck57]

:wow: Man AL, great way to start off the year :congrats:

[jkress]

Wow... very productive early season hunt Al. :peace:

Love the Seated dime :smitten: plus the IH's too. Congrats. :clapping:

[RobW]

So I spent 4 hours doing research....I drove us around...Al is the one who finds a seated dime, 3 Indians and 2 Early wheats......

And what do I end up with....a pocket of clad :blackeye: >:# >{

What can I say...he was all giddy for the past week, determined to go out detecting in the snow :frozen:...he was in the zone :shocked03:...and it paid off for him!

What a heck of a way to start of the season, some GREAT finds Al, Congrats!!! :clapping: :clapping:

[Tony Two-Cent]

What a terrific first hunt of the year, Al! :happy:

Lots of great finds, but that seated dime wins the blue ribbon! :loveit:

:congrats:

[Fire Fighter 43]

Congrats on a great start to the new year |:good luck this season

[aloldstuff]

Everybody, thanks for the kind replies. I am still stoked over the dime, went all last year without getting one of those. This one makes my 10th seated, 9 dimes, 1 half dime