Pounded Location - 21 Wheaties, Walking Liberty Half, Merc, and Roosie...

[CTDirtFisher]

Hello ALL!

At 9:30 AM in Connecticut it was... 46 degrees... and getting warmer... Weather man was calling for stong winds and 50-53ish for the afternoon....

Hmmm... I wasn't planning on going out, but hey... It's going back to being cold tonight... so time to get another hunt in...

I arrived about 10am at a site that I have not hunted in a good 18 months... It was moved to a secondary then tertiary site... but wait... I've hunted this spot 35+ times and have recovered 100+ wheaties and 30-40+ pieces of silver, a few gold rings, and a bunch of sterling... I started here with my XT70, then hammered it with the E-Trac... but the CTX 3030 hasn't been here... Last few visits din't yield much... a few wheaties and modern clad...

Its a bug site...8-10 acres... So I pick a spot and start gridding... My 2nd coin was a wheatie... and they started flowing pretty regular... 12/37 to 12/41 4-6 wheat wheat wheat...

I ended up with 21 Wheat pennies including 1917, 1918, 1925, 1930... and the rest were 40's - 50's...

I was in this site for 5 1/3 hours... and 2 1/2 hours in I got a 12/44 signal @ 4-5 inches... It did hit 12/45 once or twice... I was hoping for a silver dime, or at least a wheatie... but I figured that was a modern copper penny...

Out pops a 1935 D Walking Liberty half... I could not tell the angle on the coin because of how I dug around it... but it was a HUGE suprise and had to be on edge or close to get me that kind of signal...

Nice way to start the year out for my 1st silver coin...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/FooserPaul/2013/Jan/20th/1202013_1935D_WalkingLiberty_Half.jpg

30 minutes later I had a 11/44 12/44 signal @ 5...

1939 Merc was face down in the hole...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/FooserPaul/2013/Jan/20th/1202013_1939_Merc.jpg

I kept digging wheaties... and got one last silver... 1962 D Roosie...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/FooserPaul/2013/Jan/20th/1202013_1962D_Roosie.jpg

There was some junk jewely in there... 79 total coins for the day and my left knee is aching right now...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/FooserPaul/2013/Jan/20th/1202013_Totals.jpg

Respectfully,
CTDirtFisher

[aloldstuff]

What a great hunt. Huge :congrats: on that big silver and all those wheats. I couldn't even imagine digging that many in one hunt. It was a great day weather wise.

[Fire Fighter 43]

That is the way to start the year with silver, WTG |:cheering: Congrats on a great hunt.

[Thiltzy]

Way to empty out a site, congrats on a great day of hunting

[skribnodsister]

Holy Cow! That's alot of wheaties in one dig! Nice looking Walking Liberty half-I hope to get one of them some day! :congrats: on all the wheaties and Silver :perfect10:

[z118]

That's a dream hunt right there for sure. Congrats on some great silver. It was nice up my way on Saturday but I didn't get a chance to get out. >:\

[CTDirtFisher]

What a great hunt. Huge :congrats: on that big silver and all those wheats. I couldn't even imagine digging that many in one hunt. It was a great day weather wise.


AL thx... I was feeling it last night... but all better after a good nights rest :-)



That is the way to start the year with silver, WTG |:cheering: Congrats on a great hunt.


Doesn't it always feel good to have silver in your pouch... :-) Thank you sir :-)



Way to empty out a site, congrats on a great day of hunting


Thank you sir... I'll tip my hat towards you for your find this week...



Holy Cow! That's alot of wheaties in one dig! Nice looking Walking Liberty half-I hope to get one of them some day! :congrats: on all the wheaties and Silver :perfect10:


Thank you... I'm sure you will find a nice Walking Liberty one day... Many will argue that is is one is the best US coins ever designed... Right behind the @20 Gold St. Gaudens...



That's a dream hunt right there for sure. Congrats on some great silver. It was nice up my way on Saturday but I didn't get a chance to get out. >:\


It was a good hunt... I was hoping to get some silver... but I thought I had murdered this site with my E-Trac... but I know I know I did murder it... but the CTX has found me lots of goodies at site I stopped hitting with the E-Trac...

Respectfully,
CTDirtFisher

[dperrott]

Nice digs on a nice day. :congrats:

[Hook]

now thats the way to start a new year huh? congrats!! gotta love seeing those walkers pop outta the ground!

[MIKE54]

nice finds, gotta get me one of those walkers this year

[CTDirtFisher]

Nice digs on a nice day. :congrats:


Dan... Thank you kindly :waving:



now thats the way to start a new year huh? congrats!! gotta love seeing those walkers pop outta the ground!


Mr. Hook... Silver in January from a New England State... Sure is the way to start the year :clapping:
Thank you Sir !! I wish you all the best in 2013...



nice finds, gotta get me one of those walkers this year


Mike, I just got of the phone with Punxsutawney Phil... He does not know about 6 more weeks of winter or an early spring yet... but he did see a walking liberty in your future...
Thank you!

[RobW]

:peace:...way to go...nice BIG silver to start with! :clapping:

[CTDirtFisher]

:peace:...way to go...nice BIG silver to start with! :clapping:


Rob... Thank you sir...

[Tony Two-Cent]

Fantastic hunt, Paul! Three silvers including an awesome Walking Liberty Half! It must have been thrilling when that one came out of the soil. How cool that your first silver of the year was a walker!

:congrats:

[CTDirtFisher]

Fantastic hunt, Paul! Three silvers including an awesome Walking Liberty Half! It must have been thrilling when that one came out of the soil. How cool that your first silver of the year was a walker!

:congrats:


Tony as the years go on... I don't think I'll ever NOT get excited about a silver half popping out of mother earth... :happy:

Thank you !!
Paul

[CODY]

Very nice! Love those WLH. :congrats:

[starman2]

:perfect10:! :congrats: On the huge silver! What a way to end a warming spell! Still hoping for a thaw here in Michigan.

[jkress]

:omg: Congratulations on squeaking out a bunch more keepers from this site. Very well done Paul. :clapping:

Love your posts and the beauties you find. :->