Tony Two-Cent
03-16-2013, 09:39 PM
Today I headed to a familiar town to hunt two parks, one park that I had hunted several times before and one park that I had never been to. It was cloudy, windy and cold, but some decent finds made it bearable.
I started at the large city park that I had hunted many times before. After a couple of hours I had only found a 1904 Indian Head and a couple of wheaties, so I decided to work my way to my car and head to another spot. When I was about 30 feet from my car I got a really good deep silver signal that ended up being two silver dimes stuck together in one hole, a 1924 Merc and a 1946 Rosie. After I found those two dimes I decided to work that area a little harder, and I found an 1887 Indian Head. Also in this same general vicinity I found a really neat sterling silver mechanical pencil.
At that point I opted to head to a different site. This second park would be easy to overlook. The park is between the railroad tracks and a church. Many people would probably assume that it is part of the church property, but it is actually a small city park. There is a stone monument at the corner that states the property was donated by a man and wife in 1915 to be used as a playground.
Right away at this second park I found a wheat cent, then I got a really good signal that sounded like deep silver at the base of a big tree. I was happy to find a 1951-D silver quarter in the hole! I checked the hole again and got another signal that sounded like there might be another silver quarter, and there was! This time it was a 1938. By this time I'm feeling really good about this park so I hunted it for another 3 hours and got a 1923 Merc, a 1909 Indian Head, 2 V Nickels and several wheat cents.
Here are all of my finds for the day:
62118
And here are the keepers:
62119
Three Indian Heads today: 1887, 1904 and 1909
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Two V Nickels: 1891 and 1912
62123
Here are the two silver dimes that were in the same hole. You can see how they were stuck together back-to-back:
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And the lone Merc that was found at the second park:
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Here are the two silver quarters that were together under the tree. I don't know why the 1938 is so tarnished.
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And my favorite find of the day, a sterling silver mechanical pencil that has hand-engraved designs on it. On the top cap it says, Fine Poynt - Made in New York, USA - Sterling Silver. This was about 8 deep.
6213062131
That's all, folks!
Thanks for looking and happy hunting! :beerbuddy:
I started at the large city park that I had hunted many times before. After a couple of hours I had only found a 1904 Indian Head and a couple of wheaties, so I decided to work my way to my car and head to another spot. When I was about 30 feet from my car I got a really good deep silver signal that ended up being two silver dimes stuck together in one hole, a 1924 Merc and a 1946 Rosie. After I found those two dimes I decided to work that area a little harder, and I found an 1887 Indian Head. Also in this same general vicinity I found a really neat sterling silver mechanical pencil.
At that point I opted to head to a different site. This second park would be easy to overlook. The park is between the railroad tracks and a church. Many people would probably assume that it is part of the church property, but it is actually a small city park. There is a stone monument at the corner that states the property was donated by a man and wife in 1915 to be used as a playground.
Right away at this second park I found a wheat cent, then I got a really good signal that sounded like deep silver at the base of a big tree. I was happy to find a 1951-D silver quarter in the hole! I checked the hole again and got another signal that sounded like there might be another silver quarter, and there was! This time it was a 1938. By this time I'm feeling really good about this park so I hunted it for another 3 hours and got a 1923 Merc, a 1909 Indian Head, 2 V Nickels and several wheat cents.
Here are all of my finds for the day:
62118
And here are the keepers:
62119
Three Indian Heads today: 1887, 1904 and 1909
621206212162122
Two V Nickels: 1891 and 1912
62123
Here are the two silver dimes that were in the same hole. You can see how they were stuck together back-to-back:
621246212562126
And the lone Merc that was found at the second park:
6212762128
Here are the two silver quarters that were together under the tree. I don't know why the 1938 is so tarnished.
62129
And my favorite find of the day, a sterling silver mechanical pencil that has hand-engraved designs on it. On the top cap it says, Fine Poynt - Made in New York, USA - Sterling Silver. This was about 8 deep.
6213062131
That's all, folks!
Thanks for looking and happy hunting! :beerbuddy: