Full Metal Digger
05-20-2013, 07:44 PM
Hey diggers,
Last week I got a PM from Tony asking if I was available to meet him this Saturday for some MDing. We looked at Google maps and picked out a couple old parks located in small towns off the beaten path. We met about halfway at a 1874 park. Within 20 minutes we realized it was anything but original. A real shame too because that town is incredible! Brick streets and Victorian homes all up and down the roads. The sidewalk strips are at least 30 feet wide.
I took him over to the 1940s school where I found the walking liberty half a couple weeks ago and his very FIRST signal was a 1903-O barber dime! Then I remembered why it's so easy to hate him! lol
Me, I was not doing very well. The detecting Gods did not favor me my friends. He had 2 barber dimes, an indian and several wheats in his pouch before I managed my first wheatie.
We went to two more parks and it looks like lots of fill dirt in those also. I did manage a very corroded V nickel at the second park. I decided to hunt the sidewalk strip of a defunct Catholic church and found a coin spill of 1905 and 1917 pennies.
We went to a third park and there were just no signals! Someone must have hunted this park for years! Tony found someone else's plug too. Either that or it was a gopher hole. I got a terrible 1-30 signal at 8 inches and dug it because I had not gotten any signals. What a shock to see another 1905 indian head penny pop up!
There was an old abandoned house across the street and I started knocking on doors to find the owner. Second house I tried I scored and he said yes go ahead. At first he thought I wanted to buy it. He was asking $5,000. Tony and I noticed it had amazing stained glass transoms and very ornate beveled glass doors. The house was definitely worth more than $5K just in antique hardware and woodwork. Anyhow, we both scored a couple wheaties in the yard but no silvers there.
All in all it was fun to meet up with Tony again. We spent 8 hours detecting. Even though I didn't find any silver, the time spent with a great MDing buddy was golden!
Here's some pics and thanks for looking, Dave.
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af95/daddydigger1/IMG_1377_zpsfa0a8bbf.jpg (http://s997.photobucket.com/user/daddydigger1/media/IMG_1377_zpsfa0a8bbf.jpg.html)
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af95/daddydigger1/IMG_1373_zpsa118e417.jpg (http://s997.photobucket.com/user/daddydigger1/media/IMG_1373_zpsa118e417.jpg.html)
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af95/daddydigger1/IMG_1375_zpsd812013c.jpg (http://s997.photobucket.com/user/daddydigger1/media/IMG_1375_zpsd812013c.jpg.html)
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af95/daddydigger1/IMG_1379_zps0e5f1b0a.jpg (http://s997.photobucket.com/user/daddydigger1/media/IMG_1379_zps0e5f1b0a.jpg.html)
Last week I got a PM from Tony asking if I was available to meet him this Saturday for some MDing. We looked at Google maps and picked out a couple old parks located in small towns off the beaten path. We met about halfway at a 1874 park. Within 20 minutes we realized it was anything but original. A real shame too because that town is incredible! Brick streets and Victorian homes all up and down the roads. The sidewalk strips are at least 30 feet wide.
I took him over to the 1940s school where I found the walking liberty half a couple weeks ago and his very FIRST signal was a 1903-O barber dime! Then I remembered why it's so easy to hate him! lol
Me, I was not doing very well. The detecting Gods did not favor me my friends. He had 2 barber dimes, an indian and several wheats in his pouch before I managed my first wheatie.
We went to two more parks and it looks like lots of fill dirt in those also. I did manage a very corroded V nickel at the second park. I decided to hunt the sidewalk strip of a defunct Catholic church and found a coin spill of 1905 and 1917 pennies.
We went to a third park and there were just no signals! Someone must have hunted this park for years! Tony found someone else's plug too. Either that or it was a gopher hole. I got a terrible 1-30 signal at 8 inches and dug it because I had not gotten any signals. What a shock to see another 1905 indian head penny pop up!
There was an old abandoned house across the street and I started knocking on doors to find the owner. Second house I tried I scored and he said yes go ahead. At first he thought I wanted to buy it. He was asking $5,000. Tony and I noticed it had amazing stained glass transoms and very ornate beveled glass doors. The house was definitely worth more than $5K just in antique hardware and woodwork. Anyhow, we both scored a couple wheaties in the yard but no silvers there.
All in all it was fun to meet up with Tony again. We spent 8 hours detecting. Even though I didn't find any silver, the time spent with a great MDing buddy was golden!
Here's some pics and thanks for looking, Dave.
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af95/daddydigger1/IMG_1377_zpsfa0a8bbf.jpg (http://s997.photobucket.com/user/daddydigger1/media/IMG_1377_zpsfa0a8bbf.jpg.html)
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af95/daddydigger1/IMG_1373_zpsa118e417.jpg (http://s997.photobucket.com/user/daddydigger1/media/IMG_1373_zpsa118e417.jpg.html)
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af95/daddydigger1/IMG_1375_zpsd812013c.jpg (http://s997.photobucket.com/user/daddydigger1/media/IMG_1375_zpsd812013c.jpg.html)
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af95/daddydigger1/IMG_1379_zps0e5f1b0a.jpg (http://s997.photobucket.com/user/daddydigger1/media/IMG_1379_zps0e5f1b0a.jpg.html)