milco
10-24-2013, 09:25 PM
This past Tuesday my uncle and I planned to make a day of it. I texted Jeff (Firefighter43) to see if he could join us. With the weather a little iffy and our last minute change of plans it didn't work out to meet up but my uncle and I ended up making a day of it anyhow. Jeff ended up going solo for a hunt at the ballfield project.
First we hit a old small park for about two hours and I had two wheat cents to show for the effort. We were on our way to another park and stumbled on to a street tearout in a 1930's neighborhood that I did not even know about. Stopped off there for a couple of hours and we each found some wheat cents and my uncle found a Merc.
We next headed to another old Milwaukee park and lo and behold they tore up a bunch of stuff in the park around this statue adding walkways and landscape beds, etc. We were going to just stop here for a short bit and then head up to the ballfield tearout, but ended up staying here because of the prime dirt. My uncle ended up with a 1917 Buffalo and some wheats. I ended up with three Mercs, a Rosie, a 1901IH, and eight wheats.
We capped off our day at dusk with a couple of brews :beerbuddy: and a burger at a local establishment. A vacation day well spent! :yes:
First we hit a old small park for about two hours and I had two wheat cents to show for the effort. We were on our way to another park and stumbled on to a street tearout in a 1930's neighborhood that I did not even know about. Stopped off there for a couple of hours and we each found some wheat cents and my uncle found a Merc.
We next headed to another old Milwaukee park and lo and behold they tore up a bunch of stuff in the park around this statue adding walkways and landscape beds, etc. We were going to just stop here for a short bit and then head up to the ballfield tearout, but ended up staying here because of the prime dirt. My uncle ended up with a 1917 Buffalo and some wheats. I ended up with three Mercs, a Rosie, a 1901IH, and eight wheats.
We capped off our day at dusk with a couple of brews :beerbuddy: and a burger at a local establishment. A vacation day well spent! :yes: