First Fatty!!

[Ill Digger]

Thursday I skipped out on work and headed North to Wisconsin. Jeff "Fire Fighter 43" invited me up for a hunt at a church he recently obtained permission for. It was a good hunt right off the bat! The first hole was a wheatie.
The second hole was this.
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1909 V nickle.

A few more wheaties and about a couple hours or so into the hunt I got a 12-45 @ 4 or 5 inches. Which was a little shallower than the wheaties were running. I dig the plug, clean around a few roots and pry this out from under the roots.
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A 1942 Merc!
That means no "Silverless Drive Home of Shame" for me! :yahoo:
Unfortunately that's when the memory card on the camera was full.:bangshead01:
We hunted there for about 5 hours. I was hunting around a huge pine tree were I had found a few wheats and the first the first V nickle and I got a 12-25 at about 5 inches. Thinking it was going to be a pulltab for sure I dug down flipped the plug over and seen a imprint of a coin on the bottom of the plug! :shocked04: Now I'm thinking This going to be Fatty!!:drool: Or maybe a flying Eagle!! :drool: Sure enough I found this in the loose dirt in the hole....
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My first FATTY!!!! Whoo Hoo! My first FATTY!! :yahoo:A holed 1863!! I don't care about the hole. It adds character!:thumbsup01:
Heres a look at the back.
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Before we headed over to Jeff's famous picnic groove, I was able to get another IH, a 1864! Plus a 1899o Barber dime!
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Then we made a short drive over to the picnic groove. Ate our lunches on thew way. We had 3 or 4 hours left to hunt before we had to call it a day. The picnic groove didn't disappoint once again! Right before leaving I even managed another silver for the day. Another Barber dime. A 1902 this time.
Heres the keepers from the groove.
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A fun day of swing with my buddy Jeff. At a couple of great spots! I can't thank Jeff enough for being kind enough to take me along to these great locations! Thanks again Jeff! :notworthy::notworthy::notworthy:

Here's all the keepers for the day. Minus the 20+ wheaties.,
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Thanks for lookin' & HH everyone! :peace:
Hope everyone had a happy Easter!!

[giant056]

Excellent bunch of finds you got there and congrats on your first fatty :thumbsup01:

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[milco]

WOW, awesome day of hunting Tim!! Congrats on the Fatty IH!!

[Tony Two-Cent]

Wow! You had an awesome day, Tim! Such a nice variety of old coins, including four silvers!

Huge congrats on your first FATTY! So often those fatties are really toasted, but yours looks really nice! I agree with you about the hole, it does add character. :yes:

I'm still looking for my first fatty. :crossfingers:

Congrats on your super hunt! :clapping:

[Otis Campbell]

Great hunt there, we dream of places like that to hunt!

[Bell-Two]

Great day of hunting Tim and congratulations on that Fatty I know what it's like waiting for one and when you find it a real rush. Good job I am happy for you!

[The Rebel]

Outstanding Hunt!

[RobW]

:shocked04:...that's a GREAT pile of coinage:congrats:

[Full Metal Digger]

Awesome Tim! You had a GREAT hunt! The title of your thread had me cracking up though! HH, Dave.

[Digger Don]

Congrats on your first FATTY & all your other finds.
It looks like you had a great day !!

[coinnut]

Nice haul of old coins Tim!!!:drool: That 1863 seems like it was drilled very carefully to be centered, so I would assume the date has meaning and someone wore it on a chain. Nice mix of coins.

[OxShoeDrew]

Congrats Tim, super amount and assortment of coins!

[del]

super group of coins Tim , congrats on the barbers, mercs :clapping::thumbsup02: and especially the fatty

[CTTodd]

That's a great day

[BTV Digger]

Congrats on the fatty indian. The 1902 indian has nice detail as well.

BTV Digger

[Timewarpdigger]

Congrats for the finds. It's obvious that taking the day off really paid off!!!! Safe & HH

[Ill Digger]

Excellent bunch of finds you got there and congrats on your first fatty :thumbsup01:

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WOW, awesome day of hunting Tim!! Congrats on the Fatty IH!!
Thanks guys! :grin:


Wow! You had an awesome day, Tim! Such a nice variety of old coins, including four silvers!

Huge congrats on your first FATTY! So often those fatties are really toasted, but yours looks really nice! I agree with you about the hole, it does add character. :yes:

I'm still looking for my first fatty. :crossfingers: Thanks Tony! I can't complain at all about the fatty. It's in decent shape. Ledgable date. The hole isn't through the date!
I'm still looking for my first 1877 IH :crossfingers: :poke:


Great hunt there, we dream of places like that to hunt!Thanks! Jeff does have some great places lined up to hunt. They didn't come easy I know that. Lots of research and contact with owners and caretakers. Thats why I'm so grateful for any invites I get. :yes:


Great day of hunting Tim and congratulations on that Fatty I know what it's like waiting for one and when you find it a real rush. Good job I am happy for you! I know you know the feeling Tony! I hope to know some more of the feelings you've felt while metal detecting! :yes::envious:
Thanks Tony!

[Ill Digger]

Outstanding Hunt!Thanks :)


:shocked04:...that's a GREAT pile of coinage:congrats:Thanks Rob! I can't complain about it thats for sure.:lol:


Awesome Tim! You had a GREAT hunt! The title of your thread had me cracking up though! HH, Dave.Thanks Dave! Whats so funny about my title? :confused::dontknow:


Congrats on your first FATTY & all your other finds.
It looks like you had a great day !!Thanks Don! It's one of those days that make the other days hurt so bad. :crying02::lol:


Nice haul of old coins Tim!!!:drool: That 1863 seems like it was drilled very carefully to be centered, so I would assume the date has meaning and someone wore it on a chain. Nice mix of coins.Thanks George! You always gotta wonder why the holes are in the coins. :thinkingabout: We will never know for sure but the centering of the hole makes sense to me. I'm just glad the hole isn't through the date! :lol:

[Ill Digger]

Congrats Tim, super amount and assortment of coins!
Thanks Drew! It definatly was a action packed day. Lots of wheaties and clad in between oldies! Great places to swing:detecting:


super group of coins Tim , congrats on the barbers, mercs :clapping::thumbsup02: and especially the fatty
Thanks Dan! It was one of those finds that you get when you least expect it!:shocked05: Good times! :thumbsup01: :lol:


That's a great day
One of my better ones! :yes:


Congrats on the fatty indian. The 1902 indian has nice detail as well.

BTV DiggerThanks ! Yes it does. I'd like to try and get some of the crud off of the 1864 IH. It's in decent shape too.


Congrats for the finds. It's obvious that taking the day off really paid off!!!! Safe & HH
:lol: You got that right! Even a so-so day of detecting:detecting: is better than a good day at work. :thumbsdown: :lol:
Thanks for lookin'

[Tom]

My first FATTY!!!! Whoo Hoo! My first FATTY!! :yahoo:A holed 1863!! I don't care about the hole. It adds character!:thumbsup01:
Thanks for lookin' & HH everyone! :peace:
Hope everyone had a happy Easter!!

At first I thought you were talking about that song Written by Brian May and Sung by Freddie Mercury. :happydance01:
Some nice finds there, congrats!

[Fire Fighter 43]

It was a great day Tim. Congrats again on a first and I'm glad I was a part of it. WTG

[AmxFred]

Very nice. What a day! Congrats!