z118
08-07-2011, 10:03 PM
Couple of day's hunts here...
Short evening hunts on Thursday and Friday at the sweet spot gave up a bit of clad, a few more wheats, and a nice Merc.
Saturday I headed several towns over and did the tot lot thing. I scored a few bucks in clad and a 1953 dime which was a nice surprise. That's my second silver dime from a tot lot this year. I then headed to a nice grass lot in a nearby residential area. I had driven by this spot a few times before and thought it looked interesting... so I finally gave it a go. The ground was bone dry but I still did pretty well, digging 72 coins in a few hours. Among them were 14 wheats, 2 Buffalo nickels, a 1945 war nickel, and a 194? nickel. Those are good results for me but I'm scratching my head a bit over the lack of silver (other than the war nickel). 14 wheats and those old nickels tells me there should be silver there. So either I was just unlucky or someone has gone through in the past and cherry picked. One way or another I'll give in another try in the fall, hopefully when the ground is wetter and better for detecting and digging. Other than coins I dug a presidential token, a junk ring, and what I think are some old square nails at this spot.
Today (Sunday) I hit a few more tot lots a landed some more clad, a bunch of tokens, a 20 cent Euro coin, and a .925 bling Jesus.
Total for the 4 days was 257 coins worth $19.56.
Happy Hunting!
Short evening hunts on Thursday and Friday at the sweet spot gave up a bit of clad, a few more wheats, and a nice Merc.
Saturday I headed several towns over and did the tot lot thing. I scored a few bucks in clad and a 1953 dime which was a nice surprise. That's my second silver dime from a tot lot this year. I then headed to a nice grass lot in a nearby residential area. I had driven by this spot a few times before and thought it looked interesting... so I finally gave it a go. The ground was bone dry but I still did pretty well, digging 72 coins in a few hours. Among them were 14 wheats, 2 Buffalo nickels, a 1945 war nickel, and a 194? nickel. Those are good results for me but I'm scratching my head a bit over the lack of silver (other than the war nickel). 14 wheats and those old nickels tells me there should be silver there. So either I was just unlucky or someone has gone through in the past and cherry picked. One way or another I'll give in another try in the fall, hopefully when the ground is wetter and better for detecting and digging. Other than coins I dug a presidential token, a junk ring, and what I think are some old square nails at this spot.
Today (Sunday) I hit a few more tot lots a landed some more clad, a bunch of tokens, a 20 cent Euro coin, and a .925 bling Jesus.
Total for the 4 days was 257 coins worth $19.56.
Happy Hunting!