randy
12-04-2011, 07:34 PM
Dug my 6th IH of the year today, a 1906. Still time to catch up to jkress, if his ground freezes before mine :poke: lol I don't get too many of 'em, as they come out of our acidic soil pretty abused, and it hardly seems worth it and they rarely ring clean, but this signal was too obvious to pass up (also thought it had a chance to be an exotic silver; sounded a bit like my avatar coin). Also dug a '40 merc today to keep my silver streak barely alive at 46 (I think anyway, every time I count it, I come up with a different number :confused:; its an unhealthy obsession), and my 446th silver coin of the year.
Odd on the IH, as this was a 50s schoolyard, but also dug a colonial era buckle, so the site has potential beyond trying to bang out the bulk silver. The targets were few and far between, tho, and even grabbing a few wheaties from this site was a struggle.
Prior to today, managed to squeak out just one silver in each of the 5 out of 6 days I was able to hunt. A few new sites in there, a few old ones. No honeyholes. The problem with honeyholes is that they get hunted out eventually, especially if they are meticulously and aggressively pounded. The one consolation is that I was the one doing the pounding, but all things must pass.
I'll write up more details over the winter, but my posts run waaay too TMI, so that that for now. Tomorrow is another new site I'm excited about; drove by twice, sort of out of the box, but its small. Hopefully some shiny left there for me, we'll see.
HH everyone, and hopefully everyone gets a few hunts in before the dreaded S word hits.
Odd on the IH, as this was a 50s schoolyard, but also dug a colonial era buckle, so the site has potential beyond trying to bang out the bulk silver. The targets were few and far between, tho, and even grabbing a few wheaties from this site was a struggle.
Prior to today, managed to squeak out just one silver in each of the 5 out of 6 days I was able to hunt. A few new sites in there, a few old ones. No honeyholes. The problem with honeyholes is that they get hunted out eventually, especially if they are meticulously and aggressively pounded. The one consolation is that I was the one doing the pounding, but all things must pass.
I'll write up more details over the winter, but my posts run waaay too TMI, so that that for now. Tomorrow is another new site I'm excited about; drove by twice, sort of out of the box, but its small. Hopefully some shiny left there for me, we'll see.
HH everyone, and hopefully everyone gets a few hunts in before the dreaded S word hits.