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01-01-2012, 03:04 PM
For only the second time in 6 years now I've been able to detect right through the end of the year. I got out on Friday afternoon and headed to a local school. This location in particular is riddled with Lincoln pennies from the 40's, 50's, and 60's. Not much clad at all but enough silver has shown up in past hunts to make it worth while sometimes. This was one of those times. Early in the hunt I got a nice '54 Rosie, which pretty much made my day. I kept at it for a few hours, pausing only to shed a few layers of clothing due to the mild temperatures. I dug the usual large number of copper Lincolns, plus 6 wheats and a 1940 nickel, and a nice Navy button but no more silver. However, as I was getting ready to wrap it up I got a nice, deep tone, pulled a large plug, and was pleasantly surprised to find a big old copper disc - a large cent! It had been about two years since finding my last one. It's pretty cooked, and I don't think I'm getting a date off of it. I think it's a matron head. One way or another, it was a fun find. This is the second large cent I've pulled from this site, in addition to an odd old foreign silver 10 cent piece from the 1800's. Clearly there was something at this site before they built the school there.
Saturday I got out really just hoping for some clad to put me over $500 for the year. I hit another local school with great results in the clad department, plus two fantastic silver rings. One has a beautiful cloudy stone with blue iridescence. The other had a bit of shell in it that did not hold up well in the dirt, but it's a good find for me regardless.
So, total for the last two days of the year was 202 coins worth $15.65. When you throw in the silver dime, large cent, and two nice silver rings this was about as great an end to the year as I could have hoped for. Oddly enough, December turned out to be my best month of the year in terms of clad finds, and it certainly held its own in terms of silver digs as well (coins and jewelry). It was a nice way to end what was otherwise a down detecting year in many regards. I'm looking forward to posting my usual year end total finds some point soon.
Happy hunting, and happy new year!
Saturday I got out really just hoping for some clad to put me over $500 for the year. I hit another local school with great results in the clad department, plus two fantastic silver rings. One has a beautiful cloudy stone with blue iridescence. The other had a bit of shell in it that did not hold up well in the dirt, but it's a good find for me regardless.
So, total for the last two days of the year was 202 coins worth $15.65. When you throw in the silver dime, large cent, and two nice silver rings this was about as great an end to the year as I could have hoped for. Oddly enough, December turned out to be my best month of the year in terms of clad finds, and it certainly held its own in terms of silver digs as well (coins and jewelry). It was a nice way to end what was otherwise a down detecting year in many regards. I'm looking forward to posting my usual year end total finds some point soon.
Happy hunting, and happy new year!