BACK TO THE PARK

I met up with J yesterday - D was out of town and hit the same park as last week.  Nothing to speak about - 2 wheat pennies, clad and a beat up silver ring.  We are running out of spots to hunt - even doing research and finding old buildings doesn't matter since there are a lot of people that detect and have already hit these places before us.  Looks like it the woods and private property.  I will post pics as soon as I clean my coins.


Weekend finds
             19  - q  =  4.75
             15 - d   =  1.50
               1 -  n  =  0.05
             19 -  p  =  0.19
           54 coins - $6.49
              3 - wheat pennies - 1925,45,46d
           57  total coins
             
                             
                                   2013 COIN TOTAL

                                     Q - 196   =  49.00
                                           4 - washington -
                                     D - 257   =  25.70
                                           2 - barber - 
                                         18  - merc -
                                         10  - rosie -
                                           1 - King george -
                                     N - 52   =     2.60
                                           2 - buffalo - 1938d, no date
                                           1 - 1947 (pre - 1950)
                                     P - 374     =   374
                                            1 - large cent - 1849  
                                            1 - Indian - 1906
                                           197  - wheat - 1915,17,18,20(2)23,26(2),29,30(2),35,36,40(7),
                                                                  41(7),42(3),42-d,44(11)45(9),46(5),47(3),48(3),48-d,                                                                        49,50(2)50-d,50-s,51(6),51-d(5),52(2),52-d,                                                                   53-d,(3),54d,55(6),56(6),56-d(3),57(4),57-d(2),58,58-d(2)
                                                                  ??(10)  
                                     DOL -
                                     HALF - 2 - 1927s walker
                                                         1952 - Franklin
                                     FOREIGN - 11
                                     # OF COINS(clad) - 892
                                     # OF COINS(total) - 1134
                                     TOTAL$ - 81.14  
                                     GOLD - 
                                     RINGS - 9     

TRIED SOME OLD SCHOOLS

I met up with J and D called when we were on our way to an old school - the school was around in the late 1800's and is in the same area with a newer building.  We didn't find much - most of the ground was fill but I did manage a flat button.  So we hit another school - managed a wheat penny there - not sure how old this school was and then hit another like the first one.  Just wheat pennies and plenty of clad.  It's getting harder to find places to hunt.  We're going to see which one of us has the charm and start knocking on doors.

QUICK HUNT AT HOT SPOT

I'm on vacation for the rest of the week - so I tried my hot spot this morning.  The only thing hot was the sun but I did manage to find 6 wheat pennies, a king george and a dime.  Hunted for about an hour - had enough and called it quits. 

Wednesday finds
               0  - q  =  0.00
               1 - d   =  0.10
               0 -  n  =  0.00
               0 -  p  =  0.00
              1 coin - $0.10
              6 - wheat pennies - 1920,30,45,48,56,57d
              1 - king george penny - 1940
              8  total coins
             
                             
                                   2013 COIN TOTAL

                                     Q - 177   =  44.25
                                           4 - washington -
                                     D - 242   =  24.20
                                           2 - barber - 
                                         18  - merc -
                                         10  - rosie -
                                           1 - King george -
                                     N - 51   =     2.55
                                           2 - buffalo - 1938d, no date
                                           1 - 1947 (pre - 1950)
                                     P - 355     =   355
                                            1 - large cent - 1849  
                                            1 - Indian - 1906
                                           194  - wheat - 1915,17,18,20(2)23,26(2),29,30(2),35,36,40(7),
                                                                  41(7),42(3),42-d,44(11)45(9),46(5),47(3),48(3),48-d,                                                                        49,50(2)50-d,50-s,51(6),51-d(5),52(2),52-d,                                                                   53-d,(3),54d,55(6),56(6),56-d(3),57(4),57-d(2),58,58-d(2)
                                                                  ??(10)  
                                     DOL -
                                     HALF - 2 - 1927s walker
                                                         1952 - Franklin
                                     FOREIGN - 11
                                     # OF COINS(clad) - 838
                                     # OF COINS(total) - 1077
                                     TOTAL$ - 74.65  
                                     GOLD - 
                                     RINGS - 8     

BACK TO A PARK - NOT A BAD DAY

I went back to a city park with D -  managed to find a buffalo nickel and 2 wheat pennies in the same hole - found 1 more wheat and clad.  D managed wheat pennies from the teens and twenties.  Spots are becoming harder to find - too many TH's around that I've run into and a lot more that don't say who they are.  It may be time to start knocking on doors - or travel.  I still hope to make a trip with K to New Hampshire - he had great luck there.

Weekend finds
             10  - q  =  2.50
             10 - d   =  1.00
               2 -  n  =  0.10
             11 -  p  =  0.22
            33 coins - $3.71
           1 - buffalo - 1938d
           4 - wheat pennies - 1946,50d,53d,57d
           38  total coins
             
                             
                                   2013 COIN TOTAL

                                     Q - 177   =  44.25
                                           4 - washington -
                                     D - 241   =  24.10
                                           2 - barber - 
                                         18  - merc -
                                         10  - rosie -
                                           1 - King george -
                                     N - 51   =     2.55
                                           2 - buffalo - 1938d, no date
                                           1 - 1947 (pre - 1950)
                                     P - 355     =   355
                                            1 - large cent - 1849  
                                            1 - Indian - 1906
                                           188  - wheat - 1915,17,18,20(2)23,26(2),29,30(2),35,36,40(7),
                                                                  41(7),42(3),42-d,44(11)45(9),46(5),47(3),48(3),48-d,                                                                        49,50(2)50-d,50-s,51(6),51-d(5),52(2),52-d,                                                                   53-d,(3),54d,55(6),56(6),56-d(3),57(4),57-d(2),58,58-d(2)
                                                                  ??(10)  
                                     DOL -
                                     HALF - 2 - 1927s walker
                                                         1952 - Franklin
                                     FOREIGN - 10
                                     # OF COINS(clad) - 837
                                     # OF COINS(total) - 1069
                                     TOTAL$ - 74.55  
                                     GOLD - 
                                     RINGS - 8     

ON THE ROAD - STILL TRYING TO FIND SITES

J and I hit the road and tried some areas that I had found on some old maps.  The first location was over grown and a ton of woods - the locals have heard of the park we wanted to hunt but we will have to wait until the fall to get to it.  We hit the local school and only found clad.  We tried a couple of other areas and J found a couple of wheat pennies and I found just one.  We then tried another park I had found but it was right smack in the middle of town and we just weren't sure if we could hunt it.  We came upon a couple of more sites - one looked too new and the other had a concert going on so we decided to call it quits.  Even on the road it's still hard to find a good place to detect.  My take for the day was a wheat penny and about 2 bucks in clad.  I still have to clean the coins before I get some pics.

MUCH BETTER DAY

I met up with J again and he had a few places in mind.  We checked the first couple which were schools but they didn't look promising so we went to a park.  Just as we got there a cop drove by and we asked about detecting and he said it wouldn't be a problem so away we went.  The park is in the woods so I hit the paths - found some clad then got a nice reading - turned out to be a barber dime - my second this year.  That was the only old coin between the two of us.  Will have to go back once fall comes - want to hunt outside the paths.

Wednesday and weekend finds
               4 - q  =  1.00
               7 - d  =  0.70
               0 -  n  = 0.00
             22 -  p  = 0.22
            33 coins - $1.92
           1 - barber  - 1908s
           3 - wheat pennies - 1917,25,56
           1 - canadian penny
          38  total coins
             
                             
                                   2013 COIN TOTAL

                                     Q - 167   =  41.75
                                           4 - washington -
                                     D - 231   =  23.10
                                           2 - barber - 
                                         18  - merc -
                                         10  - rosie -
                                           1 - King george -
                                     N - 51   =     2.55
                                           1 - buffalo - no date
                                           1 - 1947 (pre - 1950)
                                     P - 344     =   344
                                            1 - large cent - 1849  
                                            1 - Indian - 1906
                                           184  - wheat - 1915,17,18,20(2)23,26(2),29,30(2),35,36,40(7),
                                                                  41(7),42(3),42-d,44(11)45(9),46(5),47(3),48(3),48-d,                                                                        49,50(2)50-d,50-s,51(6),51-d(5),52(2),52-d,                                                                   53-d,(3),54d,55(6),56(6),56-d(3),57(4),57-d(2),58,58-d(2)
                                                                  ??(10)  
                                     DOL -
                                     HALF - 2 - 1927s walker
                                                         1952 - Franklin
                                     FOREIGN - 10
                                     # OF COINS(clad) - 804
                                     # OF COINS(total) - 1031
                                     TOTAL$ - 70.84  
                                     GOLD - 
                                     RINGS - 8    

SATURDAY WAS A SLOW SLOW DAY EXCEPT FOR ....

I met up with J and we headed to a park that was around in a 1875 map.  Wasn't a big park but had history to it so we gave it a shot.  About 20 minutes into the hunt my friend D calls and I said for him to meet us there - he had hunted this park before but didn't find anything.  Before D got there J and I hunted an area close to a church across the street.  So D arrived, chatted for a few then went back to detecting.  Well about 15 minutes later I can see and hear D getting excited.  He said he had just found a seated liberty dime.  Both J and I missed it but D found it.  So that gave us a little more incentive to do some serious hunting - but to no avail.  At least someone found something good out of the park - tons of junk and little coins.  Good for D.  We then hunted another park with the same kind of history - this time nothing for all of us and we hit the local fire dept. and community center finding nothing.  My haul for the day was about 10 coins - J not much better and D came up the big winner.  Will post my terrific findings later, if I get out today I hopefully can add something good.