IT'S SATURDAY AND I DIDN'T METAL DETECT

I live for the weekends and can't wait to get out and metal detect.  But today and the next few Saturdays I won't be out doing my thing.  My son is on the JV football team so watching him play is going to be the #1 priority for a while.  His game was at 10am and on the road so by the time I got back home it was early afternoon but the rain paid a visit.  Will have to try and get out tomorrow morning.

THURSDAY HUNT

I didn't have to work yesterday so J and I hit the road and tried a few spots.  First was a park where D found his seated dime - nothing, then a park down the road - again clad.  So we drove to a park where I had some luck - just clad and another park and a area where a school use to sit.  Clad.  J has the right idea - knock on doors.  So I think our next trip that's what we're going to have to do - everywhere the spots are just getting hunted out.  Need to clean my finds and post.


Weekend finds
               6  - q  =  1.50
               6 - d   =  0.60
               0 -  n  =  0.00
               5 -  p  =  0.05
           17 coins - $2.15
              1 - canadian
           18  total coins
             
                             
                                   2013 COIN TOTAL

                                     Q - 208   =  52.00
                                           4 - washington -
                                     D - 269   =  26.90
                                           2 - barber - 
                                         18  - merc -
                                         11  - rosie -
                                           1 - King george -
                                     N - 52   =     2.60
                                           2 - buffalo - 1938d, no date
                                           1 - 1947 (pre - 1950)
                                     P - 385     =   3.85
                                            1 - large cent - 1849  
                                            1 - Indian - 1906
                                           198  - wheat - 1915,17,18,20(2)23,26(2),29(2),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 - 12
                                     # OF COINS(clad) - 927
                                     # OF COINS(total) - 1172
                                     TOTAL$ - 85.45  
                                     GOLD - 
                                     RINGS - 9

QUICK LABOR DAY HUNT

Got out to a late start - daughter was home from college - had to bring her back so I didn't have much time to hunt.  I met J and we rode around and asked for permission to hunt some properties.  We did receive permission at the second house - built in the 1850's - hunted for a while and found nothing.  Then back to my hot spot but we didn't have much time - managed a wheat penny and a memorial.  We had some bad storms and the ground was just too wet anyway.  Will try it again soon.  J got permission to hunt a home and found a busted cap dime and large cent earlier.

JUST ONE OF THOSE DAYS

I met up with J and D and another hunter J we tried a school that has been around awhile.  The ground was mostly fill but J#1 did find a flat button.  Not finding much we tried along the erie canal but the grass was too high and a shut down factory but it has a blue state sign saying it was historical so we hit a park.  This park was at a lock along the canal and again nothing.  We hit a park D has hunted before and a guy riding his bike said we could hunt his house which was built back in the 1800's.  Nothing there and only a few of wheat pennies at the park. D and  J#2 found them and then J#2  had to go.  D had another spot in mind and J found a wheat.  Overall the four of us found little clad and just 5 wheat pennies.   The spots looked great but we just couldn't find anything.  Just one of those days.


Weekend finds
               6  - q  =  1.50
               6 - d   =  0.60
               0 -  n  =  0.00
               6 -  p  =  0.06
           18 coins - $2.16
              1 - Rosie - 1948
           19  total coins
             
                             
                                   2013 COIN TOTAL

                                     Q - 202   =  50.50
                                           4 - washington -
                                     D - 263   =  26.30
                                           2 - barber - 
                                         18  - merc -
                                         11  - rosie -
                                           1 - King george -
                                     N - 52   =     2.60
                                           2 - buffalo - 1938d, no date
                                           1 - 1947 (pre - 1950)
                                     P - 380     =   3.80
                                            1 - large cent - 1849  
                                            1 - Indian - 1906
                                           198  - wheat - 1915,17,18,20(2)23,26(2),29(2),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) - 910
                                     # OF COINS(total) - 1154
                                     TOTAL$ - 82.30  
                                     GOLD - 
                                     RINGS - 9 

SATURDAY HUNT YIELDS SILVER

I met up with D and we hunted a park with lots of history.  I've had luck at this park before finding some large cents in the woods.  We hit the park area first - D found a few wheat pennies along with clad and I found a Rosie along with clad.  We then tried the woods but found nothing.  It will have to be a fall project - just too much growth. My total -  5 dimes, 1 penny

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.