114 yr.Old picnic ground hunt .

[wayne(mj)]

My partner Cliff and I found this old site about 5 months ago and just got permission to hunt it. We had a great two days. Cliff uses a mine lab XS and I use the x70. Have had my machine for about 4 months and am really liking this machine. I am a coin hunter and have had fair success . That is till our last two day hunt. Then it was our best ever. This is the ranch.
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This is the hunt area. Tough job swing a coil in there.
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This is our host Jim ,a laid back 86 yr. old.I met this gentlemen today and had a chat for 45 minutes and I made a friend . What a very funny guy.
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I have no pic of my partners coins but his count was about the same as mine except for the Quarters. My silver ranges from a 1886 dime to a 1920 silver nickle. Between the two of us we got 35 silver coins. A couple of big pennies . 1901 Indian -- 1900 V nickle and some old cuff links.

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These are some cool cuff links.
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Sorry about the poor pic on the non silver pic's but was in a hurry. I think we have one good hunt left there.

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Thank you very much for looking. Hope you can all have a hunt like this on. We had a fantastic time. HH all.

 

[Ed in Mo]

Looks like you did very well, and if I counted correctly..you got 20 silver out of the 35! That tall grass is hard to hunt for sure. You may have only had the x70 for 4 months but thinking you learned a lot on this hunt. I am not sure which coil you was using but seems to be doing well for you. Some of them oldies can get deep and tall grass to boot. Again, super job and hope the next hunt is as well or even better for you. Good luck!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

congrats on the great finds! Can you get back after the grass is mowed? HH, Mike

 

[Dick from IA]

Wayne, you found a place detectorists dreams are made of.

Hope it produces many more Silvers before you're finished!

 

[Digger]

I spend countless hours (years) researching and hunting places exactly like this. Old coins at old sites. In my opinion, there is nothing in the world that can beat finding an old picnic ground, chautauqua ground or fair ground, where people congregated 100+ years ago. Regardless if you have hunted it once, twice or several times, keep going back. You never get them all. Keep us posted on your future visits to the picnic grounds. You might be surprised what that next trip yields. HH Randy

 

[RonNH]

Congrts on the finds..the grove and the coins and cuff links. Only one more hunt? You guys should pound that area until nothing beeps. I remember finding a virgin picnic grove, 3 years of hunting and I still can walk out of there with a keeper. A lot of coins changed hands there and were dropped. Good luck on future hunts. Ron

 

[pinpointa]

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[utmike]

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[B.T]

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[Mick in Dubbo]

Nice finds. That's a pretty high silver count, plus another treasure in the chair. A treasure that folks can overlook sometimes. Who said that this was a solitary hobby? It's just a great way to meet folks.
Mick Evans.

 

[nugget71]

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[ron-in-idaho]

That is the kind of hunt everyone hopes to have some day,
great finds. thanks.

 

[wayne(mj)]

Hey Mike -- The bad news is (the grass won't get cut). I just want a small coil to finish the job up right. If minelab come up with one that will be great , if not I'll figgure something out. I have another machine with a 7" coil and will use it if I have to. A 5" would do just perfect. Good luck on all your hunts and thanks. HH. Wayne.

 

[Shenandoah Digger]

One more hunt? You can hunt that place until the cows come home and never get it all. I'd keep at it!

 

[NH Bob]

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