5 Silver, 6 Indian Heads, 17 Wheats in a Public School Yard

[bgscofield6]

Decided to take a few hours for myself this afternoon and do some digging.

Was driving around and came across an older looking school with a decent sized yard. It looks like the kind of school that everybody would rush to as soon as they purchased their detector. It's in the middle of Indianapolis and these schools just keep giving up the good stuff! I will go back again because I went through it quickly and only dug the obvious coin signals. Next trip there will be for iffy signals and maybe some gold.

Here are the finds:

1908 Barber Quarter (1st one ever)
1904 & 1906 Barber Dimes
1943 Mercury Dime
Sterling Silver Charm with enamel inlay
6 Indian Heads (1880, 1880, 1898, 1901, 1903, 190
17 Wheats that will be tossed into the wheat penny jar

Also dug about $3 in clad I think.

I think I will just keep on hitting Indianapolis schools since they are so productive. Before I moved here you couldn't find anything at any park or school in the area. I'm still shocked at what I've been finding lately in such obvious places.

I guess it must have been hunted by everything but an Explorer.

 

[James N.D.]

Anytime I get a Barber Quarter, that sight is going to get pounded by me until it goes silent. Work it good and use a tight pattern so you miss very little and you should do very well. Congrats on that Barber Quarter and I look forward in what you may find on your return trip. Good Luck and HH.

 

[bgscofield6]

Anytime I get a Barber Quarter, that sight is going to get pounded by me until it goes silent. Work it good and use a tight pattern so you miss very little and you should do very well. Congrats on that Barber Quarter and I look forward in what you may find on your return trip. Good Luck and HH.

Yeah, I will be going back with my hunting partner and hopefully he can turn up some oldies as well. I purposely didn't hunt some areas so that a return trip would have a good chance at pulling out some more silver. Sadly, in the past few months it looks like they have dug up a large portion of the yard for something. You can still see the hay in some spots and the ground is rock solid clay there with zincs at 6" deep.

I'm just thankful there aren't Explorer users here just killing these spots.

 

[Crash620]

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[stan in colo]

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[Erik in NJ]

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[Elton]

Just kiddding about the where...You had a great day.

 

[Great Republic]

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[James N.D.]

an Old Septic Tank filled in. Only one way to find out and that is to ask the home owner. Can't wait to see what you guys find next. Good Luck and HH to you both.

 

[small change]

Great job at the schoolyard. It's great to find an older school where there is still some areas where you can find old coins & not dig only clad
in that invariably hard, clay-like fill dirt that unfortunately ends up in many school fields, even the older ones where at least portions of the buildings
are 70-80+ years old. I've had a few successful school sites in the last 4 years or so. Been on a dry spell lately so I am going to have to venture out & try some schools I haven't been to before to find the next good one. Hopefully there's one that doesn't end up being a 3-4 hour drive from me.

Take care & HH,
Dan.

 

[Jim C (Mich)]

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