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A Visit to Montana

M

Mason Jarr

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Last week I went up to Montana to scout an area with my buddy, who lives there, where we drew archery elk tags for the upcoming season. Since I was making the drive, I decided to go up a couple of days early and do a little detecting as well. I only had half days on Thursday and Friday since we had to get our gear into the backpacks and check out maps, etc. The first day his wife, who is a school teacher, took me to an old school that was closed at the end of this school year and is now up for sale. I worked around there for a few hours and came away with some Wheats and a Mercury dime. I went for lunch and then met up with my friend's brother and he took me over to their parents' house. He and I worked the back yard for about 2 hours. He's interested in learning to detect, so I spent some time showing him how it all works and I let him dig the targets we found. We ended up with a silver Washington, another Merc, a costume jewelry ring, religious medallion and a handful of Wheats...including a 1916S, 1925D and 1929S. The next day I went an older house that had burned in 1904 and was rebuilt in 1906 on the same foundation. The owner didn't know when the original house that burned had been built, but he said that the property had been detected several times and most everyone said there was too much trash and nails....a perfect place for the CTX. In short order I found an old sterling ring and a few feet away I picked up a solid and deep 12-41. I dug down about 6 inches and hit a huge root from a pine tree. I could hear the target with my ProPointer and with a little more effort I wrangled out my oldest coin to date....a 1900S Barber dime. It's in rough shape and has quite a bit of pine pitch stuck to it (and I mean STUCK). I would have liked to work that property a little longer, but the owner's sister showed up and she had a young (and out-of-control) son that thought it would be fun to ride on my coil while I tried to swing it. Hopefully, I can get back on it the next time I visit. After our scouting trip over the weekend, I started my drive home today, but had to stop before I left and hit a nice looking park on the outskirts of town. I picked up some more Wheats and a 57 Rosie. All in all, it was a pretty good trip. I gathered up 5 silver coins, 23 Wheats, a sterling ring and some interesting trinkets. I also found a pendant with the name, Matt Carey, in my buddy's front yard. It's not marked, but I think it's silver, also. Here's some pics:

Group shot of all the keepers
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l281/Mason_Jarr/DSC_0730-1.jpg

The silver
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l281/Mason_Jarr/DSC_0742.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l281/Mason_Jarr/DSC_0744.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l281/Mason_Jarr/DSC_0745.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l281/Mason_Jarr/DSC_0746-1.jpg

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http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l281/Mason_Jarr/DSC_0751.jpg
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http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l281/Mason_Jarr/DSC_0749.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l281/Mason_Jarr/DSC_0752.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l281/Mason_Jarr/DSC_0753.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l281/Mason_Jarr/DSC_0756.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l281/Mason_Jarr/DSC_0757.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l281/Mason_Jarr/DSC_0731-1.jpg

Medallion
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l281/Mason_Jarr/DSC_0732.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l281/Mason_Jarr/DSC_0733-1.jpg

Buttons
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l281/Mason_Jarr/DSC_0736.jpg

A little padlock and something to be determined
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l281/Mason_Jarr/DSC_0740.jpg

Junk costume jewelry
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l281/Mason_Jarr/DSC_0739.jpg

Thanks for looking!
 
Cool man! I got my bags packed! Just waiting for the phone call so we can head out. :lmfao: Montana here we come!
 
\"Dr.Tones\" said:
Cool man! I got my bags packed! Just waiting for the phone call so we can head out. :lmfao: Montana here we come!
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I'm headed back around the middle of September. I can drop you off on the way and pick you up two weeks later!
 
Thats a lot of good diggin
 
Nice road trip! hopefully the elk hunt is that productive :clapping:

Jon
 
Great finds mason good luck on your elk hunt . I'm heading to the panhandle in Idaho Sept 14 for 2 weeks going to try and arrow that elk this year. sube
 
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