Sooper Dave
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Warmed up a little last Sunday to get in a hunt. I went back to an old school spot that’s now the yard of a newer home. Took a little time catching up with the owner of the place and was told to have fun and good luck. I’ve only hunted here once before and found two Barber dimes and two Rosies along with a bunch of wheaties. I was told two guys used to hunt the place years ago with permission from the previous owner. So I headed to the back of the property where it would be perfect to play ball. I started to find wheaties right away and the signals are spread way out but the area is very clean. When you do get a signal it’s normally deep and it gets your hopes of something old. After about an hour of digging a few wheats and having the anticipation and thoughts of silver, I got a great quarter signal down deep on the Etrac. I dug a nice wide deep plug and the signal was still down in the hole. I took out a few more scoops of dirt and saw a flash of silver. I was very happy to see my first silver of the new year is a nice SLQ! Such a beautiful coin to dig. I took a few pics and got back to it as it was getting dark and colder very quickly. I found a Rosie, a few more wheats, a neat old pocket knife, along with a couple of old bullet casings that are military issue 30-06. I got another high tone and dug down to see a large eagle in the hole. Pretty excited to see a beautiful US Army Officer’s hat pin. There were maneuvers and training in our area before WWII. It’s said that the terrain is very similar to what’s in Germany. Another great part of history we have right here in our backyard. Not 100% sure that’s how these pieces were lost because I know kids got a hold of these type of items and took them to play army and war.
This past week we had a couple of days in the 60’s and I stopped after work to hunt around where I found the CW buckles and spur. I worked one small area super slow and lucked up on ten more bullets and an eagle button that crumbled apart on me. I also found a huge shell that turns out to be a 4 gauge shotgun shell headstamp. These were used on a boat and shot out of a large punt gun. Commercial hunters would float around a bend in the river and just blast huge flocks of birds sitting on the water. A bad way to treat these birds and this type of hunting was outlawed by 1900. That’s a 12ga headstamp next to it in the photo to give you an idea of it’s size. It’s back to snow and cold here but suppose to be back in the 60’s for the weekend. Sure hope spring gets here soon for us all. HH-David
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This past week we had a couple of days in the 60’s and I stopped after work to hunt around where I found the CW buckles and spur. I worked one small area super slow and lucked up on ten more bullets and an eagle button that crumbled apart on me. I also found a huge shell that turns out to be a 4 gauge shotgun shell headstamp. These were used on a boat and shot out of a large punt gun. Commercial hunters would float around a bend in the river and just blast huge flocks of birds sitting on the water. A bad way to treat these birds and this type of hunting was outlawed by 1900. That’s a 12ga headstamp next to it in the photo to give you an idea of it’s size. It’s back to snow and cold here but suppose to be back in the 60’s for the weekend. Sure hope spring gets here soon for us all. HH-David
