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The first week of June, my brother & I hit a house from the early 30's and a tore down nursing home from the same era. We ended up with 75 coins. I had the oldest, a 1915 wheat. He ended up with two silver dimes, 1935 and 1955. Didn't keep track but we probably had a dozen wheats overall.
This past weekend we hit two houses from the 1910 to 1920 era and a small church from 1876. The oldest house was picture perfect, old trees, mowed lawn, outbuildings, an ancient rope swing wit the rope buried two inches into the tree. We ended up with 38 coins for the day, the oldest wheats being 1910, 1919 and 1920. The evil twin managed all three. No silver or buffaloes which was a surprise.
The best coin of the day came when we made a quick check of the old church. I got two modern coins when I saw my brother literally dancing a jig. He pulled up a near perfect 1879 Indian Head. It was in great shape but he nicked it instead of working the probe a little more. Coins came from along side a fence. We have had three days of soaking rain. Suspect the perfect ground conditions coupled with perfect settings on his machine (a Fischer) gave him the edge in finding this beautiful coin. Happy I was there to see something like that. Can't wait to go out again.
This past weekend we hit two houses from the 1910 to 1920 era and a small church from 1876. The oldest house was picture perfect, old trees, mowed lawn, outbuildings, an ancient rope swing wit the rope buried two inches into the tree. We ended up with 38 coins for the day, the oldest wheats being 1910, 1919 and 1920. The evil twin managed all three. No silver or buffaloes which was a surprise.
The best coin of the day came when we made a quick check of the old church. I got two modern coins when I saw my brother literally dancing a jig. He pulled up a near perfect 1879 Indian Head. It was in great shape but he nicked it instead of working the probe a little more. Coins came from along side a fence. We have had three days of soaking rain. Suspect the perfect ground conditions coupled with perfect settings on his machine (a Fischer) gave him the edge in finding this beautiful coin. Happy I was there to see something like that. Can't wait to go out again.