Spent a solid week (almost) up in Nashville, save for a quick trip back here last Tues. for a Wed morning Dental appointment. While there dog setting, decided to paint my sons garage so I only managed four early morning hunts at an older park that previously had yielded several silver coins and 2 silver rings. All in all, I hunted about 9 hours in total.
Over all, I managed 2 sterling rings, 1 being a Cub Scout ring that had been there a while as it was 5" deep, and a Religious medal. The Cub Scout ring gave a nice high tone and read 81-83. The other 2 silver pieces were 3" and 4" deep and read 81-82.
Through out the hunts there were a few curio items and did manage 3 wheat cents, all in the 50's, and 4 tokens. The honker watch came out of a volley ball court and it was deep. Pro pin pointer, deep.
Working around the basketball courts did produce a fair amount of clad the one time I hunted the area with the 5 x 8 coil. If I remember correctly, I recovered 9 quarters, 14 dimes, 4 nickels and 21 one centers. For the four hunts I recovered 32 quarters, 43 dimes, 16 nickels and 68 pennies for a grand total of $13.78. That hourly average is about what my first hourly job paid me back in the late 50's. And, I was glad to be making it. Hopefully tabman left some silver around here for me. HH jim tn
Over all, I managed 2 sterling rings, 1 being a Cub Scout ring that had been there a while as it was 5" deep, and a Religious medal. The Cub Scout ring gave a nice high tone and read 81-83. The other 2 silver pieces were 3" and 4" deep and read 81-82.
Through out the hunts there were a few curio items and did manage 3 wheat cents, all in the 50's, and 4 tokens. The honker watch came out of a volley ball court and it was deep. Pro pin pointer, deep.
Working around the basketball courts did produce a fair amount of clad the one time I hunted the area with the 5 x 8 coil. If I remember correctly, I recovered 9 quarters, 14 dimes, 4 nickels and 21 one centers. For the four hunts I recovered 32 quarters, 43 dimes, 16 nickels and 68 pennies for a grand total of $13.78. That hourly average is about what my first hourly job paid me back in the late 50's. And, I was glad to be making it. Hopefully tabman left some silver around here for me. HH jim tn
There's lots of silver still left to be found.
Painting, not so much!
I wonder how rare a silver Cub scout ring is? thats gotta be 1940ish you figure?
