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Haven't posted in a little while as I've been busy with other projects, but got out last night and scored some keepers at one of my local haunts that keeps on giving the good stuff!
I hunted last week and found 10 coins total: Five modern coins totaling $0.18 as well as five period coins totaling $0.18. The V nickel from that hunt is an 189x date, and the 1902 Indian cent is almost uncirculated and still has fantastic surfaces and sharpness!
Mike and I gave it about 6 hours' worth of swinging last hunt, and today I'm definitely feeling the aftermath! Mike would start out the hunt with a DOOZY of a Wheat, a sharp 1909 S (no-VDB)! We were looking, rubbing, peering, and hoping that a "VDB" would be there....but we were excited enough to see the "S" under the 1909 date!
Minutes later Mike would get into the 1800s with a nice 1891 Indian cent, and this was about an hour into the hunt. I hadn't dug a single coin, but kept plugging along anyway. Many times in the last hour of the hunt either Mike or I will get onto a "hotspot" and pull 3-4 period coins from a small area, and how these coins escaped us in the past we will never know....
Finally after about 2 hours of digging trash I got an indication in the center of the hole and my first coin of the night would be a nice 1907 Indian cent! Then a little later a very sharp 1900 Indian would show itself - both coins came from the 8" level.
Near the end of the hunt we decided to move to a less-hunted area of the part known for its trash content - something we shy away from sometimes. But I felt like I should try a random spot...and got over a faint squeaker to unearth a 1876 Seated dime! Not three feet away from 7" deep minutes later came a 1936 Merc - you just never know when things will "turn on a dime!"
Mike went on to find a sharp V nickel, but setting the tone with a 1909 S Wheat is a surefire way to get excited and come back for more! Both Mike and I have pulled a 1909 S Wheat from this place, but top honors still go to Mike for pulling a 1921 D Mercury dime on his first visit to the spot last year!
I hunted last week and found 10 coins total: Five modern coins totaling $0.18 as well as five period coins totaling $0.18. The V nickel from that hunt is an 189x date, and the 1902 Indian cent is almost uncirculated and still has fantastic surfaces and sharpness!
Mike and I gave it about 6 hours' worth of swinging last hunt, and today I'm definitely feeling the aftermath! Mike would start out the hunt with a DOOZY of a Wheat, a sharp 1909 S (no-VDB)! We were looking, rubbing, peering, and hoping that a "VDB" would be there....but we were excited enough to see the "S" under the 1909 date!
Minutes later Mike would get into the 1800s with a nice 1891 Indian cent, and this was about an hour into the hunt. I hadn't dug a single coin, but kept plugging along anyway. Many times in the last hour of the hunt either Mike or I will get onto a "hotspot" and pull 3-4 period coins from a small area, and how these coins escaped us in the past we will never know....
Finally after about 2 hours of digging trash I got an indication in the center of the hole and my first coin of the night would be a nice 1907 Indian cent! Then a little later a very sharp 1900 Indian would show itself - both coins came from the 8" level.
Near the end of the hunt we decided to move to a less-hunted area of the part known for its trash content - something we shy away from sometimes. But I felt like I should try a random spot...and got over a faint squeaker to unearth a 1876 Seated dime! Not three feet away from 7" deep minutes later came a 1936 Merc - you just never know when things will "turn on a dime!"
Mike went on to find a sharp V nickel, but setting the tone with a 1909 S Wheat is a surefire way to get excited and come back for more! Both Mike and I have pulled a 1909 S Wheat from this place, but top honors still go to Mike for pulling a 1921 D Mercury dime on his first visit to the spot last year!
