ron@stlouis
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The first week of December St. Louis had 6 inches of snow and temperatures in the teens. I figured that was it for the year. The next week we had temperatures reach 70, melt the snow and saturate the ground.
I went by myself to the old scout camp. I was hoping to pick up a couple of coins since my brother and I have hunted the place many times over the past 2 1/2 years and figured we got almost all of the goodies. I hunted 3 1/2 hours and picked up 11 coins. The best were a 1919 and 1920 wheat, a 47 Roosevelt and a 45 Mercury. Coins came from 3 to 7 inches, some masked by trash, some all by their lonesome. Had sensitivity set at 6 and was amazed that many coins were left in an area we have hit over and over. Our total so far from the camp is 321 coins which include 27 silver and 1 buff. Most interesting was a Ben Franklin half, only the second silver half I've found.
This coming weekend I might hit the house where I found the 1841 large cent. Keeping my fingers crossed the weather stays above freezing. It has been a good year.
I went by myself to the old scout camp. I was hoping to pick up a couple of coins since my brother and I have hunted the place many times over the past 2 1/2 years and figured we got almost all of the goodies. I hunted 3 1/2 hours and picked up 11 coins. The best were a 1919 and 1920 wheat, a 47 Roosevelt and a 45 Mercury. Coins came from 3 to 7 inches, some masked by trash, some all by their lonesome. Had sensitivity set at 6 and was amazed that many coins were left in an area we have hit over and over. Our total so far from the camp is 321 coins which include 27 silver and 1 buff. Most interesting was a Ben Franklin half, only the second silver half I've found.
This coming weekend I might hit the house where I found the 1841 large cent. Keeping my fingers crossed the weather stays above freezing. It has been a good year.