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Started out in Mayberry:biggrin:...but ended up "sitting" in St. Louis.:super:

H

Hotcz70

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What a crazy day that started out in the center of a cornfield...then wound up in St' Louis.

Dave and I had the whole day to hunt for a change so we decided to pay the filling station site a visit.

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After a short while we became bored and decided a road trip was in order.

He has been wanting me to take him to some of the parks in St. Louis so I decided to head to Forest Park for a few hours. I told him we weren't going to head to any of the other parks I have hunted there because I didn't feel like putting my life on the line.:bouncy:

I've probably hunted Forest Park 8 or 9 times in the last 5 years and each time I go there...more dirt is moved around and more filldirt is added...but I usually get lucky and seem to be able to coax another keeper or two out. It's also pretty safe...much more so than 2 or 3 of the other parks I have hunted there.:cool:

I just always wander back to the spots I'm familiar with there...and where I have pulled some seated and half dimes from.

Signals are few and far between here but it is just a lot of fun to road trip a couple times each year.

It took about an hour before I got my first decent hit which turned out to be a nice "silver mystery clod".:thumbup:

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After popping it open I was rewarded with a Barber dime.

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A short while later Dave came walking over with a big smile on his face...and a clod in his hand.:)

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He too had a silver clod...and in it was his first Barber from St. Louis.

Over the next hour or so we each got a few wheaties...and Dave dug the SWEET Ford emblem.

I got a nice 9" Injun' type hit and sure enough...from the dry soil came this sweet "greenie".:clapping:

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A few minutes later dave fought hard for a shiny Roosey from a filldirt area...and also the cool dog medallion.

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I then got the sweet faint warble I was hoping for but it was heavily masked by iron. A dead null from one way...and an intermittent null from the other way. In one little window though...it sang with a sweet, mellow warble that seated or very worn barbers usually make.:thumbup:

I started digging down in the strange soil...(seems different every 10 feet here??)...until I caught the glimpse of a grayish disc sticking on edge...and a large chunk of iron right next to it.:beers:

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I carefully removed the old disc and was rewarded with yet another seated coin from this pounded old park.:thumbup:

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I wish I lived about an hour and a half closer to St. Louis...'cause I'd be hunting those parks more often. Of course my risk of getting mugged would increase as well.:smoke:

Strangely enough...between us...Dave and I dug a few wheaties...some trinkets...an injun...a roosey...2 Barber dimes...and a seated dime...but never did find a merc.:shrug: Would have been nice to combine for a dime slam....but oh well.

I always have to work very hard at these parks...and pay attention to little things when listening to signals...because they have been worked heavily for many years. The history at these places though...provides the thrill of possibly scaring one more oldie up on each visit.
 
Great post Bryce !! You paint a great picture of the "thrill" of the hunt - and that's really what it's all about. Great finds are exciting but it's going off to the next
one that is the thrill !
Bruce in Ct
 
Nice hunt Bryce and thanks for taking us along
with you guys. The pics were great and the story
was well done. How do you concentrate on signals
with the thought of being mugged in the back of your
mind? That would be tuff I would think. :punch:
Gold Nuggets :wiggle:
 
HAHAHAHA Between Dave's hat and your shoes you guys are cracking me up..:buds: Great post and sweet finds brother!!! I need to get out.. I think I might have forgotten how to turn my machine on :) take care and hope you get out again soon!
Derrell
 
Since I have not been out in over a month due to my never ending work load. I have not had work like this in over a year. I'm working every minute I can spare just to get my head above water. Man that corn field looks sweet. Good goin my Friend. GR
 
Just how big is that place? After reading what Mike has pulled out of there, and then to see more and more keep coming! Outstanding.

Got me to thinking too - if a park gets say, 100,000 visitors a year, and just one person in 1000 loses a coin (1%), that's 100 coins lost per year. Over 100 years, that's 10,000 lost coins. Then if you assume detectorists have recovered 200 a year for the last 30 years (or 6,000), that would mean there's still 4,000 coins left to find. And those are conservative numbers - some parks get way more visitors per yer, and there are probably more than 100 coins lost per year - way more. But then there's also how many are undetectable due to depth, trash, etc to further cut it down. Given the numbers though, sure seems like parks remain favorable to keep hunting just due to the odds. These finds from this park I think demonstrate that well!

I keep thinking those hits that null at 90 degrees are rusty nails, even though they sound good at one angle. You're finding that's not always the case and are recovering them? If I get a hint of a signal surviving the 90 degree turn (or along the way), I get my hopes up, but maybe I should check more of them.

Excellent finds, thanks for sharing.

HH,
DirtFlipper
 
Another great day enjoying the friendship of a fellow detectorist and making nice finds to boot! Congratulations to you both! Thanks for sharing it with us.
 
Great story,and some nice finds there Bryce!
Looks like you guys had a lot of fun.
Many congrats to both of you.

LabradorBob
 
WTG Bryce , Congrats on the finds ... Forest Park is a tough place to hunt but everyone can't find it all so thats when knowing what to listen for plays a role in it !!! Great finds and congrats my friend !!!:clapping:
 
n/t
 
I was using the 12x10 sef coil and the slimline coil on my SE. My SEF coil just came in from kellyco.
 
My congratulations to the both of ya! Thanks for the story and the pictures of the finds Bryce!!!

NebTrac
 
WTG bud. One of these days I'll tag along with you. Looks like you've got a great friend to hunt with. Bring him this direction and we'll hit some of our spots here.
 
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