Chris(SoCenWI)
Well-known member
Hello all,
I'm back up in Minnesota. Last Sunday I got a call from James(ND), he was at the place where he and the others had been having so much luck. I cruised on over and found quite the crowd gathering around the place. Not MD'ers but the general public. Saw James swinging away in a field and went and said hello. I geared up and joined him. Pretty soon it became evident that it was going to be way too crowded and noisy to continue detecting here. I had noticed some road construction a few blocks away and we headed on over. Long story short we basically got skunked.
We went and had a burger and chatted a bit and then I headed home. One of the stories I told James was about a location I detected where it was barely worth standing up after digging a signal because you would be back done digging a half a swing later. I found a place almost that good yesterday.
I hit a boulevard in a nearby town and was got some silver and wheats. Later one of the tenants that lived in the building walked by and we chatted. Asked if she thought it would be ok to do the yard. Said yes.
Pretty much littered with coins. And like other places up North here in lake country where the soil is sandy most stuff was very shallow, and in wonderful condition. Usually one side of every copper coin was still red like a regular coin in circulation. For some reason the wheats were hitting like Indian heads; some I swore were so shallow they had to be zincs. But almost every time it was a wheat. Most were 1-3 inches deep.
Basically I hunted until my battery died, and I was almost glad for it (getting older). I've done 50 wheaties a day before; thought this time I might hit 100. I tried another battery but that one was dead also.
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Only 80 wheats, plus some Canadian cents. 15 memorials. Think I missed an opportunity to make the 100 mark.
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Also enough silver to keep me happy. Only one barber, one indian head. The tenant said the place was built in the thirties so that is reflected in the age of the finds. No key dates on the wheaties.
Lots of fun.
Chris
I'm back up in Minnesota. Last Sunday I got a call from James(ND), he was at the place where he and the others had been having so much luck. I cruised on over and found quite the crowd gathering around the place. Not MD'ers but the general public. Saw James swinging away in a field and went and said hello. I geared up and joined him. Pretty soon it became evident that it was going to be way too crowded and noisy to continue detecting here. I had noticed some road construction a few blocks away and we headed on over. Long story short we basically got skunked.
We went and had a burger and chatted a bit and then I headed home. One of the stories I told James was about a location I detected where it was barely worth standing up after digging a signal because you would be back done digging a half a swing later. I found a place almost that good yesterday.
I hit a boulevard in a nearby town and was got some silver and wheats. Later one of the tenants that lived in the building walked by and we chatted. Asked if she thought it would be ok to do the yard. Said yes.
Pretty much littered with coins. And like other places up North here in lake country where the soil is sandy most stuff was very shallow, and in wonderful condition. Usually one side of every copper coin was still red like a regular coin in circulation. For some reason the wheats were hitting like Indian heads; some I swore were so shallow they had to be zincs. But almost every time it was a wheat. Most were 1-3 inches deep.
Basically I hunted until my battery died, and I was almost glad for it (getting older). I've done 50 wheaties a day before; thought this time I might hit 100. I tried another battery but that one was dead also.
[attachment 165845 80Wheaties.jpg]
Only 80 wheats, plus some Canadian cents. 15 memorials. Think I missed an opportunity to make the 100 mark.
[attachment 165846 2010-06-23.jpg]
Also enough silver to keep me happy. Only one barber, one indian head. The tenant said the place was built in the thirties so that is reflected in the age of the finds. No key dates on the wheaties.
Lots of fun.
Chris
I would be in a nursing home if i dug 80 wheats...nice hunt 