LovestheShiny!
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I headed north today, on US Hwy 93 to Missoula, making a Costco run for my wife, and planning to detect the rest of the day till dinner time.
Found myself in a 1930's neighborhood, part of which is shown on the 1957 Sanborn fire insurance map of Missoula (see last pic), one of 80+ pages just for this town. Started door knocking about 11 am, and the day started out not so good. At the first house, the lady gave me the ok to detect anywhere in the front yard. My first two coins were wheat pennies, so I thought this might be good, maybe some silvers. She came out a short time later and told me "my husband doesn't want any strangers on our property so you need to stop detecting." Wow... that was discouraging. So... I headed across the street and down one house, this one was a late 1930's house. The lady gave me the ok to detect the front yard. First coin was a wheat penny so again, thought this might be decent with some silvers. She came out a few minutes later and told me that she had a "bad feeling in her gut" about me "digging" in the grass and that her husband might not like it, and that I would need to stop. At least this woman was polite about it. Hmmm... discouraging. I suppose I could have packed it in for the day, but I was determined to do some detecting.
Hopped in the car and drove to the next block. Got permission at a late 1930's house, and pulled two silvers - a War Nickel and a Mercury Dime - and some wheats along with modern coins. These were silvers #147 and #148 for the year. The guy across the street was watering some flowers, so I set the AT Pro down and went over to chat. Nice guy, gave me the ok for his front yard. Got a fair amount of wheat pennies and my 2nd silver War Nickel, silver #149. The neighbor to the east was home and outside, and she gave me the ok for her yard. Some wheats and modern coins were all I found there.
Headed to check out an indoor Estate Sale in a nearby area, and the really nice guy holding the sale said I could check his yard. Turns out he detects for gold nuggets in California. The front yard produced more wheaties and modern coins, along with a nice Mercury Dime, #150 for the year. A nearby Silver Spill gave me two more Mercury Dimes, #151 & #152. Checking the back yard, which I rarely do, I pulled a lot of wheaties and a Silver Rosie #153. For some reason it was also "clad quarter day" in town as I found 18 of those.
All in all an excellent day, great weather with temps in the high 70's. Started out poorly but ended up really well! Thanks for your interest!
Found myself in a 1930's neighborhood, part of which is shown on the 1957 Sanborn fire insurance map of Missoula (see last pic), one of 80+ pages just for this town. Started door knocking about 11 am, and the day started out not so good. At the first house, the lady gave me the ok to detect anywhere in the front yard. My first two coins were wheat pennies, so I thought this might be good, maybe some silvers. She came out a short time later and told me "my husband doesn't want any strangers on our property so you need to stop detecting." Wow... that was discouraging. So... I headed across the street and down one house, this one was a late 1930's house. The lady gave me the ok to detect the front yard. First coin was a wheat penny so again, thought this might be decent with some silvers. She came out a few minutes later and told me that she had a "bad feeling in her gut" about me "digging" in the grass and that her husband might not like it, and that I would need to stop. At least this woman was polite about it. Hmmm... discouraging. I suppose I could have packed it in for the day, but I was determined to do some detecting.
Hopped in the car and drove to the next block. Got permission at a late 1930's house, and pulled two silvers - a War Nickel and a Mercury Dime - and some wheats along with modern coins. These were silvers #147 and #148 for the year. The guy across the street was watering some flowers, so I set the AT Pro down and went over to chat. Nice guy, gave me the ok for his front yard. Got a fair amount of wheat pennies and my 2nd silver War Nickel, silver #149. The neighbor to the east was home and outside, and she gave me the ok for her yard. Some wheats and modern coins were all I found there.
Headed to check out an indoor Estate Sale in a nearby area, and the really nice guy holding the sale said I could check his yard. Turns out he detects for gold nuggets in California. The front yard produced more wheaties and modern coins, along with a nice Mercury Dime, #150 for the year. A nearby Silver Spill gave me two more Mercury Dimes, #151 & #152. Checking the back yard, which I rarely do, I pulled a lot of wheaties and a Silver Rosie #153. For some reason it was also "clad quarter day" in town as I found 18 of those.
All in all an excellent day, great weather with temps in the high 70's. Started out poorly but ended up really well! Thanks for your interest!