LovestheShiny!
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This story starts yesterday, my first permission was totally disappointing... a very large grassy area that dated back to 1924... not even one wheat cent! Some modern clad and copper memorials, so I think the soil had been considerably altered. The entire area was 40 acres of grass, trees, and even if detected before I am sure I would have at least found one wheatie. I managed to salvage that day with a private yard permission that yielded 10 wheat cents and a beautiful 1948 Silver Quarter.
I had an errand to run in Missoula today, so packed my AT Pro and thought I'd spend the afternoon detecting. Weather was gorgeous... 70 degrees, no wind or humidity, nice sunshine. I went back to the same neighborhood that produced the wheaties and silver quarter, and got my first permission at a very nice 1937 home with large front yard. The first coin was a wheat cent, the third coin was a Silver Rosie, so this was starting out well. There was a super friendly elderly couple that owned the home, and they were great to visit with. The rest of the yard produced wheat cent after wheat cent, no more silvers. At one point, the nice lady came over and invited me to sit with her a bit. She had carried out an old black purse, and proceeded to pull out roll after roll of Lincoln cents, all marked "silver." Hmmmm. I opened one up, and it was full of 1943 Steel Wheaties! She was going to take them to the bank and turn them in at face value for cash! I told her that they definitely had good collector value, and she decided to give rolls of them to grand kids and neighbor kids. She gave me a roll plus some loose coins as a "thank you" so that was an instant additional 55 wheaties! This yard produced 20 dug wheat cents... thus my "75 wheat cents out of one yard!"
The friendly gentleman at this house introduced me to his neighbor, who had just driven up. A very pleasant young woman with son, gave full OK to detect her yard! Just like the previous yard, first coin was a wheat cent, 3rd coin was a Silver Rosie! So... time to go SLOW and carefully grid. The next pass produced another Silver Rosie, the next grid line produced a Silver War Nickel, and more wheat cents everywhere. I gave some of the wheats and copper memorials to her son, and to a couple of polite neighbor kids who came over to watch.
Up near the house I suddenly got a smooth 95-96 on the AT Pro, cut a bit larger horseshoe plug, and there was Big Shiny looking at me! Delighted to have found a wonderful coin, turned out to be a 1922-D Peace Dollar. My 10th Montana found Silver Dollar! Also found a nice 1935 Buffalo Nickel, a 1939-D Jefferson (key date), a small gold plated Sterling earring with scallop shell design, an old belt buckle, a 1966 metal Montana License plate tab, STERLING pin, and some other odds and ends.
By now I was a bit beat... there were so many coins that it had taken me, with one small break, 4 1/2 hrs to do two front yards. The neighbor lady with the kids gave me the OK to do her yard, and a lady across the street came over and gave me the OK for her yard, so I hope to head up to Missoula tomorrow with two permissions in hand, supposed to be sunny and 75 degress. Thank you for your interest!
I had an errand to run in Missoula today, so packed my AT Pro and thought I'd spend the afternoon detecting. Weather was gorgeous... 70 degrees, no wind or humidity, nice sunshine. I went back to the same neighborhood that produced the wheaties and silver quarter, and got my first permission at a very nice 1937 home with large front yard. The first coin was a wheat cent, the third coin was a Silver Rosie, so this was starting out well. There was a super friendly elderly couple that owned the home, and they were great to visit with. The rest of the yard produced wheat cent after wheat cent, no more silvers. At one point, the nice lady came over and invited me to sit with her a bit. She had carried out an old black purse, and proceeded to pull out roll after roll of Lincoln cents, all marked "silver." Hmmmm. I opened one up, and it was full of 1943 Steel Wheaties! She was going to take them to the bank and turn them in at face value for cash! I told her that they definitely had good collector value, and she decided to give rolls of them to grand kids and neighbor kids. She gave me a roll plus some loose coins as a "thank you" so that was an instant additional 55 wheaties! This yard produced 20 dug wheat cents... thus my "75 wheat cents out of one yard!"
The friendly gentleman at this house introduced me to his neighbor, who had just driven up. A very pleasant young woman with son, gave full OK to detect her yard! Just like the previous yard, first coin was a wheat cent, 3rd coin was a Silver Rosie! So... time to go SLOW and carefully grid. The next pass produced another Silver Rosie, the next grid line produced a Silver War Nickel, and more wheat cents everywhere. I gave some of the wheats and copper memorials to her son, and to a couple of polite neighbor kids who came over to watch.
Up near the house I suddenly got a smooth 95-96 on the AT Pro, cut a bit larger horseshoe plug, and there was Big Shiny looking at me! Delighted to have found a wonderful coin, turned out to be a 1922-D Peace Dollar. My 10th Montana found Silver Dollar! Also found a nice 1935 Buffalo Nickel, a 1939-D Jefferson (key date), a small gold plated Sterling earring with scallop shell design, an old belt buckle, a 1966 metal Montana License plate tab, STERLING pin, and some other odds and ends.
By now I was a bit beat... there were so many coins that it had taken me, with one small break, 4 1/2 hrs to do two front yards. The neighbor lady with the kids gave me the OK to do her yard, and a lady across the street came over and gave me the OK for her yard, so I hope to head up to Missoula tomorrow with two permissions in hand, supposed to be sunny and 75 degress. Thank you for your interest!
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AT Pro is a great machine.
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