SteveW-MT
Junior Member
This has been my first year to metal detect & it's killing me that winter has finally shut me down . I had thought my last hunt was Nov 23rd when that huge storm that blanketed the country shut me down . Bummer was I was hunting a "new" park mainly to run my clad count up to 600 coins for the year . The surprise was when I pulled a 1918 Merc out of the grass ...
I did NOT expect to find any old coins there . I also ended up with a '39 Jefferson nickle & a '59 memorial penny .
.. & blew by 600 coins that day . I wanted to go back BAD then . Amazingly by Dec 12th the snow had melted off & you guessed it ... BACK ! New goal .. 700 coins & hopefully more oldies . Hunted until we couldn't see & came 12 coins short of 700 . 
But I dug this beauty :
It says .925 ITALY on the clasp . It was broke & I'm hoping to find more of it in the Spring . I also dug a 1958 wheatie .
So been climbing the walls wanting to hunt again but more snow & cold but Sunday ...
... it was "warming " up some & tho 90% of the park was snow covered some spots were clear . All I wanted was 12 more coins .... & anything else the grass wanted to give up . 
Some of the clear ground was froze & the wind was HOWLING but found my 12 coins in about 1.5 hours . About froze but I made my goal plus a few . 706 coins for the year ... whoo hoo ! A whopping $35.26 but priceless fun . I'm hoping this weekend to sneak in another hunt but more snow & cold is forecast & really ... it's almost the end of Dec. in Montana & I'm amazed I was able to get in the extra hunts I did ... but dang I miss it ! 
I do envy all you who get to hunt year 'round . Ya all have a very merry Christmas .
I did NOT expect to find any old coins there . I also ended up with a '39 Jefferson nickle & a '59 memorial penny .
.. & blew by 600 coins that day . I wanted to go back BAD then . Amazingly by Dec 12th the snow had melted off & you guessed it ... BACK ! New goal .. 700 coins & hopefully more oldies . Hunted until we couldn't see & came 12 coins short of 700 . But I dug this beauty :
It says .925 ITALY on the clasp . It was broke & I'm hoping to find more of it in the Spring . I also dug a 1958 wheatie .
So been climbing the walls wanting to hunt again but more snow & cold but Sunday ...
... it was "warming " up some & tho 90% of the park was snow covered some spots were clear . All I wanted was 12 more coins .... & anything else the grass wanted to give up . Some of the clear ground was froze & the wind was HOWLING but found my 12 coins in about 1.5 hours . About froze but I made my goal plus a few . 706 coins for the year ... whoo hoo ! A whopping $35.26 but priceless fun . I'm hoping this weekend to sneak in another hunt but more snow & cold is forecast & really ... it's almost the end of Dec. in Montana & I'm amazed I was able to get in the extra hunts I did ... but dang I miss it ! I do envy all you who get to hunt year 'round . Ya all have a very merry Christmas . 
