LovestheShiny!
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Well, I've had several detecting hunts lately, and have been blessed to have made some good finds!
My first trip earlier this week was up to the "big city" of Missoula with a local friend who uses the AT Max. Best finds for me on that trip were two baby 1964-D Silver Rosie dimes, a Virginia Power & Electric Co. transit token, a "OUR HOUSE" saloon token from Seattle, 2 generic trade tokens, and a small Sterling Silver child's ring. My friend found his first Buffalo Nickel, 3 generic Trade Tokens, a Silver War Nickel and a Mercury Dime. The homes we detected were 1940's vintage, so we were not expecting anything super old.
The next day I headed up with another local friend who also uses the AT Max. We went back to that same neighborhood and got more curb strip hunting in, and I was able to get permission at a few yards. My best finds were a couple of Mercury Dimes, and a very nice condition Buffalo Nickel. My friend's best find was a gorgeous Sterling Silver "Fouled Anchors" United States Navy USN pin! Very nice!
That evening, with the weather being gorgeous, I headed back to the saloon token yard to do a bit of detecting. The gentleman there told me he had gotten me permission at a couple more local mansions! I started detecting at one of them, a huge home on probably 2 acres. Around the home I started finding wheat cents, and near the front I got a steady 84-85 on the AT Pro. Since the signal was fairly deep, I was hoping for silver. The target was under a root, and after some work I saw a silver disc roll into the hole. I picked it up and happened to see the reverse. Hmmmm this is no GW, Stander or Barber... wow, 1876 Seated Liberty! Very worn, probably dropped about 1895-1900, which is about the date this place was built. One other oddball find was a mini copper frying pan, with a silver looking embossed FISH stamped in the bottom of the pan!
Today I headed to Missoula again, to meet my friend from Helena (Nox 800). We spent about 6 hours detecting, and went back to that 1940's neighborhood. Old coins were scarce, with some wheat cents showing up, along with a lot of copper memorial pennies. The first yard permission yielded a 1960-D Silver Rosie for me, and a nearby curb strip gave up a Silver Rosie for my friend. Another yard permission gave up a 1953 Silver Washington Quarter for me, and another Silver Rosie. My friend found another Silver dime, and a beautiful Sterling Silver ring. My last good find was a small child's Sterling Ring.
The day was winding down, and we both decided to head to an older area where we hoped to get one more yard permission before we both headed home. I was able to get the OK at a ca 1920's home, and we split the yard and went to work. We both started finding Wheat Cents, and I got a 1926 Mercury Dime. My friend hit a Token spill, with 2 "LITTLE CHIEF" saloon tokens from Missoula! I ran across a 1934 Buffalo Nickel, and finished my side of the yard. I had one small area of the yard that I could just pick up a nice high tone with the AT Pro, but there was a lot of iron around it and I just couldn't pin the exact location down. The Nox is really good a sniffing out stuff in iron, so I had my friend come over, he couldn't get the high tone but did get one signal that had good VDI numbers, and together we dug, he pulled out a nice Mercury Dime. I told him that I would have walked away from that target and that the shiny coin was his. He was happy and gave me one of the "Little Chief" tokens as a thank you.
Anyway, I've had a very good last few hunts, shared with friends, and on my solo hunt managed a Seated Quarter, a tuff find here in Montana! Thank you for your interest!
My first trip earlier this week was up to the "big city" of Missoula with a local friend who uses the AT Max. Best finds for me on that trip were two baby 1964-D Silver Rosie dimes, a Virginia Power & Electric Co. transit token, a "OUR HOUSE" saloon token from Seattle, 2 generic trade tokens, and a small Sterling Silver child's ring. My friend found his first Buffalo Nickel, 3 generic Trade Tokens, a Silver War Nickel and a Mercury Dime. The homes we detected were 1940's vintage, so we were not expecting anything super old.
The next day I headed up with another local friend who also uses the AT Max. We went back to that same neighborhood and got more curb strip hunting in, and I was able to get permission at a few yards. My best finds were a couple of Mercury Dimes, and a very nice condition Buffalo Nickel. My friend's best find was a gorgeous Sterling Silver "Fouled Anchors" United States Navy USN pin! Very nice!
That evening, with the weather being gorgeous, I headed back to the saloon token yard to do a bit of detecting. The gentleman there told me he had gotten me permission at a couple more local mansions! I started detecting at one of them, a huge home on probably 2 acres. Around the home I started finding wheat cents, and near the front I got a steady 84-85 on the AT Pro. Since the signal was fairly deep, I was hoping for silver. The target was under a root, and after some work I saw a silver disc roll into the hole. I picked it up and happened to see the reverse. Hmmmm this is no GW, Stander or Barber... wow, 1876 Seated Liberty! Very worn, probably dropped about 1895-1900, which is about the date this place was built. One other oddball find was a mini copper frying pan, with a silver looking embossed FISH stamped in the bottom of the pan!
Today I headed to Missoula again, to meet my friend from Helena (Nox 800). We spent about 6 hours detecting, and went back to that 1940's neighborhood. Old coins were scarce, with some wheat cents showing up, along with a lot of copper memorial pennies. The first yard permission yielded a 1960-D Silver Rosie for me, and a nearby curb strip gave up a Silver Rosie for my friend. Another yard permission gave up a 1953 Silver Washington Quarter for me, and another Silver Rosie. My friend found another Silver dime, and a beautiful Sterling Silver ring. My last good find was a small child's Sterling Ring.
The day was winding down, and we both decided to head to an older area where we hoped to get one more yard permission before we both headed home. I was able to get the OK at a ca 1920's home, and we split the yard and went to work. We both started finding Wheat Cents, and I got a 1926 Mercury Dime. My friend hit a Token spill, with 2 "LITTLE CHIEF" saloon tokens from Missoula! I ran across a 1934 Buffalo Nickel, and finished my side of the yard. I had one small area of the yard that I could just pick up a nice high tone with the AT Pro, but there was a lot of iron around it and I just couldn't pin the exact location down. The Nox is really good a sniffing out stuff in iron, so I had my friend come over, he couldn't get the high tone but did get one signal that had good VDI numbers, and together we dug, he pulled out a nice Mercury Dime. I told him that I would have walked away from that target and that the shiny coin was his. He was happy and gave me one of the "Little Chief" tokens as a thank you.
Anyway, I've had a very good last few hunts, shared with friends, and on my solo hunt managed a Seated Quarter, a tuff find here in Montana! Thank you for your interest!
