markinswpa
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The weather here has been pretty lousy here for Mding lately and I've got some outdoor projects I need to wrap up before winter gets here. I couldn't let today go by without getting out. Perfect day for just about anything but work. I had been eyeballing an old house built in 1918 and decided to do a drive-by and wouldn't ya know there was work going on in the back of the house so I stopped and ask the guy if by chance he was the owner. He said yes, I stated my business and said have at it. Now permissions for me lately have been hard to come by. so this in itself was huge. I started hitting Wheaties right away about 3 to 4 inched down. I'm thinking silver can't be too far behind. Now the owners father in-law comes over to see how I'm doing. Earlier he had had told me that he was into the civil war and at one time he had a top of the line White's that up and disappeared a couple years back. I showed him a nice dark wheat I had just pulled from the hole and told him I thought it had friends. Another dark wheatie and still the pinpointer was going off. At first it looked black like the others. but I noticed the rim looked silver. Huh? I proceeded to tell him that for me this was a special silver coin as it was # 100 for me since I started . A 43 Merc. My first silver was a 57n Gw. in Aug 2015. I didn't dislocate my shoulder patting myself on the back but none the less was a happy moment for me. Not long after I dug a dated buff which for me has always been tuff to find. Wheatie after wheatie total 14 for the day., oldest being a 1919. But no more silver to be found. I will hit this place again as I think with all those wheats there is more silver to be found. Thanks for lookin' and HH Mark Ps not sure why some of the pics loaded sideways
By the way, can you identify the rectangular item on the far right of the final pic? My brother Wolf-Dog and I have both found some objects that look similar to it (but they are without the part that appears to fold on top of yours). Thanks!
