Stiffwrists
Elite Member
What a fun afternoon! I took to the curbstrips in the old part of town. I was hunting an old apartment building curbstrip when I saw a lady come out on her porch in a house next to the apartment building to spark up a smoke. I waved at her and she waved back. I took the opportunity to ask her if I could hunt the curbstrip in front of her house. It went like this:
ME: "You wouldn't mind me hunting the grass in front of your place would you? I wouldn't do it if you had a problem with it"
HER: "Oh, I got problems, but you playing in the dirt ain't one of them"
ME: "Thanks, I'll show you what I uncover"
HER: "Tell you what... you give me the first thing you dig up and everything will be just fine"
I hit the first signal. It sounded like a surface clad dime. I told her to come over and look at what I found. She came over and I flipped out this 1943 Merc just under the surface! She was amazed (and so was i) She joked that I had planted it. And I said "Why in the hell would I have planted it?? Just to give it to you??" We laughed and I made her keep it. I took a picture of her holding it.
I continued on and had a great hunt. 3 wheats, a silver Rosie, and 3 silver rings! A nice turquoise one, an ugly one missing a stone and the smallest silver ring I have ever found. Did they used to make rings for infants??? Seriously small! It's old too. It's marked STERL inside.
I also found this award metal from 1952. It says "Jewelry Academy Award For Excellent Style Design"
Thanks for looking!
ME: "You wouldn't mind me hunting the grass in front of your place would you? I wouldn't do it if you had a problem with it"
HER: "Oh, I got problems, but you playing in the dirt ain't one of them"
ME: "Thanks, I'll show you what I uncover"
HER: "Tell you what... you give me the first thing you dig up and everything will be just fine"
I hit the first signal. It sounded like a surface clad dime. I told her to come over and look at what I found. She came over and I flipped out this 1943 Merc just under the surface! She was amazed (and so was i) She joked that I had planted it. And I said "Why in the hell would I have planted it?? Just to give it to you??" We laughed and I made her keep it. I took a picture of her holding it.
I continued on and had a great hunt. 3 wheats, a silver Rosie, and 3 silver rings! A nice turquoise one, an ugly one missing a stone and the smallest silver ring I have ever found. Did they used to make rings for infants??? Seriously small! It's old too. It's marked STERL inside.
I also found this award metal from 1952. It says "Jewelry Academy Award For Excellent Style Design"
Thanks for looking!
