May 2011

May 2011

Seems like summer is getting close... Last 3 days have been 60+ and yesterday hit 72...

May1st (Sunday)

Hunt #27: I hit a closed High School that I had driven by the previous day...

There wasn't a lot of shallow typical trash of pulltabs or can slaw,,, but there was a lot of deep iron...

So I switched to two tone ferrous... and this was the first target I recovered...

1936 Buffalo Nickel (Buffalo # 3 for 2011)

Wheat Backed pennies were popping out, but I could not land a silver,,,

I stopped at a school closer to home that has always done me well and I nabbed this...

1907 Indian Head Penny (Indian Head # 21 for 2011)

May 5th (Thursday)

Hunt #28: I drove two towns over to a park I've hit dozens of times... There was a farm on the site from the early 1800s to the mid 1950s... I worked the trashy spot that the farm house set on in TTF (Two Tone Ferrous) and nabbed one good signal... 12/37 to 12/41:

1863 Army Navy Civil War Token...

May 7th (Saturday)

Hunt #29: I went out to a green that has produced well over the last 18 months for me... Last trip there a month ago produced a CT Copper...

My first keeper was a 12/31 signal @ 8-10"

1869 Indian Head Penny (Indian Head #22 for 2011)

This target was a smooth 12/31 @ 4-5"...

Police Button circa 1910...

This was bouncing up to 12/42 and 12/46 @ 11-12"...

This button is heavy compaired to a 2 piece brass button...

Its a B&B Extra button that would date is to 1830s - 1840s

Last keeper was a spotty signal at 12"...

This sucker was pristine when dropped... but 175 years started to consume her....

1835 US Matron Head Large Cent (Coppah #4 for 2011)

May 13th (Friday)

Hunt #30: Nothing to special... 4 wheaties for a short end of the week hunt...

May 14th (Saturday)

Hunt #31: This was a 1700s foundation hunt with Dan (Del) and George (Coinnut)... We had set this up on Tuesday night at the monthly metal detecting club meeting...

It was a 4 copper day... All early to mid 1700s...

George I (1722-24) Woods Hibernia (Copper #5 for 2011)

King George I (1714-1727) (Copper #6 for 2011)

King George I (1714-1727) (Copper #7 for 2011)

Irish George II Hibernia (1736-1755) (Copper #8 for 2011)

Here is fancy key way...

This was my last recovered target... 12/27 12/28 @ 9"...

Its a fancy buckle...

May 15th (Sunday)

Hunt #32: Its was a long hunt yesterday at the old foundation and I did not think I was going to get out... 3pm... I was thinking about going out... 4pm... hmmm... still a few hours of light left....

OK... 4:15 head out to a spot that has yielded some older goodies (1800s)... I arrive 15-20 minutes later to find this site teaming with activity... I realy did not want to go back to a park as I wanted some older targets...

I headed to a park that I score Indians at pretty well... but felt like I've worked it pretty well... but hoped that I perhaps missed one...

I hunted for 90 minutes...

I was going nice and slow digging all targets over 4"... 3 minutes in yielded the musket ball in the above picture...

5-7 minutes in and I have a 12/32 12/33 signal @ 8" under a tree... I was pretty sure this was an IH...

1902 Indian Head Penny (Indian Head #23 for 2011)

10 minutes later... and only 4" down...

1901 Indian Head Penny (Indian Head #24 for 2011)

Next up was a 12/42 12/43 signal... 5" range... I was thinking wheatie but hoping for a thin dime...

I was thrilled to see a seated dime in great shape, then I flipped it over. LOVE TOKEN !!!

1875 Seated Liberty Silver Dime (Love Token) (Silver #14 for 2011)

20 minutes later... this one was an iffy signal... but I thought Indian...

This is my 25th for the year... Matchng my total of IH's from last year...

1879 Indian Head Penny (Indian Head #25 for 2011)

May 18th (Wednesday)

Hunt #33: Its been raining for three days now... and there was a little break in the rain drops and I hit the location that yielded me the Love Token this past sunday...

It did not take me long to get a 6-7" signal that yielded my first keeper...

1889 Indian Head Penny (Indian Head #26 for 2011)

20 minutes later working I approached a tree and got a 12/45 @ 3" and alomost did not dig this shallow dime signal...

Then I saw... 1916... and SLOOOOOOOOOWLY turned it over.... No D :-(

1916 Mercury Head Silver Dime (Silver #15 for 2011)

Just a few minutes later and 5 foot away... I got a bouncy conductive signal of 42 to 46 @ 8-10"...

1917 Matron Head Large Cent (Copper #9 for 2011)

30 minutes with no keepers... then this thin Baber wanted some fresh air...

I knew this 12/45 @ 6-7" was silver forsho!

1903 O Barber Silver Dime (Silver #16 for 2011)

Last item of note was this Cuff Link...

May 20th (Friday)

Hunt #34: The rain is over.... YEAH !!!

I got back out to the park that I recovered the Love token from last sunday and 2 silver and 2 indians at last night...

This park just keeps giving and giving...

It didn't take long to land the 1st keeper...

1897 Indian Head (#27 for 2011)

3 minutes later...

1900 Barber Silver Dime (Silver #17 for 2011)

Next up.... 1903 Indian Head Penny (#28 for 2011)

This was a 8" 12/22 signal...

1943 P Silver Jefferson (Silver #17 for 2011)

(Took some baking soda paste to get the crapy off)

This was a 12/26 signal... a little jumpy...

RR 2 Piece Button...

I was looking for one more keeper before I called it a night...

It didn't take long to get this 12/33 12/35 signal... It was shallow... 3-4"

1907 Indian Head Penny (#29 for 2011)

May 22nd (Sunday)

Hunt #36: After being all but skunked yesterday at 3 cellar holes I had to get out to recover my manhood :-)

Back to the park I've been working... Since last Sunday it has yielded me 6 Silver (included the seated love token), 12 wheaties, 11 Indian Heads, and 1 copper...

Today was fun and relaxing... I went super slow and picked between the iffy signals...

I started at a small park that I did not existed but found by studying some maps...

Wheaties were flowing right away... and I did manage this one silver...

1943 D Mercury Silver Dime (Silver # 18 for 2011)

I now headed back to the park that had been yielding all the goodies this past couple of weeks...

Indians... Indians... Indians...

1902 Indian Head Penny (# 30 for 2011)

1898 Indian Head Penny (# 31 for 2011)

1893 Indian Head Penny (# 32 for 2011)

1893 Indian Head Penny (# 33 for 2011)

Musket Ball...

Pat 6.21.1910 Pin...

May 24th (Tuesday)

Hunt #37: This site just keeps giving so I keep heading back....

The 1st Indian popped @ 6-7" after I dug 2 pieces of trash to unmask it...

1900 Indian Head Penny (IH #34 for 2011)

Next keeper was a Silver dime that was a spot on 12/45 @ 6" with the 6X8 SEF with lots of trash around it...

1908 D Barber Silver Dime (Silver #20 for 2011)

Next Indian was tricky to pin point with all the trash...

1892 Indian Head Penny (IH #35 for 2011)

May 26th (Thursday)

Hunt #38: It was hazy / foggy most of the morning and early evening hours in CT today...

5pm rolled around and it was time to hit Indian Park...

The first 90 minutes and I was thinking that I hunted this place out....

then I remembered.... nah... no place is ever hunted out...

12/31 @ 6".... 1898 Indian Head Penny (IH #36 for 2011)

15 minutes later can a 12/33 12/41 bouncing all over...

I dig down 5-6" and pop out an indian... hmmmm...

Indian 12/41... nah... rescan the hole... 12/41 in the side wall... wahoo... shinny bling :-)

This indian is pretty much toast... there is some vague detail there... not so much in the date area...

Indian Head Penny (IH #37 for 2011)

1899 Barber Dime (Silver #21 for 2011)

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