a little hooky from work...got a few keepers

[Wyatt Earp]

I was supposed to do a road trip today to purchase wood....but man, it was so nice when I went to the post office that I decided to just detect the yard across the street. I'd detected it many times, and it had given up 10 silver coins....not bad for a yard about 30 feet square.

Seems I missed a few. In about 2 hours, I recovered 19 more coins from this little yard. The 1943 quarter was the real surprise at just 3 inches. I'm thinking "clad" all the way (because it was so shallow) when this one pops out

The 1941 merc was right along the sidewalk, partially masked by a 1950-D wheat penny which was also pretty shallow. The dime reading showed up after recovering the shallow wheat.

The buffalo.....I must have ignored 20 times. It was only 2 inches deep, and registered more like a zinc penny than a nickel. I had just dug the masked dime, so I decided to get the "zincoln" out of the way in case there was something good down deeper. Imagine my surprise when what I thought was a zinc penny.....turned out to be this 1937 Buffalo.

I'm gonna get some work done yet today, but man it's hard to do....knowing how warm it is outside. Oh well....I did a little damage today anyway. I have now broken the 23.00 face value (silver) mark since last October. 25.00 is my goal before years' end. I think I can do it....in the yards of private residences.

The park gave up 2 colonial flat buttons on saturday....one of which was pewter and which I accidentally tossed. The other one I still have. The only silver to show up on saturday was a 51 rosey which I found near the concession...under a root about 4 inches down.

Wyatt

[FinalLastDays]

Congrats on your silver finds! I like how you set a goal and it does seem as though you are going to accomplish that goal! Keep on hunting that small field... it seems you are doing quite well there!

[PAPPY]

WTG WYATT !!! NO DOUBT you will make your $25.00 goal in no time..Keep up the good work...PAPPY

[Wyatt Earp]

It's a corner lot.....adjacent to a ca 1900 storefront...right on the main street of this little burg. I figure a million kids must have cut across that yard over the years on their way to get candy and stuff from that old store. I wish they'd tear up the sidewalks in this part of town. That's where the really old stuff that's left is laying.

Wyatt

[INDY]

That's proof to always go back over the same areas again and again!!!
Way to go Wyatt

[Wyatt Earp]

You're right Indy. It takes an awful lot of effort to clean a place out. I went to the park for about an hour today....working the end that I seldom go to (to increase the possibility of finding silver) and was rewarded with a 1956 Rosey. 3 silver coins in one day is a good day for me. All I do is go to the same places. Seems eventually they'll be played out, but I keep going anyway....for lack of any new sites....and I keep finding a few silver coins here and there that I've missed on previous outings.

Wyatt