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6 Months of "Winter" Detecting

Last November, when we got our first snow of the year, I figured that winter was upon us and detecting was over for the year. So, I removed the batteries from my detectors and cleaned them up for the winter. A couple weeks later, the weather warmed up a bit to give us a few days in the "bonus round". Since the snow had kept the ground from freezing, I decided to give it another shot while the warm temperatures held.

I had been "admiring" a couple old yards here in town, and easily received permission to hunt them. Both yards contained a lot of old coins and several nice pieces of jewelry. As I have done the past 33 years, I placed those finds in a plastic bag, labeled them with the date, location and detector used for the hunt. I managed to hunt several more times over the course of December, until the January weather made it impossible to dig. January and February proved to be "typical winter" and I spent quite a bit of time researching areas to hunt once the ground thawed and the temperatures climbed. March was mild and I was able to get out to a few of my favorite spots as well as a couple that my brother and I had researched recently.

Long story short.....the past couple days here have been rainy and unfit to hunt. Last night, the wife said it was time to clean that "stuff" off of the kitchen counter. As I was sorting through the bags of finds for the past 6 months, I was surprised at the number of old coins I had actually found. Here is a picture of the finds that I made with my Minelabs since the last week of November, 2004. A short six months, interrupted with 8 weeks of cold temperatures. In addition to the bucket of trash, a pint jar of newer coins and a few odds and ends, I managed to find 167 Wheat cents, 5 Buffalo nickels, 18 V nickels, 2 silver nickels, 59 Indian cents, 1 Seated Liberty dime, 10 Barber dimes, 22 Mercury dimes, 14 silver Roosevelt dimes, an 1894 CDN dime, 2 Washington quarters, 1 Standing Liberty quarter, 1 Barber Quarter, a Franklin half and two Barber halves. In addition to the coins, I also found 22 rings (of which 7 are gold) and a dozen other brooches, pins and pieces of assorted jewelry. All the targets were found in old picnic grounds, country school yards, private yards and parks. And, all were found with my Minelabs.

As I said, I have been detecting for over 30 years and have found lots of coins and jewelry. But this past 6 months have been extraordinarily kind to me and I wanted to share this story with you. Thanks to Minelab for building the best detectors on the market and to Kellyco for making them affordable.

RT

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