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Chicago
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Posted Dec 01, 2009, 05:52:27 pm |
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Got out a little bit over Turkey Day weekend. On Friday morning I was back in my hometown in northwest Illinois and went to the local park for an hour. There is a large anvil shaped rock formation in the front of the park and I have seen 1910s and 1920s postcards of people sitting on it. There is a hillside to one side of it where the rock juts out. In the postcards the hillside was just grass back then but it is now overgrown with woods. The hill is pretty steep and I could only hunt an area about 40 yards along the top of the hill and 10 yards down the hill. First signal was a shallow target at 12/47. Was pleasantly surprised to find out it was an 1896 Barber quarter at 1 ½ inches. On Saturday I met up with a member from another forum and drove to an Iowa park I have never hunted. Got a 1952D Washington, a 1929 Merc and 2 wheaties.  |
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Don't Drag Your Feet!
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Montgomery, IL
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Reply To This Topic #1 Posted Dec 01, 2009, 06:40:03 pm |
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And THAT is why I did ALL quarter signals, no matter what! Awexome barber quarter Patrick! Congrats on your weekend silvers!
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Posts: 1496
Illinois
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Reply To This Topic #2 Posted Dec 01, 2009, 06:52:51 pm |
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That would sure make my weekend! Congrats on the shallow Barber  ,,, wonder how many guys missed it thinking it was clad? |
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Posts: 6628
Elgin
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Reply To This Topic #3 Posted Dec 02, 2009, 04:56:19 am |
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Take us to your parks! NOW!
Or maybe when the weather warms up....
Nice finds!
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It's a squirrel gun, get it?
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Posts: 1269
ILLINIOS
Detector used Detector(s) Used - MINELAB ETRAC , TESORO VAQUERO and ACE 250
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Primary Interest: All Types Of Treasure Hunting
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Reply To This Topic #4 Posted Dec 02, 2009, 01:52:43 pm |
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GREAT FINDS PATRICK , WTG!  |
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Posts: 4581
Moronica, northwest of Chicago.
Detector used Detector(s) Used - E-trac & Bounty Hunter Land Star
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Reply To This Topic #5 Posted Dec 02, 2009, 03:36:48 pm |
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God bless our veterans! Thank you for your sacrifices!  |
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Posts: 1789
Chicago
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Reply To This Topic #6 Posted Dec 02, 2009, 04:08:46 pm |
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Met up with someone from ANOTHER forum??? Blasphemy!
lol jk, way to go on scoring those awesome silvers! I know the feeling digging a nice older BBQ, I've been pulling out the Washingtons quite regularly lately, it was nice to be greeted by Liberty. Got any plans to hit that hill again in the future?
Joe
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"Go deep or go home" - LAdigger
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Chicago
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Reply To This Topic #7 Posted Dec 02, 2009, 06:02:05 pm |
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I am definately going to hit it in the spring next time I am home. It was tough to hunt because i had the larger 15X12 SEF coil and the area is wooded so it was a little hard swingin. Plus I only hunted it for about 45 minutes. Other then the barber, all the other signals were pulltabs or aluminum cans that had been thrown over the hill into the woods over the past 30 years. Since the area is now woods and has not had alot of foot traffic, mowing, etc. all the coins should be within 5 inches deep.
Unfortunately all the rest of the park has flooded numerous times over the past 80 years plus had fill dirt brought in and all the old coins are 11 inches deep and I'm talking about 1950s wheaties.
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Posts: 913
Chicago, Il
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Minelab Etrac & Minelab Excal II
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Reply To This Topic #9 Posted Dec 04, 2009, 11:27:15 am |
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Nice coins, Pat. Way to clean up before the end of the season.
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Dave the - 219erman -
Posts: 1060
CHICAGO
Detector used Detector(s) Used - E-Trac w/Pro Coil,and 6x8" S.E.F,The Relic & Gold hunters DREAM...a Troy X-3 w/3 coils
Primary Interest: All Types Of Treasure Hunting
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Reply To This Topic #10 Posted Dec 04, 2009, 08:00:08 pm |
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Congrats on a Great silver day
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Now I Will Hit That 2012 Silver |
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Posts: 7307
Chicago IL
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Reply To This Topic #11 Posted Dec 04, 2009, 09:35:42 pm |
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Awesome job on all that great silver!!!!
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