Fathers Day hunt - Barber & IH

With Rachel’s graduation party off my back I was free to do some detecting. I headed out to a spot that usually has plenty of people but I was hoping that by going early I wouldn’t find them here. No luck. I didn’t have a plan B but came up with one after considering my wearabouts and options. Plan B turns into a wild goose chase. No map in the car, in an unfamiliar part of town, bridge out with major detour, etc. Couldn’t find where I wanted to go so I stop at a school ballfield I have never been to. Didn’t find much so on to Plan C. Plan C turned out to be a good one. Just a park Nate and I have hit many times. I used the small coil and went slow. I was rewarded with several decent keepers:




The site that I picked up the barber dime and IH contained a lot of rusted away beer cans:



Some other quick hunts:

The Month of May

May has been a busy month for me and time out with the detector limited. All the additional yardwork, graduation stuff, fishing, etc. have taken precedence over detecting. I did have some good luck fishing. First bite of the year, first fish, first 20 minutes of fishing and I get a nice 29" Walleye.




Hunts have been limited to very close by spots for an hour or so. Nothing spectacular for finds although I did manage to find a Walker. It was right next to the large nail shown in the picture. I was using the small coil and going very slow.

Nate on the other had has been tearing it up with the DFX. I found a school that started in 1957. A couple trips to this new spot has produced 7 silver already.

Some of Nates finds:



Nate scored another first this year – decides to dig what he said sounded like a nickel:


Nice solid 14K mens wedding band. Very Sweet. Found down in the metroparks.

And lastly for Nate was another surprise – a barber quarter.


The site where Nate found his Barber Quarter: