First Hunt with My Dad for 2012

I talked my Dad into joining me for a hunt at Orem City park.  We have spent a lot of time there picking up all the easy big coins so now we are working our way to the smaller deeper coins.  Here is what we found:

 I like to stack my coins by decade to kind of show how old they are.  The oldest coin I found was a 1926 wheat penny.  I found about 4 coins from the 1960's, but no silver ones.

I did find a good ring that I hoped was silver, but there is no hallmark.

My Dad found a ring too.  No hallmark indicating silver, but the metal detector definitely thinks it is silver. That ring is stamped "ANCIENT ECHOS".

First Hunt for 2012

Unseasonably warm weather got me out on my first metal detecting hunt for 2012.  I went to an old park I visited last year in hopes to find some older silver coins.  First find was a Chucky Cheese token.  I didn't find any old silver.  The oldest coin was a 1958 lincoln memorial cent.

This SKEPTI-BARAK USH trade token was the most interesting find of the day.

I was feeling a little bad that I didn't find any silver, but when I got home and looked at the back of this little key clip, it said 925 MEXICO.  So I did get a little silver after all.

Last Metal Detecting of the Year

With outside temperatures getting down in the teens, I think my metal detecting for 2011 is done.  This picture represents my dad's finds for the last week before the really cold temperatures arrived.  He had 5 quarters from the 60's but none of them silver.  He did manage to find a small silver ring.

Thankgiving Holiday Hunt Produced Silver

Having a couple days off work for the Thanksgiving holiday, allowed me to get outside to do some metal detecting.  Silver ring #47 was found at Grandview Elementary.  Registered on the metal detector as a dime.  Also found a holed dime with monofilament line tied on it.  Maybe they used that to trick a vending machine.  

While my dog was getting x-rayed at the vet I also hunted the soccer field East of UVRMC (Fox Field). One of the items found there was a little silver cap.  Not sure what it came off.

Detecting in the snowFaux pieces of eight Spanish coin

On Saturday November 19th, with an inch or two of snow on the grass, I went metal detecting in the snow for the first time.  The temperature was in the 40's.  I stopped by Scera Park for an hour.  The snow would stick to my coil when I would let it touch the snow, building up until it became too heavy and I would have to stop and knock the snow off.  I first target I pulled out 4 quarters from the same hole.  On that hunt I found 5 quarters, 3 nickels, and one dollar.

I met up with dad at Scera park a few days later, after the snow was gone, and after work. In the short time I was out I found another dollar and a bunch of clad.  Some interesting finds were a copper button, and an imitation Spanish piece of eight coin (at least that is what it looked like to me).

Cascade Park Coughs Up a Silver Ring

I have not been able to get out after work because it is already dark by the time I get there.  However, my Dad has still been getting out.  From a couple outings to Cascade Park he found a big pile of modern clad and a nice 925 silver ring.

Discovery Park - Ring #45

I keep thinking it is time to hang up the metal detector for the winter, but this past Saturday me and my dad went out for a couple hours.  We went to a new location, Discovery Park in Pleasant Grove.  I could tell it was a relatively new park because most of the targets were in the top 2 inches.  It was a good thing too, because the ground was very hard!  Dad found a presidential dollar and a set of keys.  I found more silver ring, bringing the year to date total to 45.