Oh ya, I am officially a Minnesotan

Sold house on August 7 and was on my way to join wife by the 9th. Been here 3 weeks now and still much to do. Got new MN plates and driver license, insurance on home and vehicles, found dentist, got online with whole home package, and a multitude of other things. House is still a huge mess, but it is a work in progress and this boy needs to detect before the weather turns bad. Not 1 mosquito here for some weird reason, and I am not complaining. The heat has been oppresive and I usually bide my spare time in my pool.....getting very comfy and lazy here. Must detect soon and think about getting a job as well.........we will see! HH~ANDY~

Even in the heat of the sun....Mosquito's

Went out to the complex again today and only lasted an hour and a half due to mosquitos....they are the worst in all my years here and are so abundant that they are even out during daytime. With temps around 90 and very humid, they are out of control. I did get an incredible dig today though......A $20.50 hole, Yup, showed quarter close to surface and I lifted up grass to a $20 bill rolled up with 2 quarters inside. Must have been lost last year as bill was in bad shape, but bank accepted. Also found 3 nickels and 3 pennies for total of $20.68..YTD-$240.04~HH~ANDY

Love detecting...Hate selling home...miss wife

After another depressing loss of home sale, I needed to explore old area and went to oldest park in Waukesha. Bethesda park is a landmark that has been hit more times than I can count and I have had some luck here over the years, but it is getting very hard to find anything here. I spent 2 hours here today and got 1 very nice surprise. I found 5 coins here and only 1 was special. In the 1st hour and a half I found 2 quarters and 1 dime near the park, then I went down near the river and found a 1972 penny....I checked hole again and got a very light blip that showed quarter at 8". After excavating an incredible size hole I finally reached my reward........a 1932 quarter OMG...but no mint mark....DAMN. Could have been worth $1,000 if it was an "S" or a D would have been nice too. Oh well, still worth $8. 86 cents total and YTD stands at $219.36.HH~Andy~

SOLD.......AGAIN....UM, ya, we will see!

Sold my place again today and they assured me that they were pre-approved! Um ya, OK. I guess time will tell. Sort of celebrated by going to complex again, as I have depleted old sites to explore. Rain is coming again so I hit it hard today and was rewarded with a $3.20 an hour reward. I found $12.80 in just over 4 hours. 1 half dollar,36 quarters,29 dimes,6 nickels,and ten pennies. I never dug a coin reading penny or nickel, they were bonuses with my quarter and dime reads. We waste way too much time on those pennies and possible nickels,and I like to make this sport productive. If it shows deep, I dig.....but everything is shallow here and plentiful. I am sure I passed up good stuff, but I will be back. Did find one Wheatie(1947-s) after digging 2 quarters, but this is rare here so I go for Quantity over quality here until the coins run down......YTD-$218.50 (Best year since 2003-$408.20) and I want to get to Minnesota and destroy this record!HH~ANDY!

Ten inches of rain in 3 days?????WOW

After the severe weather of last Wednesday-Friday we are starting to dry out in some places. Decided to hit the sports complex today and it was very easy to dig except for the muddy ground which made my gloved hand a heavy mess. I found $6.44 in 2 hours. I had a nice spill in one hole that accounted for $1.92....very strange..6 quarters,3 dimes, 2 nickels, and 2 pennies. I felt like I hit the jackpot. All told- 19 quarters, 14 dimes, 4 nickels, and 9 pennies. (All newer clad) YTD total-$205.70...HH~ANDY~

Missed my wife

After returning from KC and finding out my house was sold, I decided to hop a flight to Minneapolis to be with my wife for a week before returning to close on my place. I went out to many local parks with my cheaper unit......Minelab X-30, since it was up there already and I did not want to pay another $25 to haul up the MX-300. I need to learn the area more cuz I dont have a clue as to the sites and know absolutely nobody up here, but there are many rivers and lakes in Eagan (Where I will live) and it has great potential. I did dig up $25.90 in 4 hot days of digging which brings my year to date total to $199.26. Unfortunately, I got a call from my broker telling me the financing fell thru and I returned to Waukesha to start over. I dropped the agent and am doing this myself, so far.......no good. Damn, I miss my wife!HH~ANDY~

Very busy month

Spent a week in Kansas City visiting an old friend and brought my detector. Besides drinking to much beer and eating to many rib joints out of food, I was able to do a half dozen schools and a dozen parks while I was there. I was surprised to see nothing but newer coins. I found a grand total of $32.26 which did not even pay for 2 meals, but it sure was fun! Mitch was a lucky ducky and found 3 rings......1 gold and 2 silver.

God is watching over the unemployed

Sold house and closing is set for July 17....yay, moving to Mn. Old friend called and claimed he owns house with 3 acres that used to be part of fairgrounds from 1890-1930, his grandparents built his house during depression in 1932 and was passed to parents and now him. I spent 3 days with him going over this area 3 times. We decided to share all and that was a godsend as he found a 1903-o Morgan dollar that fetched us $210. We also found an 1899-s morgan and a 1922-d peace dollar, 3 halves-1895-s barber, 1919-d and 1923-s walking libs. 4 lib. quarters-1924, 1928-s, and 2 1929. 9 merc dimes (no key dates), 2 roosevelts, 9 indian head pennies with 1909 being best valued at $9, 12 wheaties with 1915-s being best at $12, 3 buffalo nickels with no key dates and a jeff nick from 1949. All told we found $7.o1 in silver and old pennies, $18.o7 in newer clad, and 2 silver rings. Many fair trinkets and other things I gave to him to display. My half of haul amounted to $12.54 and 1 ring. YTD=$141.10~HH ANDY~

I have not been on in a month as I had to move my wife to Minneapolis for a job transfer. Very hectic and frustrating as I am still in Milwaukee trying to sell my house. I did spend a week metal detecting my way home along the bluffs of mississippi in Mn., Iowa, and Wis. sleeping in my car. I cannot give exact totals as I was using monies for gas and food, but a conservative estimate is $75 as I had 2 days that exceded $20 and 2 days that exceded $13. I do have 6 rings of which 1 is gold with multiple diamonds, 3 silver, and 2 junk. I also found a gold bracelot and $2.70 in silver (nothing real special-7 50's-60's quarters, 8 rosies and 3 war nickels). The views were awesome and I met some other detectorists that I plan to spend time with again. Now to cash in the gold and get this house sold!

Spring has sprung again!

After a week of cold rains, I finally got out for a couple hours today and wow the ground is so easy to open up. The sports complex was kind to me too, as I pulled 30 quarters, 4 dimes, 1 nickel, and 6 pennies for a grand total of $8.01 YTD TOTAL-$53.56 Oh ya, and a large mens 18 carat gold ring that will fetch a pretty penny!HH~ANDY~

50 mile an hour gust stops me short!

Went down to the complex again today but only lasted for a half hour cuz of wind. A gust came up and brought a huge mass of an infield dirt swirl my way and most ended up in my eyes....OUCH, enough. $1.01 with 4 quarters and a penny. YTD $45.55HH~ANDY~

Working hard to find job, better luck with coins tho!

I have not been getting out as much this year due to extensive job searching, so far no good! Yesterday I spent 3 hours at baseball park with alot of beeps so I just focused on quarters and I ended up with 20 extra coins due to coin spills. $7.05 with 23 quarters, 10 dimes, 5 nickels, and 5 pennies. I am going to do this more often as it produced alot more $ than I usually get, and this complex is huge so I can do it again and again! Today I got out for 2 hours at same complex and got another $3.37 with 11 quarters, 5 dimes, 1 nickel and 7 pennies which brings my YTD to a total of $44.54......Special note (After digging a quarter in a hole, I got a dime read and dug that and also a penny all around 2" deep. I scanned again and got a faint read of quarter at 7" and dug deeper and found a 1936-s quarter and a 1935-s buffalo nickel almost stuck together! Weird as this sounds....it has happened to me alot over the years, so always check and recheck and listen real hard to your headset, if you don't have a good headset......get 1 cuz it is the only way to hear some of these faint beeps!HH~ANDY~

Clad before the storm

Went to a nearby park today for 1 and a half hours before rain sent me running. Basic clad finds but still fun. 8 quarters, 6 dimes, and 15 pennies for a total of $2.75. YTD- $34.12..HH ~ANDY~

Time to update!

Have not posted in a while and need to catch up. I have only been out 4 times in last couple weeks and 3 were at local parks which produced nothing but clad.....$10.38 with 26 quarters, 31 dimes, 11 nickels, and 23 pennies. This past weekend I took my wife up to the Mississippi in Prairie Du Chien to visit step daughter and MD since she got a cheaper whites detector. She knew of a place in Iowa across the river that was way out in boonies and we hiked 2 miles along RR tracks tucked between the mighty Miss. and bluffs that went straight up 50 stories or more. Absolutely as isolated as I have ever seen and a half-mile across the river was Wisconsin in its original pristine state as far as your eyes could see. Here we found an old abandoned homestead that blew me away. The people that lived here left abruptly as there was every kind of trash strewn everywhere and we harvested alot of old ruins. We detected for an hour and I came up with an 1869 shield nickel, 1905 barber dime, 1893 Indian head penny, 1918-D merc dime and my 2nd 3-cent nickel this year.....an 1868. The girls did not have the same luck and got frustrated with detecting and started scavenging artifacts. This is when the best detectors come thru as I could go deeper and disc out iron alot easier. I will go back again sometime and take more ruins and hopefully more coins! HH~Andy~

After nasty flu bug struck me, I got back to business yesterday before violent storms moved in. Hit an older park and found out it had been hit many times before but still gave up 4.40 in 3 hours. 12 quarters, 13 dimes, 4 nickels and 10 pennies. YTD-$20.70....HH!ANDY!

Most face value for year!

The weather finally got back in 50's today and since I had no old sites lined up, I thought I would hit one of the 2 parks that I have not hit around here. Three hours produced $4.16 with 10 quarters, 13 dimes, 6 nickels, and 6 pennies. Oh ya, and 31 pull tabs. All newer clad, but it was nice to get alot of hits and do some digging. Two holes produced coin spills, the first was 3 quarters, 2 dimes, 3 nickels, and a penny. Second was 1 quarter, 2 dimes and a nickel. I love those holes. Suppose to be near 70 or better for next few days before rain this weekend so I be there! YTD total-$16.30 HH~ANDY~aka(Lovesdiggingdeep)

Hot coins during cold front!

After a cold front came thru yesterday bringing our temp from 60 to 30 and a wind chill in teens, I decided to go to a friends house that had an old farmstead from early 1800's across the st. We found alot of farm pieces from tractors and plows, hinges and a silver piece of something the size of a spoon minus handle that has G.W.Skinner...Clayton,NY stamped on it! Also found some cool old coins including an 1853 half-dime, an 1859 indian head penny, a 1911 V-nickel, a 1940-s wheatie, a 1950-d wheatie, a 1960 and 1964 penny and a 1983 quarter. Only 40 cents, but I looked up wholesale value and it is apprx. $25. I am really getting into old sites that don't produce much but the value is way more rewarding. This makes 9 coins before 1900 that I have got this year already. Today.40 YTD $12.14 HH~ANDY~

!st ring this year

Went down to my fox river site again today and finished it up. 3 hours of struggling thru nasty stuff produced an 1865 two-cent piece. (First 1 I have ever found) shows a value of $10-15 wholesale so I was happy. About 20 feet from the coin along the river I got a 82 Vdi which indicated dime-quarter and I dug 6" and found my first ring of the year....silver with what looks like about 12 diamonds and very old. A couple old shotgun shells and 8 newer pennies rounded out my day as I got out of the thick stuff and into worn areas from fishermen that had obviously been hit hard. Now to find another site, they are hard to find. Today .10 YTD $11.74 + 1 ring HH~ANDY~

Glad I rechecked 1 more time!

Went back to old pumping station today to make 1 final sweep since area is so small, 1 hour and I got 1 faint beep along building showing dime/quarter. This tickled me and I dug 6-7 inches and found an 1893 barber dime which I scratched up a bit. Rescanned hole and it still said quarter and I pulled out some more dirt and wow an 1893-s barber quarter. I ended up finding 3 barber dimes and a barber quarter from this location over 3 attempts but I believe I now have finished this site. Went over to park and got 92 cents in clad for a total of $1.27. YTD: $11.64 HH!ANDY~

First 3 cent piece

Tried the river bottoms again today for 2 hours and man it is rough going. Saw a few snakes and only had 3 hits, but 2 were coins. I found a 1927 mercury dime and another dime size coin I did not recognize til I got home...1870 3 cent nickel and it is in pretty good shape. Hard work getting at these old coins, but it is so quiet and peaceful so I will keep trying! Went up into park area and found 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 2 nickels in an hour.....more action but boring compared to old stuff. Today's total...$1.38.......YTD...$10.37 HH~ANDY~

No real excitement today except for the fact that it hit 60 here and we have a couple more days til the weatherman says.....snow again so off I went! Went to park today for 2 hours and found $2.97 (9 quarters, 6 dimes, 2 nickels, and 2 pennies) year to date $8.99......I have been ignoring pennies unless they show 3" or deeper to increase my totals and save my legs. I have a friend with an old house with 2 old barns from early 1800's and hope to nail this soon! HH~ANDY~

2nd time out today

Spent a couple hours in some lowland below a park along the river today with only 1 coin found but it was one of the oldest I have ever found...1852 liberty seated dime in bad shape but cleaned it up with warm water and date is visible! Says in good condition worth $12. Also found a couple old shotgun shells and an old key, then went up to park for an hour and found 8 Quarters, 6 dimes, 1 nickel, and 5 pennies...all newer clad! Total found today $2.8o Year to date $6.o2

Finally springlike

Well, I finally got out on Friday, March 12 to detect! First time since Nov. 5, 2009! Weather has been in 50's for a week now and just large snowpiles remain. Went out in yard and tested soil.....yup lets go dig! First place that came to mind is where I got booted out in Nov. I had found a 1902-s barber dime there and had another hit when I got kicked out! Weighed heavy on my mind for 4 months, and I said what the heck! Was there 10 minutes and found the spot and started digging and sure enough I found that other dime....1898 barber....Yay! Nice start to year, but I was not done. Small area but I checked for 15 more minutes and got another hit at 7" showing possible nickel? Yup it was a nickel alright...1882 shield in good condition....OMG this is the best start I have had in 25 years! I left after finishing this site and went to a park on other side of town that was built in 60's and it was nice. One and a half hours produced a half dollar, 8 quarters, 4 dimes, 2 nickels, and 7 pennies. All were recent except a 1955-d penny. Not a bad start tho for 2 hours.......$3.22 year to date. I want to get out again as soon as my aching thighs heal, Dang I need to have a winter excersize program for this old frame! HH~ANDY~