Wednesday, December 30, 2009

$.46 below ground and $.22 above

Money finds for the day.
Max with big tree where the dime was found.
Max detecting in the back of the university.
Claire in the front of university sporting the dime that was found.

A quick trip from my car to the post office door brought in two dimes and two pennies. Claire, Max and I took a little time metal detecting at an old university that has an incredible park and grounds for hunting. We actually run at this park during the summer-and thought with all of the activity-this would be a good place to visit. The college building's architecture is amazing-it's a wonderful sight.


The adrenaline starts pumping when you hear a nice signal from the machine (metal detector). Your heart races as you think what you might be unearthing....is it an old silver coin that someone dropped, maybe a ring of some kind? We picked a spot by an enormous tree to begin our search. Leaves are all over-and the ground is sloped like ski moguls. The beep of the machine becomes clear that it is something other than aluminum foil. It signals that it might be a dime. I begin to dig a plug in the ground...it's not at the surface, so I check the hole again with the detector. The signal continues to be positive. The dull, metallic item surfaces...I'm thinking it has to be old-holding it in my hand-delicately removing some of the dirt-the date appears- it's a 1989 Roosevelt dime. We didn't unearth any silver this trip, but did add a 1988 Washington quarter, another Roosevelt dime and a Lincoln.


Daily total: $.68

Grand total to date: $39.19

170 finding days averages out to $.23 per day


Above ground finds: $37.44

Below ground finds: $1.75

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