Coin Shooting this morning at two parks...

This Morning I went Coin Shooting at two local parks, mainly checked out the Tot Lots. These places I have been to many times the last couple of years. The first park is next to my sisters house, when I got there I see that some changes have been made, part of the wooded area has been cut down and the park extended. The search here has produced .57 cents 3 dimes, 2 nickels and 17 pennies and a button. I searched for about an hour.

I then went to the second park, also searched for an hour. Did pretty good here, found $1.42 and a couple of buttons. Found this $1.00 coin which registered a strong quarter on my ACE 250, when I dug it was about 2 inches down next to the parking lot at first I thought it was a quarter but than saw that it was a little larger thats when I saw that it was a $1.00 coin. Than I got 2 quarters, 1 dime, 3 nickels and 7 pennies from this park.

• Coins- $1.99


• US President $1.00 2009P William Henry Harrison 9th President 1841.


• 2 quarters - Minnesota 2005P, Colorado 2006P.


• 4 dimes - 1986P, 1994P, 2000P, 2007P.


• 5 nickels - 1977, 1992P, 1997P, 1998P, 2000D.


• 24 pennies - 1960, 1961D, 1965 Canadian, 1970, 1971D, 1973, 1982, (3)1984's, 1990, 1991, 1991D, 1992, 1995, (2)1999's, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011.


• Coin Shooting running total: $12.17
  
  
  

Did some Coin Shooting...

Went Coin Shooting to 2 locations, first was the park at the beach. I was gonna search the Tot Lot thats where I saw alot of kids playing there yesterday. When I got to the park I saw another person there with a detector and saw evidence that the play area was searched. So I went to a different area next to a resturant, I have been eyeing that area sent the fall. I did pretty good found $2.03 in a small area (I will search that area again). Also, found the thingy with the #2 must of been something in the center for I can see that there is a small hole on each side. The two items in the center I found a the Elementary school I went to after searching the park. When I got to the school as I was getting out of the car I saw a shiney penny on the pavement. At the school I did find some more coins, I have done pretty good here last season (found .73 cents).

• Coin shooting/treasure hunting totals: Coins: $2.76


• 4 quarters (1978, 1995P, Maryland 2000P, South Carolina 2000P),


• 13 dimes (1970, 1975, 1981D, 1985P, 1987P, 1989 Canadian, 1990P, 1991P, 1995P, 1999P, 2000D, (2)2000P's),


• 4 nickels (1988P, 1989P, 1996D, 1999P),


• 26 pennies (1960D, 1969D, 1971D, 1980D, 1982, 1982D, 1984, 1985 Canadian, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, (4)2001's, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, (2)????'s).


• Coin shooting running total: $2.93

Beautiful Spring Day.

It is so beautiful out today, but decided not to go detecting instead pick our son up for our Saturday visit. Before going to get him we stopped at BK's for breakfast, when I went to get hubby a coffee refill I spotted a penny on the floor (was a Canadian penny) but still a penny. Later in the day we went to the beach/park with our son, there were lots of kids playing in the Tot Lot. I think I'll hit that area tomorrow morning before the weather gets bad, should find something.

• Journal Entry: "2011"


• change: .01


• cans/bottles: none


• April total: .02


• Running total for each month: .68


• cans/bottles running total: $9.35

Happy Saint Patrick's Day...

Happy St. Paddy's Day, finally the weather has gotten warmer and I was out doing a little detecting/coin shooting. Also, first day detecting last year started on St. Paddy's day, hmmm wonder if that'll be a good sign that I'll find something good :-) this year . The first day took it slow due to bad back. I went to the park at the beach and searched around in the totlot, didn't find to much but that was expected with it being a long cold winter not many people out. I heard and saw many geese heading north a beautiful sight and sound. Also, spotted several Robins with not getting out much today was the first day I saw them.

Coin Shooting/treasure hunting: coins- .17 cents; 1 dime (1995D); 7 pennies (1971D, 1975, 1996, (2)1997's, 2002, 2008).
coin shooting running total: .17 cents

Wasn't Planning on Coin Shooting Today but Changed my Mind

This morning I didn't feel like doing any metal detecting but changed my mind, the weather was beautiful up near 70. Don't know how many more nice days we will have before it starts to get really cold and snow. I went to 2 parks the first was in another town, has two Tot Lots I have been to this location a couple of times already. Of the coins found one quarter looks like it had a run in with a mower and lost. Also, found a small bullet casing/shell in the woodchips next to a bench and a tiny charm which reads claire's on it. Found $1.63 in clad at this park. The second location I decided to do since it was still early and my muscles are not hurting to bad right now. Did pretty good here, found $2.00 in coins and a bunch of bottles and cans for the refund deposit.

Coin Shooting/treasure hunting: coins- $3.63; 9 quarters (1973D, (2)1983P's, 1995D, 1996P, 1998D mangled, Connecticut 1999P, New Hampshire 2000P, Colorado 2006P), 9 dimes (1967, 1985P, 1989P, 1991P, 1997P, 1999P, 2000P, 2007P, 2008P), 4 nickels (1977, 1984P, 1991P, 2000P), 28 pennies (1964 Canadian, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, (2)1974's, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, (3)1983's, 1985 Canadian, 1987, 1989D, 1995D, 2004, (2)2006's, (3)2007's, 2008, (3)????).
Coin shooting running total: $266.96

Went to Two Elementary Schools

This morning, I decided to get out and do some coin shooting after a rainy and windy day yesterday, the next few days look like it's gonna rain some more but a lot milder. The first school was a spur of the moment, when I drove by made a quick turn into the parking area. Found some coins .47 cents not a whole lot. Probably would of found more but didn't search very far and hard. The second school (nicknamed goose poop school, this time not to messy) was a planned location and here I did better than I did the last time I was here, found $1.46 and some kind of (Ah, an earring) the picture is the earring the size is 2 5/8" dia. junk earring but still interesting it was onto of the grass-eyeball find.

Coin Shooting/treasure hunting: coins- $1.93; 5 quarters (1967, 1978, 1980P, 1987P, Maine 2003P), 5 dimes (1969D, 1998P, 2003P, (2)2006D's), 2 nickels (1964, 2000P), 8 pennies (1970, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1994, 2000, 2000D, 2006).
coin shooting running total: $263.33

October 20, 2010 Finds...

Yesterday morning went to the park at the beach last trip there for the season, will return to this location in the spring for coin shooting. The finds are starting to get thin and it's very cold next to the lake. I started out searching the Tot Lot found two coins there a quarter and a dime, then went to where the soda machines where located and searched the ground there found some more lost coins, didn't have the interference from the machines. Than over to one of the pavilions did find a coin spill of 3 quarters and a penny in one hole, did find coins in other parts of the park. This token was found next to the band pavilion at first thought it was a quarter. Spent about 3 hours and was very cold, so called it a day. Today it's in the 40's and rainy so not going out, gonna focus on hand made crafts for Christmas today...

Coin Shooting/treasure hunting: coins- $3.91; 8 quarters (1974, 1979, 1994P, 1995D, 1996P, New Jersey 1999P, Virginia 2000P, Vermont 2001D), 14 dimes (1978, 1980D, 1983D, 1986P, 1988P, 1989P, 1992P, 1993P, 1996P, (2)1998P's, (2)1999P's, 2006P), 3 nickels (1973, 1976, 1989P), 36 pennies (1961, 1963 Canadian, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977D, (2)1978's, 1979, (2)1980's, 1982, (2)1982D's, 1984, (2)1986's, 1987, 1989, 1994, 1994D, (2)1995's, 1996D, 1998, (2)1999's, 2003, 2006, 2006D, (2)2007's, (2)2008's).
coin shooting running total: $261.40

Again, Missed Silver by One Year...

This morning I went over to the park near my sister's house, have done very good at this location this year. Last year I found a 1964 quarter at this park I'm hoping there will be more. Of the quarters found today two of the are 1965's (bummer) missed again. I did find a lot of coins here, the oldest coin found today is the 1947 nickel found this in the TotLot. Other things found was this bracelet, not a good piece but still a good find. Found the bracelet in the grass just under the roots (the size is 2 2/8" dia.). Also found this pendant, was found along the edge of basketball court on the pavement (the size is 1 2/8" L x 1" W). I plan on going back there tomorrow, if not raining...

Coin Shooting/treasure hunting: coins- $4.17; 10 quarters ( (2)1965's, 1983D, 1993P, 1998D, 1998P, Rhode Island 2001P, Nevada 2006P, North Dakota 2006P, Montana 2007P), 11 dimes (1970, (2)1974's, 1977D, 1980P, 1981P, 1988D, 1993P, 1995P, 1996P, 2007P), 7 nickels (1947, 1963, 1964, 1984P, 2005P, 2006P, 2007P), 22 pennies (1964D, 1970D, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, (2)1981's, 1981 Canadian, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1986D, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, (2)2000's, (2)2007's).

coin shooting running total: $256.18

Columbus Day Search...

Today is Columbus Day and weather pretty good other than chilly. I went to the park at the beach to search some, the finds are starting to get thin not many people coming down to the lake now. Found some clad, nothing in the TotLot except for one button on the backside it says "Waterbury Co's Inc. Conn." On the way back to my car I found this ring in very good condition the middle stone is pink and the side ones are clear has no mark. I believe it's not real but makes a good addition to my collection of rings. Also found a 1958 nickel that I need for my album. Tomorrow I plan on going to the park I searched the other day, has basketball courts, tennis courts and the bleachers by a couple of ball fields.

Coin Shooting/treasure hunting: coins- $2.11; 3 quarters (1992P, 1998P, Vermont 2001D), 9 dimes (1983P, 1989P, 1990P, 1992P, 1997P, 1998P, 1999P, 2007P, 2008D), 2 nickels (1958, 1994P), 36 pennies (1964, (3)1969D's, 1971S, 1972, 1972D, 1977, 1978, (2)1979's, 1982, (2)1983's, 1984, (2)1988's, 1988D, 1989D, (2)1990's, (2)1992's, 1996, (2)1997's, (3)1998's, (3)2000's, 2000 Canadian, 2001, 2002, 2005).

coin shooting running total: $$239.36

Found a Ring and Buzz Light Year...

This morning, I went to two parks each one I searched the TotLots the first location not much after digging in the woodchips. I went into the skate park that is where the skate boarders and roller bladers play. I searched for coins (eye-balling) found a little over .10 cents, a nickel and pennies. I than turned on my machine and searched some of the grass along the tall fence, that is when I found this ring (I see no mark on the inside) and the Buzz Light Year also along the fence, on the back of Buzz it says "offical Pin Tra (can't make out the rest of the word)-2002-Disney Pixar-Made in China" and 1 Canadian penny. Clad found at this park was .62 cents. I than went to the next place haven't been to this park since last year, found a lot of clad coins $1.60.

Coin shooting/treasure hunter: coins- $2.22; 3 quarters (1996P, New Hampshire 2000P, Colorado 2006P), 9 dimes (1974D, 1976, 1979, 1984P, 1989P, 1993P, 1994P, 2000P, 2004P), 4 nickels (1985P, 1994P, 1996D, 2002D), 37 pennies (1969D, 1971D, 1973, 1974D, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983D, (3)1984's, (3)1986's, (3)1988's, (2)1989's, 1989 Canadian, 1991, (3)1992's, 1993, 1994, (3)1998's, 2000, 2001, 2004, (2)2007's, (2)2010's).

coin shooting running total: $225.17

A Morning at the Park on the Beach...

This morning I went coin shooting at the park/beach, I started searching at the TotLot not to good there found .07 a nickel and 2 pennies. The rest of the coins I found in the grassy area. Did pretty good today.

Coin shooting/treasure hunting: coins- $3.50; 10 quarters (1967, 1982D, 1983D, 1989P, 1995D, 1995P, 1998P, Colorado 2006D, North Dakota 2006P, Oklahoma 2008P), 6 dimes (1978, 1981P, 1997P, 1998P, 2000P, 2005P), 2 nickels (1999P, 2003P), 30 pennies (1963 Canadian, 1970D, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1980, (2)1981's, 19??, 1984, 1984D, 1985, (2)1988's, 1989, (3)1991's, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2000D, 2001D, (2)2002's, 2006, 2007, 2010).
coin shooting running total: $222.95

Spiders are Big at the Beach...

Went out detecting this morning, before it gets to Hot, supposed to get up to 90 degrees today. As usual I started out at the TotLot, found a whapping 5 pennies (one was a Canadian penny). I than went into the grassy area, than I started finding some coins. Not far from the Carousel I found this Spider pin, some of the black (I think) Rhinestones where missing. Not long after taking the picture it broke in half, it broke in the area that was missing the stone. I also saw no kind of mark so must of been costume jewelry (found just under the grass roots below soil surface). It registered on my machine in the pulltab/nickel/can slaw range. It's starting to get very warm so I called it a day at 10:30AM.

Coin Shooting/treasure hunting: coins- $2.62; 5 quarters (1979D, (2)1996P's, North Carolina 2000D, Kentucky 2001P), 9 dimes (1967, 1971D, 1978, 1996P, 1998P, 2000P, 2002P, 2005P, 2008P), 1 nickel (2000P), 42 pennies (1961D, 1970 Canadian, 1972, 1972D, (2)1977's, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985D, 1986, 1987D, (2)1988's, 1989, 1990, (4)1991's, 1993, 1994, 1994 Canadian, 1995D, (3)1996's, (3)1997's, (2)1998's, 2003 Canadian, 2005, (3)2006's, (2)2007's, 2008).

coin shooting running total: $212.20

***From the start of the detecting season March 17, 2010 to September 24, 2010, I found a total of $71.68 in coins at the park on the beach.

A Little Coin Shooting...

This morning I decided to try and get back into detecting so I went to the park at the beach, the temp. was rather chilly when I arrived than turned into a nice cool morning, no problems with the heat or humidity (ah, it felt good). I searched the Tot Lot, only a few coins the first one was a quarter. So I went on into the park, here I found many coins some areas had spills and many were found on the surface. Before I left I stopped at the Carousel to say Hi to Michael, he's the guy that runs it. He was getting it ready to shut down for the winter. Afterwards, I decided to call it a day (to my surprise) it was almost noon and I started at 7AM. As I was walking back to my car I decided to search around two more picnic tables I found more coins and a spill of pennies. Today I searched for 5 hours, not including the break at the Carousel.

Coin Shooting/treasure hunting:
coins- $5.24; 6 quarters (1967, 1993P, 1994P, 1988D, Alabama 2003D, Wisconsin 2004P), 19 dimes ( (4)1966's, 1974D, 1980P, 1988D, (2)1988P's, 1995P, (4)1999P's, 2000P, (2)2004P's, 2007D, 2010P), 3 nickels (1977, 1980P, 2000D), 69 pennies (1961D, 1964D, 1965, (2)1968D's, 1969D, (2)1971's, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 Canadian, (2)1976's, 1977, 1978, (4)1979's, 1980, 1981, (2)1982's, (3)1985's, (3)1987's, 1987D, (2)1988's, 1989, (2)1990's, 1990D, 1991 Canadian, (3)1992's, 1992D, 1993, 1993D, 1994, 1995, 1995D, 1996, (2)1997's, (2)1999's, (5)2000's, 2000D, (2)2001's, (2)2002's, (4)2006's, 2007, 2008, ????).
coin shooting running total: $200.53

This Morning Searched 2 Tot Lots...

The first place I went to was the beach play area, found my first Kennedy Half Dollar Bicentennial one, I was hoping it be of silver but hey was fun to see it in the woodchips. It registered on my machine as a strong $1.00. Found a total of $1.33 in clad in the play area. I decided to go to another park after this Tot Lot. Did pretty good there also lots of nickels usually don't get to many nickels, more pull tabs than nickels. I noticed on my machine that when it's a nickel the signal is strong not moving around and loud. Found most of the coins around the picnic pavilion. At this place I found $1.00 in clad coins.

Coin shooting/treasure hunting: coins- $2.33; 1 Kennedy Half Dollar (1776-1976), 2 quarters (1997D, 1998D), 8 dimes (1978, 1979, (2)1991P's, 1997P, 2001P, 2007P, 2010P), 9 nickels (1977D, 1985P, 1993P, 1995P, (2)1999P's, (2)2001P's, 2006D), 8 pennies (1969D, 1972, 1974D, 1982, 1986 Canadian, 1994D, 2000, 2001).

coin shooting running total: $195.29

Back to the Beach...

This morning, I headed back to the beach to search for more coins found $1.57 and hope to get a good find but not at this park. (Do have to say that these flies are annoying). After here, I decided to stop at another park for a quick search did find .02 cents thought I'd find more but what was registering dimes and pennies where bottle caps did find this Scout scarf holder.

Coin shooting/treasure hunting: coins- $1.59; 2 quarters (1990D, Wyoming 2007P), 6 dimes (1974, 1989P, 1991P, 1993P, 2003P, 2007P), 4 nickels (1963D, 1964, 1981P, 1982P), 29 pennies (1959D, 1967, (2)1972's, 1973, 1974D, 1975, 1980, 1980D, 1981, (2)1982's, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, (2)1997's, (2)1998's, 1999D, (2)2001's, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009).
coin shooting running total: $192.96

Some Morning Coin Shooting...

This morning was a beautiful start of the day, clear skies and not to chilly but still have a bit humidity to deal with. I went to one elementary school (nicknamed the Mosquito school, there are a lot of trees covering the play area and very little sun gets thru causing a large amount of these blood suckers). Didn't find a whole lot of coins here, did find .58 cents. Also found a pair of childrens shoes in the grass, each shoe had a heart charm on the top, I took them off the shoes to use on my painted spoons as an accent piece, I did leave the shoes there. Instead of searching another school I decided to search one of the many parks I go to. I'm going to wait until the kids are back to school so the play areas and school grounds get replenished. The park produced a lot of dimes, here I found .98 cents.

Coin shooting/treasure hunting: coins-$1.56; 2 quarters (1991D, 1998P), 9 dimes (1981P, 1988P, 1991D, 1993D, 1995D, 1996D, 1997D, 1998P, 2004D), 2 nickels (1994D, 2000P), 6 pennies (1973, 1983, 1988, (2)1995's, 2010).
coin shooting running total: $186.17

Coin Shooting Morning of August 24, 2010...

I was driving to the beach this morning, spotted 3 deer feeding on the side of the road as I slowed down the car noise caused them to look up at me, a beautiful sight. In this town you can come across areas with deer, last year I saw one running across someones front yard.
Last week at the beach, I talked with a lady nicknamed the "Purple Lady" for she wears purple all the time. She told me that she collects pull tabs for "MS" I told her that I had alot and that she could have them (I have no use for them), she told me who to drop them off to an old gentleman that always sits at the beach, he will give them to her (saw him there many times). I took the bag in today, when I walked up to see if he was the person I spotted a penny on the sidewalk.
Searched a little over an hour the Totlot and some of the grassy area.

Coin shooting/treasure hunting: coins- $1.86; 4 quarters (1967, 1987P, Connecticut 1999P, Arkansas 2003P), 6 dimes (1982D, 1993P, 1996P, (2)2000P's, 2005D), 1 nickel (1987P), 21 pennies (1962D, (2)1971's, 1971D, 1972, 1977, 1978, (3)1983's, 1983 Canadian, 1986D, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2006, (2)2007's).
coin shooting running total: $182.11

A Morning at the Beach...

This morning, I went back to the beach to search the park. Not much at all in the TotLot, did find a dime and this pin, had to cut thru the material under the woodchips to get at the pin, it is 1" long x 7/8" at widest point. Has a circle with a green cross and the words on the pin says Rochester Safety Council - the words around the circle says Universal Safety one little word on the bottom is hard to make out. Also found a lot of pennies 13 are pre-1982's. Met some nice people this morning, one couple asked if I found something and at that moment it was a bottle cap but mentioned that my machine registered a quarter and there was still something in the hole, my pro-pointer was buzzing. Ah, got the quarter and a dime. Was out for about 2 hours. The 1969D dime at first thought was a 1960D, no luck after cleaning it a bit more I noticed the 0 was a 9.

Coin shooting/treasure hunting: coins- $1.58; 2 quarters (North Carolina 2001P, South Dakota 2006P), 7 dimes (1969D, 1998P, 1999D, 1999P, 2000P, 2003P, 2007P), 1 nickel (1974), 33 pennies (1968D, 1970, 1972, 1972D, 1973, (4)1974's, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981D, (2)1983's, (2)1984's, 1986D, 1988, 1989, (2)1990's, 1991D, 1992, 1995, (3)2001's, (2)2007's, (2)2008's, 2010).

coin shooting running total: $180.25

Some of this mornings finds...

This morning I was glad to be out detecting, haven't been out with the Ace since Friday morning. Had problems in our neighborhood with neighbors having loud parties (police was called many times from the neighbors) and and the house next to us had a very large group of people 50+ in the small apartment, after they all piled out someone started shooting. This making it a very long sleepless night making Saturday a very tired day and Sunday it rained. I have to say city living is the pits.
I did find these items in the woodchips of the TotLot at the beach also found another Chucky Cheese token 2007, along with alot of clad coins. Did very good at one swing set, at one swing found .62 cents at the other end of the swings found 2 quarters. Dimes were found just about everywhere in the play area.
Did check the grassy area found some more coins. Tomorrow, I will go to some play areas I haven't been to for a while and see if they were re-stocked.

Coin shooting/treasure hunting: coins- $2.82; 4 quarters (Virginia 2000P, North Carolina 2001D, Utah 2007P, New Mexico 2008P), 14 dimes (1982D, 1983D, 1986P, 1987D, 1988D, 1990D, 1991P, 1993P, 1999P, 2003P, 2004P, 2005P, (2)2010P's), 1 nickel (1988D), 37 pennies (1961, 1964D, 1965, (2)1975's, 1975D, (2)1977's, (2)1981's, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, (2)1992's, (3)1993's, 1993 Canadian, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 199?, (2)2002's, (3)2006's, 2007, (3)2008's, 2009).
coin shooting running total: $175.10

Hot and Very Humid Morning...

Went Coin shooting at the beach/park this morning as I was getting my things out of the car I spotted a penny on the ground next to the car. Than I searched the TotLot first found some clad coins and this token next to a swing, at first I thought I had another dollar coin but no. After the play area I started searching the grassy area, it was very humid had a very hard time seeing glasses kept fogging up, went to the end near the water was a bit cooler and was able to see. Did check a little in the sand found a quarter (didn't stay long on the sand as mentioned earlier for me it's hard to walk on).

On the way back home I start seeing that the trees are getting a tint of fall color, one tree is already a orange.

Coin shooting/treasure hunting: coins- $2.27; 3 quarters (1972, 1979, 1995D), 11 dimes (1970, 1973, 1976, 1980P, 1987D, 1993P, (2)1997P's, 1999P, 2000P, 2008P), 2 nickels (1962D, 1987P), 32 pennies (1960, 1964D, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1975, 1976, (2)1977's, 1977 Canadian, 1979, 1979 Canadian, (2)1980's, 1982, 1984, 1985, (2)1986, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1997D, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008).

coin shooting running total: $170.34