2023 WE'RE STILL HERE

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50@50, #7 - Accidental portrait

Accidental portrait. 

Metal Detecting Around Omaha: Two Months In

I started treasure hunting in Omaha around the last week of August.  It has not been what I would call a money making proposition but it does get me out of the house and out around town.  I have mostly been working in areas where I don't have to dig -- parks with wood chips, sand and gravel. Mostly I've been learning how to determine what is garbage and what might be worth going after.

I've pull up and tossed several pounds of crap (as previously posted photos can attest).  After visiting a score of local parks this approximates the stuff I thought was worth keeping (at least until I took the photos).

As far as 'real' money goes... quarters are fun to find.  The detector usually has a solid 'hit'  Sadly, they aren't that commonly found.  I've got $12.50 worth of dirty quarters.  So far as I can tell, none are old enough to contain silver. But honestly, some are so badly worn I can't really make anything out... and I haven't really worked on cleaning them just yet.

Next comes the dimes... seems like I picked up quite a few of them.,, at least $5.50 worth.  I *was* lucky enough to pick up two confirmed silver dimes -- they seem to be in better condition than some of the newer ones.  They were actually pulled out of the dirt near some trees in an old park in south O.  

Nickles appear to be the least likely coin to be found (by me) whereas pennies seem to be discarded everywhere.  Most of the pennies after 1982-ish are rotten with corrosion.  Some are missing chunks and complete unrecognizable as coins.  Good thing they're only worth a penny.  I've tried cleaning them up a bit but some are too far gone.  It's not worth the effort.  Barely a buck forty in dimes and I have no clue how many pennies.

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Be that as it may, my best coin finds thus far, shown below, a silver Roosevelt and a 1936 Mercury along with a non-silver Kennedy Half Dollar.

I found a pig in my front yard and I've dug up a stylus for an older palm pilot, an inflation valve for sports balls, two stainless steel chains and a weird bracelet. Two game tokens, one I believe from Family Fun Center.

Finally, the "good" stuff.

Three cheap (aka fake) kids rings... one of them is actually kind of nice. A couple of pins (a I love Soccer pin found at a soccer field), one dangling earring, and one (CZ?) diamond earring (face down in the photo) and some misc junk.  One brushed stainless steel wedding band (non magnetic -- I thought it might be gold at first!), one .925 silver band, a .925 silver 'rodeo rider' ring, one silver ring with tiny stones in it and one large .925 silver ring with a big stone in it (just found this!).

No idea what any of the rings are worth but there's about $20 worth of coins and a pile of crap.  Not even close to paying for the equipment. :(

Only a few more weeks of useful hunting season before we get frozen ground so I plan to keep beating the bushes looking for a come-up.

50@50 #6

Keep forgetting to post these silly selfies.

50@50 #5

Front camera in a dark room - not so great.