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2014 Finds page
OK for what it's worth. This page is my daily log of better finds. But just to let you know for every good item pictured here I dig hundreds of targets.
Bottle caps, pulltabs,can tops, aluminum foil and every other type of metal crap you can think of.
I will endevor to keep up with posting here, I am posting on Facebook so friend me on my Chicago Ron page
9-25-14
Just change today!
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9-6-14
Chicago beaches have been beat up pretty bad, Lots of hunters and not many targets to go around. Decided to hit the road. Drove about an hour and a half to a beach I have never been to. Not many targets in the water but a silver ring and a Tiffany Heart and Key Charm and chain in the dry stuff. The water was stupid cold after the strong outbound winds yesterday.
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9-4-14
Silver band and some junk targets is the best of it today!
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9-2-14
Found another beach with some wash out and lots of iron.
3 hours digging lots of nails sone junk jewlry and
a 12.8 gram medalion looks good but no mark will check it tonight
10K medalion 12.8 grams
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9-1-14
Hit the beach after work, 2 hunters in the water.
Found a near shore spot with some wash out, spent about 2 hours, got a dozen crusty coins lots of pull tabs
and a 14K broken hoop earring .4 gram
Moved to another beach and dug 3 targets in 40 minutes
ring is silver at least.
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8-30-14
Well it has been a long time coming.New video up!
Chicago Ron's England Barn hunt, March 2014
My 15th gold coin and part of the Hoard.
50 BC Trinovantes British G “Clacton” Celtic gold qtr stater - sent to CCI for recording and reported as hoard to museum
1.29g,14.45mm
After a little bath.
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8-26-14
Hit the beach this morning for about 2 hours. Not lots of targets but there were a few washouts.
Got a 1954 silver rosie dime and a 14K wedding band. 3.5 grams
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8-25-14
Monday at the firehouse and WGN 9 O'clock news.
Interview will air tonight.
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8-24-14
Detect-A-Palooza Day 2
Reese Burnett, Ryan Holubiw, Chuck Smalley working the dry sand!
Josh Kimmel AKA Treasure Seeker!
Gretchen Viking raider
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8-23-14
Meet-up at Montrose for the Kick-off of 2014 Detect-A-Palooza was not entirely smooth. LOL
Thanks god I decided not to do the Bar-B-Q, and opt for lunch at the Dock.
I arrived at 730am only to find 3,000 people had packed all three pay lots and the free parking areas were now
blocked off for a kids Triathelon. I posted our options and decided to try anyway,
some hunters walkes from Foster to Montrose for the meet up.
Hunted until about 1 and with thunder storms about an hour out
decided for an early lunch. we had 16 for lunch and several that stopped by to say hi!
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8-18-14
Met up with the WGN crew for a shoot. After the airshow.
Lots of change in the dry, several hunters in the dry and in the water.
Saw a couple pieces of jewlery come up.
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8-17-14
Airshow weekend. lots of hunters and I was at the firehouse on Saturday,
and got a late start, 7 am on sunday morning. Hit the water for a couple minutes not many targets
so worked the dry sand until the crouds started
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8-15-14
High lake level, not lots of swimmers. Lake is at least starting to warm up.
More swimmers soon!
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8-14-14
Slim pickins. LOL
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8-11-14
Just change and a couple pieces of junk jewlery.
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8-9-14
Tungston Wedding band and a silver 1964 Roosavelt dime
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7-31-14
Back to the dry slope and farther down the same beach.
More clad a silver earring small silver ring and my first eisenhower dollar from the water.
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7-30-14
Great day!
Spent about 4 hours doing the wet slop down to the water. lots of coins and 2 keepers!
silver toe ring and a 14k mans wedding band
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7-28-14
Junk jewery and about 9 dollars in clad
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7-21-14
Silver ring and charm lots of change.
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7-18-14
Got off of work and headed back down to the dry sand. Lots of small targets, beaver tails and pulltabs,
little pieces of aluminum can. Managed 5 silver targets and some clad.
4 wheat pennies, a very crusty silver War nickel, 1950S rosie, 1942D and 1939 Mercury dimes.
Rectangular silver link from a bracelet 4.3 grams wendy charm and earring are both junk.
Also took a pic of all the crap I had to dig to get the goods.
Misc metal, beaver tails, pull tabs
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7-16-14
Hit the dry sand for about 4 hours today, was surprised to get some oldies. 1943S war nickel, 2 buffalo nickels no date and 1935, 1953 Washington qtr, 1943 Mercury dime. Plus a silver toe ring and a silver earring. lots of old targets
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7-9-14
Tried another beach. nice silver cross and 2 bucks in clad
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7-8-14
Hit a beach with a nice wash out, lots of iron. coins but no Bling!
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7-6-14
Hit 2 beaches today! big silver ring in the middle and about 8 fresh drop coins on the first.
2nd beach found a great wash out, 5 to 8 feet of beach washed out and it is all ankle deep water with rocks everywhere.
Got about 6 bucks in clad several wheat pennies and 2 silver rings. lots of iron in this spot,
I know there is yellow to come from here
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7-2-14
Attended my annual Northwestern University Treasure hunting class.
Had 11- 4th through 6th graders for a day of playing with some of my finds from the last 30 years of hunting.
The kids have such a blast and are so excited to see and get to touch coins and artifacts up to 2000 years old.
Here we all are hanging out after 2 hours of detecting on the beach.
Special Thanks to Tommy Decker for helping with the class.
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6-28-14
3 hour hunt water and dry sand.
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5-26-14
Poached a couple silver coins. LOL
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5-25-14
Quick hunt, silver ring at the beach today.
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3-8-14
Arrived in England
6 hunters plus me beating up the fields 10+ hours per day, rain or shine!
I managed a hammie first afternoon.
could be a short cross or long cross hammered silver penny
3-1-14
Knee is 100% and I and off to England. 3 weeks of field hunting.