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Found My First Wheat Cent!

Jinx86Jinx86 Posts: 3,710 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I got tired of MDing in the park and drove a few miles out of town and found an older farmstead and worked up the courage to ask if I could dig in their farm yard. The owner had no problem saying yes, I actullay met the guy before in my home town back when I was in high school, he runs a dirt track racing outfit...another story. I started out between the garage and the barn, all I could thing is DAMN THATS ALOT OF IRON. Found numerious car parts, wagon parts, tractor parts, not many beer tabs though...what kind of farm was this? I worked my way out into the tree line in hopes of better finds. And there it was! a 1929....no not a coin a Ford 2 door sedan. I got a bit tired of all this so I walked back out into the yard and set my detector down so I could put my tools away...then Beep beep....well shlt I better dig that. 6 Inches down only but hey there it was my dark encrusted 1927 D Wheati. I shall display it with pride!

Oh and those interested in the car Im guessing the farmer would part with it but Im holding out its location till I make up my mind on either 29 ford 2 door rat rod or 55 chevy 2 door. One of the hardest decisions of my life...

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations on the wheatie... and that site, though trashy, may hold a lot of potential. Well worth working it and clearing the debris. Cheers, RickO
  • davbecdavbec Posts: 321 ✭✭
    congrats on your first wheat!
  • pcgs69pcgs69 Posts: 4,324 ✭✭✭✭
    A big congrats on your first wheat! This is just the beginning of many good finds.
  • gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Oh and those interested in the car Im guessing the farmer would part with it but Im holding out its location till I make up my mind on either 29 ford 2 door rat rod or 55 chevy 2 door. One of the hardest decisions of my life... >>



    I would go for the fordimage..unless the chev a rag top.
  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Farms are exhausting to search! It takes a lot of patience to wade through a barrage or beeps.
    "I'll split the atom! I am the fifth dimension! I am the eighth wonder of the world!" -Gef the talking mongoose.
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations on an important milestone. Now get that first silver coin! Where there are Wheaties, there's often silver...

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  • millenniummillennium Posts: 3,305
    I still remember my first wheatie....a 1939 found in a local park....was I tickled!.........
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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,334 ✭✭✭✭✭
    i remember my first wheat back, it was a 1953. i was thrilled with that as well. congrats on the find image
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