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Alright, I give up... 2010 is now complete! 2010 Finds Summary inside

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Tried stretching another outing or two, but today's outing lasted 10 minutes. It was 29 degrees and there was about an inch of snow on the ground. It really was the continuing snowfall that killed it. So it's a good time to close the book on 2010!

Year-End totals

# of outings: 80
Date Span: Feb 28 - Nov 28
Detector: Minelab Etrac and limited usage of White's Surfmaster Plus 2

Half Cents--1 (railroad track coin, so doesn't really count)
Cents--------921
2-Cent------1
3-Cent------0
Nickels------186
Dimes-------387
Quarters---228
Halves------5
Dollars------1
1/2 Reales-1
King George Coppers--2

Total: 1,732 coins
Face: $117.75 (might not add up 100% as I may have counted some miscellaneous coins as 1 cent)

Breakout of notable coins:
Coppers/Cents:
1 Half cent (railroad track coin, so doesn't really count)
2 King George Coppers (1740 Farthing and 1700s halfpence)
4 Large Cents
10 Indians
169 Wheats

2-Cent Pieces:
1 - 1864

3-Cent Pieces:
0

Nickels:
2 Shield
5 V Nickel
11 Buffalo
5 WTN (included in silver count)

Dimes:
1 Capped Bust
2 Seated
1 Barber
20 Mercs
19 Silver Roosevelts

Quarters:
1 Barbers
2 SLQ
6 Silver Washingtons

Halves:
2 Walking Libs
1 Franklin
1 40% silver Kennedy
1 Regular clad Kennegy

Dollars:
SBA

Misc. Coins:
1943 Australia Shilling (Silver)
1963 Canada Dime (Silver)
1932 Canada Cent
178? Spanish 1/2 Real

Jewelry:
16 pieces of Sterling Silver
1 Piece of Gold Jewelry (1930s ring)

Total Silver Coins:
64

Overall, I consider it a successful year. Another piece or two of gold would have been nice, but got some unexpected (but wanted) things like Capped bust and spanish silver.

HH all! No detecting until March, so all of you in warmer climates better post some finds.

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