Hunted some sidewalk tear outs
WhiteTornado
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Construction crews have been doing sidewalk improvements in our town and finally are getting to my neighborhood. I was able to do a quick, 30-minute hunt one block over on some sections. No great finds, just one clad quarter (dated 1984) on a corner tear out. Other sections mostly had iffy signals that would likely be trash. I dug one that was a bit stronger than the others but it was just a screwcap. I had to hunt fast to beat the fading daylight, plus I still had some home obligations to tend to afterward.
Our part of town is not that old, houses go back to the early 1970s, so I wouldn't expect to find any old coins. It was good for the experience as I had always wanted to try hunting sidewalk tear outs. I should get another chance when they do them at the end of my cul de sac. Timing is everything as they seem to fill in the tear outs the next day. A few weeks ago I missed a couple of decent-looking ones that were on either end of the local pool parking lot. They were filled in before I could make it there.
Happy hunting everyone.
Our part of town is not that old, houses go back to the early 1970s, so I wouldn't expect to find any old coins. It was good for the experience as I had always wanted to try hunting sidewalk tear outs. I should get another chance when they do them at the end of my cul de sac. Timing is everything as they seem to fill in the tear outs the next day. A few weeks ago I missed a couple of decent-looking ones that were on either end of the local pool parking lot. They were filled in before I could make it there.
Happy hunting everyone.
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