{"id":3089,"date":"2021-12-31T23:26:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T04:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/?p=3089"},"modified":"2022-01-02T23:45:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T04:45:11","slug":"year-end-summary-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/archives\/3089","title":{"rendered":"Year End Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>22 silvers this year.  A bit of a disappointment, as I put in the hours for about 30-35.  Usually the excuse that I don&#8217;t get out enough is genuine, but stats are just down this year.  While I did hunt alot of fields, it was the traditional more modern silver sites that were not giving up the goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I did find a couple of nice coins that made my <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/archives\/category\/best-finds\" target=\"_blank\">best finds<\/a> list, both in fields, a decent bust half dollar and seated half dime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/040621z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"699\" height=\"313\" src=\"http:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/040621z.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/040621z.jpg 699w, https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/040621z-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/040621z-500x224.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/052821z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"344\" height=\"172\" src=\"http:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/052821z.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/052821z.jpg 344w, https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/052821z-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I got a Nox which I didn&#8217;t really like, so I kept with the E-Trac; its a real workhorse, but it is heavy, the buttons are starting to stick, and it is over 10 years old.  Found about 1400 silvers with it, tho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I need an upgrade, and rather than fight with the Nox, decided to treat myself to the new Deus II.  Not sure when I will get it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think making goals for the year is a bit silly, especially for this sort of hobby, so how about &#8220;get out as much as possible&#8221; and &#8220;learn the Deus II&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll see.  Happy hunting out there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>22 silvers this year. A bit of a disappointment, as I put in the hours for about 30-35. Usually the excuse that I don&#8217;t get out enough is genuine, but stats are just down this year. While I did hunt &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/archives\/3089\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3089"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3089"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3094,"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3089\/revisions\/3094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}