He has metal detectors for dry land and for under water.

Class rings are something he’s found for years around area lakes. He’s had a lot of fun hunting down the owners and surprising them by returning them to him.

Civil War “stuff” is a fun find, he said. One of his favorite finds was in the Fort Gibson area. He found half of a Confederate soldier’s sand belt buckle. They come in two pieces.

“I found half of it, and five years later my brother found the other part in the same place but deeper in the ground.

“I was told it was worth $4,000.”

After farmers plow and disc fields, you find things you couldn’t find before, Wiseman said.

He and others who found a total of 500 half-dollar pieces of silver dated from 1776 to 1837 were elated.

A road grader near Stilwell kicked some of them out of a road ditch, he said. The grader operators collected about 200 coins. Wiseman and others went later and he ended up finding 86.

“My family members found at least one apiece,” he said.

He always researches what he finds.

“In 1837, the average wage was 15 cents a week, so one half-dollar was a month’s pay,” he said.

Playing includes weeks on annual motorcycle jaunt

Wiseman takes an annual motorcycle jaunt with 10 friends. Last year, they covered 3,500 miles. The jaunts most often last from 10 to 14 days.

When he and his wife of 45 years, Sandi, travel in their RV, they enjoy going to historical places. This year’s travels included a visit to the second-oldest church in the United States in New Mexico.