basssmann
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Hi, as we all know... you can't find good stuff everyday....
For the last 2 weeks, I struggled to find 1 silver, a Barber dime and 3 indianheads 1899, 1901, 1903.... this is after 5 morning trips of about 3 hours each..
Yesterday, I went for a walk and about a 1/2 mile from my house, I saw a guy moving out of this old place.... I remembered I had detected there once 27 year's ago, when a guy who had permission, took me there.... I was a second season rookie and only found a "V" nickel and I think he found 1 silver.... Well, the place had been sold many times since and I could never get back in... Now, I had the chance to ask again... The guy said yes, have fun... I had dug a couple wheats deep (6-8") but, it was the easiest soil to dig in... I got a high tone 63-93-60-93-94 reading... I figured it was junk, but, at 8" and in easy digging soil... I had to see..... I popped the plug and saw 3 green coins and a silver half in the bottom.... turns out , they were 3 wheats and a 41 nickel...
As I pulled the half out, I was another one under it, pulling it out, there were 2 more.... one had a penny stuck to it....
I checked the hole with my pin pointer and there were 2 more halves in the hole, for a total of 5 Walking Liberty Halves...
1938, 1941, 1942, 1944, and a 1944S
What a way to break my silver drought..... But, I wasn't done ..... As I continued to detect the yard....
I pulled a Merc. Dime 1926D and a 1911D Barber Dime.... Yaahoo 7 silver day...
But, I had 1 more surprise.... I had a screaming tone at 3 inches !!! Oh, well ... easy dig anyway.... out pop's this huge , coin like object... with an Indianhead on it !!?? What the heck is this
?
After getting it home and cleaning it up.... It's a "Lucky Penny" ..... It's huge.. I put a half next to it to show size... pictures are after clean up some and what it looks like new.... I found it "after" I found the 5 halves, but, still Lucky Day for sure....
This is the coins cleaned up, with just water, all the halves are in great shape... you can still see the green from the wheat's on them, but, I don't want to clean them any more.... Time Machine --- this one's for you ...
I don't know how the picture got out of order... but, this took forever... LOL... I'm not a writer...
For the last 2 weeks, I struggled to find 1 silver, a Barber dime and 3 indianheads 1899, 1901, 1903.... this is after 5 morning trips of about 3 hours each..
Yesterday, I went for a walk and about a 1/2 mile from my house, I saw a guy moving out of this old place.... I remembered I had detected there once 27 year's ago, when a guy who had permission, took me there.... I was a second season rookie and only found a "V" nickel and I think he found 1 silver.... Well, the place had been sold many times since and I could never get back in... Now, I had the chance to ask again... The guy said yes, have fun... I had dug a couple wheats deep (6-8") but, it was the easiest soil to dig in... I got a high tone 63-93-60-93-94 reading... I figured it was junk, but, at 8" and in easy digging soil... I had to see..... I popped the plug and saw 3 green coins and a silver half in the bottom.... turns out , they were 3 wheats and a 41 nickel...
As I pulled the half out, I was another one under it, pulling it out, there were 2 more.... one had a penny stuck to it....
I checked the hole with my pin pointer and there were 2 more halves in the hole, for a total of 5 Walking Liberty Halves...
1938, 1941, 1942, 1944, and a 1944S
What a way to break my silver drought..... But, I wasn't done ..... As I continued to detect the yard....
I pulled a Merc. Dime 1926D and a 1911D Barber Dime.... Yaahoo 7 silver day...
But, I had 1 more surprise.... I had a screaming tone at 3 inches !!! Oh, well ... easy dig anyway.... out pop's this huge , coin like object... with an Indianhead on it !!?? What the heck is this
?
After getting it home and cleaning it up.... It's a "Lucky Penny" ..... It's huge.. I put a half next to it to show size... pictures are after clean up some and what it looks like new.... I found it "after" I found the 5 halves, but, still Lucky Day for sure....
This is the coins cleaned up, with just water, all the halves are in great shape... you can still see the green from the wheat's on them, but, I don't want to clean them any more.... Time Machine --- this one's for you ...
I don't know how the picture got out of order... but, this took forever... LOL... I'm not a writer...
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AMAZING SAVE
And great play-by-play, photos, etc... Thanx for sharing and congratz on banner.
