silver

I was taking the hoe to my little garden and found what appears to be Galena I think. It's a bit shinier and lighter weight than specimens I have handled before. Could that be to more silver content? The largest piece weighs 6.6oz the next smallest 1.6oz and the smallest .5oz. The shotgun shell...

Its a 1894 Canadian 10 cent piece. This also happens to be my oldest Canadian coin to date as well. SUPER HAPPY! :icon_thumright:

1901 Barber Quarter Found Detecting an Old 1800's Homestead in PA Yesterday me and my buddy got permission to detect this homestead that's late 1800's. So we started this site yesterday for about 3-4 hours and ended up being a good day! I found a 1901 Barber Quarter and my friend found a 1903...

Northeastern PA Treasure Hunting on 1800's Farmstead/Homestead Yeah we worked this land for about 3-4 hours yesterday. Just got the permission to hunt it. It's totally untouched or never metal detected before. We're gonna be hitting it again today and see what else we can find. It was a...

Hi all. A newbie here. Great site, lots of great info. I pulled my old SRII out of mothballs and have been getting into swinging it around old abandoned parks and older home sites. (I originally bought it for freshwater beaches.) It seems to do alright but I can't help thinking that some of...

Today I fount this Vintage hand-made sterling silver hand-stamped Native American concho belt. It has a attractive hammered silver design with 15 distinctly different conchos. There is a copper attachment loop and a leather backing under the conchos. I'm not sure what to make of it. I did...

Loads of clad, second and third silver coins, first couple of bottles, and "i'm in". Went out yesterday and finally got around to cleaning my finds. Had a hayday in the clad deptartment. Found over 10$ in clad and a 1953 washington, a 1962 rosie, and three wheat pennies. Also found a 1949...

I got lucky in a farm field the other day. No, not THAT kind of luck!... I found my very first Seated Liberty coin and boy does she look pretty! An 1839 Quarter! It was only four inches down too, an easy catch for just about any detector (I was using a borrowed Etrac). Thanks for looking ~...

S'more Goodies Who doesn't like to find gold, silver, and cool relics all in the same day? I have a unique fast paced style and don't spend too much time on any one place. Today 3 places yielded a gold graduation tassel from '72, my first silver half dollar, and this heart bridle rosette. I...

I decided to go out last night after work. I hit a park that has been yielding me a lot of silver for no apparent reason. About three minutes in (no exaggeration), I dig my first hole. I was slightly hesitant, as the signal was not as solid as I normally like. Anyway, I cut the plug and about...

If I want to get rare and/or old coins from a bank what kinds of coins should I ask them for if I have 15 dollars? Should I ask for 15 dollars in quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies? Or just one type of coin? What kind of coin or combination of coins should I ask for with me having a fairly...

I found this little gem about 7" down in a field where I only find WWI-WWII items it's got a sterlin stamp on the back flint lock design over an 8shaped platform with what looks like black enamel

Yesterday was my first day using a detector and I can say I'm addicted.

Can anyone tell me what this thing is? Looks like some sort of key.

Hey Guys, So went out hunting for the first time this year on Sunday 2/28. Finally the ground out here in New Hampshire is finally starting to thaw! I figure I would go out for a quick hunt and see how the conditions turned out. There are two old schools nearby. One, an elementary school...

I'm on the silver now! 3rd Silver for 2016 + 4 Wheats and a lot of clad I am currently borrowing/test driving VMIairpwr's Safari and its already growing on me. Obviously it is a big upgrade from my 40 dollar Bounty Hunter lol. So i went to a park where I have found CW bullets and an old...

Hello everyone, Its been a while since I've posted but as this hobby never ceases to amaze me I thought this was pretty cool. Flash back to March 2013 where I posted half a silver bracelet {First 2 Pics} recovered during a dig at a seasonal spot that only opens up during winter months and only a...

Hey everyone, I've been doing lots of nickel hunting and I thought I would show you a few things and get a second opinion on a coin I found today. So since my last post, I've found two more war nickels- one (1943-p) very high mintage and the other (1944-d) much lower mintage. I also found my...

Just goes to show, a park is never hunted out. Starting my second year of detecting and today I was itching to get out. Up north, we have been shut down because of the temperature. Had a little warmup over the last few days and every day, I head out and do the shovel test to see if the...

I found myself today, out on the field. It was a mild sunny day in December, in good old Massachusetts. There I stood with my E-trac in one hand, and a nice steamy Cumberland Farms coffee in the other. As I stood there and took in the scenery I knew it was going to be a good day. Aside from...

I got this medal some time ago and just recently re-found it anong my stuff.I would like to know the language or what the medal was for...The top&middle bar has griffins and appears to be celtic knots.The medal although NOT marked appears to be silver but could NOT be but it look's well made and...

This is more of a "WIN" than a "find", but I know many of you are hunting silver... and it is easier to scrap it than dig it up. I bid on a box of old fuses/circuit breakers online. Nobody bid against me (the modern ones don't have much silver) and I managed to win it at AU$40. On inspection...

I received this bowl from my mother after she passed. I don't know how old it is or where it came from, but in researching Bohemia crystal I have not been able to find anything even close to looking like this. The bowl has etched tulips sideways on the bowl, and the leaves are silver. The rim...

Days are unfortunately getting shorter. Showed up at a new spot today at 4 pm. This place looks like something out of a movie. Old trees etc. Anyways, second diggable signal of the day rang in at a steady 80 on the At Pro. I'm thinking its a copper penny all day, yet I notice it's at 6-8"...

Well, well, well... Today was a good day! :icon_thumright: Here is my most worn Newfoundland five cent; no date visible, but King Ed. :laughing7: 1959 Canadian dime. :thumbsup: Girl scouts button? 1941 Newfoundland "Smallie" one cent (Found this in a place people hung out in the...

Can anyone tell me what these marks mean? I think it's white gold or silver at least. Thank you for any help

I'm a native South Carolinian recently relocated to Irapuato, Mexico for the next several months. Guanajuato city is about an 1.5 hours north of me so I figure there should be some good opportunities to go looking around and see what I find in several local areas. I'm new to this whole thing and...

Heard this on Episode 2 of Discovery Channels "Rebel Gold" this week: Find Silver at 10 FT ???????????????? Come On! Anyone recognize what equipment this is?

I know my heading is kind of strange but so is this piece of Quartz that I found, It is heavily mineralized and when looking at it through a jewlers Glass there is a bunch of small Black/Silver balls stuck to the rock, these are not clumped together and are stuck to the rock, I tried to take a...

This was the first Newfoundland coin I ever found(Lucky me:thumbsup:) The best coin so far in my ever growing collection. It's the smallest Newfoundland coin you can find.

Got out for some morning metal detecting today. Detected about an hour and a half at a local small park where a friend had found a Ben Franklin silver half dollar previously. I kept telling myself if he found that hunk of silver here there must be more! After digging up a 1965 dime I was really...

Have you ever seen or even heard of a 20 cent piece!? So far, this is my favorite and the oldest silver coin I have found. Found it at an old house property in my little town.:headbang:

Wow. What a find this was. It is the most beautiful relic I have dug up yet.:love4: Too bad I'm not exactly sure what it is.

Hey guys, this is my very first (of what I hope to be many) posts here.... I've been interested in metal detecting for a couple years now, and I'm finally ready to jump in and give it a shot. I live in western Kansas with many abandoned farmsteads and even more stories about great-great...

I have a brand new Garrett ATX Extreme Pulse Induction Metal Detector. I got into metal detecting awhile back and decided to buy it.... then like other hobbies of mine I never went out. it literally was delivered to me and then sat on the top shelf in my closet until today. lol Anyway I am...

I was out detecting with a friend today and he had walked over to another section of the area we were in while I had started digging what I thought was a clad quarter. After fighting through some roots and rocks I was finally able to pull the target free. Used the pinpointer and found it...

Found this with my metal detector on my ranch. Is this Silver or just a Rock? My metal detector beeped on the Silver range and when I got back to the house I noticed a Silver color and it's heavy too for it's size. I took a grinder and shaved the edge so to try to break open the rock but no...

Been a while since I have metal detected, but usually on my vacations is when I do the most. Took the Tesoro Tiger Shark:metaldetector: out to Pope Beach in Lake Tahoe, CA. Pretty clean beach and I found my first 35% silver war nickel, a 1945-S, and a .925 silver ring. Other notable finds were...

I was out garage sailing and stopped in at a antique consignment store and purchased a large silver spoon for $7.00. The price tag on it read - "English Spoon". The back of spoon has a lion passant hallmark, however it's facing right. I did some research and found that the English silver lion...

I went to the bank today and asked if they had any halves. The teller told me that she had two. When she pulled them out I noticed that one was really shiny and I told her I would take both of them. It was a 2009 s proof. After looking at it when I got home it looks like it might have a die...