twistidd
Bronze Member
- Nov 11, 2007
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- Detector(s) used
- White's Matrix M6 w/ Sun-Ray DX-1, 950 coil and 6x10 DD, Minelab Excalibur II, Garrett Ace 250, Garmin Etrex GPS
Hey guys, well, I've returned from my vacation in California and was pretty excited to see/read all of what you guys have found this weekend! I still have a few more posts to go through, but I'm liking what I'm seeing. Congrats to all of you who have met your "silver goals", persistence pays off!
Today was my day to recuperate, and so I decided to go detecting for a while. Mikewaz was able to play hooky and so we went to a tried and true area we've been going to quite a bit lately. I wasn't having any luck whatsoever, no matter where I went. I first hit an open field to no avail. I think I found a wheat or two, but I was pulling up tons of those beaver tails that ring up just like nickels. I don't mean the entire pulltab, just the little tab that looks like a beaver's tail. Man, I hate those. Then we hit some woods, no success for me there either. So, we ended up back at a field.
So about four hours in, I was exhausted (did a lot of walking on my vacation), thirsty, and hungry. I motioned to Mike that I was going to get going. He said, "What?!? You're leaving without finding a silver??"
I responded, "Yeah man, silver isn't going to happen today. I'm going to kinda swing my way over to the car and go home."
Kinda on my way out, I got a 4-inch dime signal right up against some trash. Dug a plug and saw the shiny dime with the split bands on the back. On my way out! A beautiful 39-D merc, and so shiny and new looking, that it looks like someone has polished it (even though it probably hasn't been polished). I don't think the scan will do it justice. That gave a a bit of a rush, so I kept looking nearby for its lost cousins. Five minutes later, I get a bouncy dime signal. I dug my plug and out popped a crisp 24 merc! When I checked the hole, I was happy to see there was a wheatie in the hole with it. It was green and dirty, and without thinking much about it, I put it in my pocket.
When I got home, I began cleaning my four wheaties. 1919, cool. 36, 41, groovy. 1922...wait a tic. Isn't that a key date wheatie?? I grabbed my 1992 edition of the Red Book (give me a break guys...it was a quarter at a garage sale! lol) and saw that indeed it IS a key date wheatie! And though I'm not big on coin values and stuff like that, according to this outdated-by-seventeen-years-price guide, it is second only to the 1909-S VDB in rarity among regular issue cents, and is (was) worth $135.00 in G-4 condition! And G-4 is what it is more than likely. Even though it is in better condition that my other wheats I found today, it definitely needs to see a coin expert for evaluation. I am not posting the scan because the scan does not do it justice at all. I am most definitely having this one cleaned professionally before I post it so you all can see it in all its glory! I am psyched to say the least! If I didn't have to go to school tonight, I'd take it to a shop I know and trust to have them look at it and to help me decide what is best for it. I'll probably go in tomorrow.
That's my day in a nutshell! I had a great time, Mike found some keepers too so it was all good in the hood.
Have a great rest of the week, guys!
Joe
Today was my day to recuperate, and so I decided to go detecting for a while. Mikewaz was able to play hooky and so we went to a tried and true area we've been going to quite a bit lately. I wasn't having any luck whatsoever, no matter where I went. I first hit an open field to no avail. I think I found a wheat or two, but I was pulling up tons of those beaver tails that ring up just like nickels. I don't mean the entire pulltab, just the little tab that looks like a beaver's tail. Man, I hate those. Then we hit some woods, no success for me there either. So, we ended up back at a field.
So about four hours in, I was exhausted (did a lot of walking on my vacation), thirsty, and hungry. I motioned to Mike that I was going to get going. He said, "What?!? You're leaving without finding a silver??"
I responded, "Yeah man, silver isn't going to happen today. I'm going to kinda swing my way over to the car and go home."
Kinda on my way out, I got a 4-inch dime signal right up against some trash. Dug a plug and saw the shiny dime with the split bands on the back. On my way out! A beautiful 39-D merc, and so shiny and new looking, that it looks like someone has polished it (even though it probably hasn't been polished). I don't think the scan will do it justice. That gave a a bit of a rush, so I kept looking nearby for its lost cousins. Five minutes later, I get a bouncy dime signal. I dug my plug and out popped a crisp 24 merc! When I checked the hole, I was happy to see there was a wheatie in the hole with it. It was green and dirty, and without thinking much about it, I put it in my pocket.
When I got home, I began cleaning my four wheaties. 1919, cool. 36, 41, groovy. 1922...wait a tic. Isn't that a key date wheatie?? I grabbed my 1992 edition of the Red Book (give me a break guys...it was a quarter at a garage sale! lol) and saw that indeed it IS a key date wheatie! And though I'm not big on coin values and stuff like that, according to this outdated-by-seventeen-years-price guide, it is second only to the 1909-S VDB in rarity among regular issue cents, and is (was) worth $135.00 in G-4 condition! And G-4 is what it is more than likely. Even though it is in better condition that my other wheats I found today, it definitely needs to see a coin expert for evaluation. I am not posting the scan because the scan does not do it justice at all. I am most definitely having this one cleaned professionally before I post it so you all can see it in all its glory! I am psyched to say the least! If I didn't have to go to school tonight, I'd take it to a shop I know and trust to have them look at it and to help me decide what is best for it. I'll probably go in tomorrow.
That's my day in a nutshell! I had a great time, Mike found some keepers too so it was all good in the hood.
Have a great rest of the week, guys!
Joe
Can't wait to see that '22.
Post it on the 
