262jp
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Anyone on here want to hear a treasure hunting story that sounds like pure B.S. here it comes. Sunday was on of my better days of detecting since finding an 1852 $1 gold coin back in 1985. I have been hunting a site where the gov. back in 1855 paid annuities to one of the Indian tribes in my state. The site hadn't produced anything older than an 1886 I.H. Penny and no silver till Sunday. Boy did that ever change. The first coin I dug Sunday was a memorial penny then an I.H. Showed up. Finally dug a 1891 seated dime then about 4 ft. away out comes a 1903 Barber dime. I am thrilled to finally see some silver from this place after hunting it 4 times. Then nothing but shotgun hulls and other trash for about 30 min. Then I get another coin signal and dig a 6 in. deep plug. When I pinpoint the plug the target is in the plug so I try to cut the plug in half with my digger and when I do I see Gold. 50 miles apart & 28 years later I found my 2nd $1 gold coin dated 1854. The coin is in mint condition with absolutely no wear so I am convinced it is from the annuity payment. I am today still having trouble believing this happened to me. Don't know how to put pics on here but if someone knows how I can e-mail them. Man I love this hobby. Thanks for reading and thank you TreasureNet for a great site.
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