xcopperstax
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- Sep 3, 2018
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This true treasure tale begins two weeks ago in a colonial era farm field with my friend Ryan. Some good colonial era coins had come out of the field, but we had never hunted it. I got a high tone indicating potential silver and quickly dug a hole to reveal a large round gray coin. Holy moly you've got to see this Ryan! I didn't touch and walked over to him with a giant grin. He wanted to film it so we talked about what it could be while he set up his camera. We were jumping with excitement. I ran my detector over it to check it again. It was high but not quite the number I'd expect. Ready? Camera rolling action... I picked it up and I instantly knew something was wrong. It was too light to be silver. It turned out to be a 1940 Union Pacific Aluminum train token. It was better than being a piece of trash but I was crushed for the day.
Two weeks later 7:00 am at my colonial spot that I have bludgeoned in an effort to find everything... let the hunt commence! You have to get up early to find the good stuff so here I was just myself and the deer. I probably saw 10 that morning as I worked my through the brambles and rotting trees searching for the goods. Glenn AKA "The Silver Bandit" was late but he still managed to find a buffalo. I had been hunting for an hr and hadn't found a thing. We worked our way over to an area of the woods that we rarely hit and he found an unidentified copper in an old cartpath. Hey congrats I knew there was still stuff here! Then a few minutes later he found another buffalo. Hmm where was my stuff!? I had started to lose hope as my detecting window was starting to close. I had been skunked a good deal lately. We headed back toward the hammered area and on the way I asked Glenn to give me the treasure power so I might find something too....he gave me a fist bump to help my spirits. With a little hope I swung away until I got a penny signal 81 that was a little mixed. It was right next to a downed tree so I hadn't gotten my coil over in past trips. In my patented "dig-it-all-and-let-the-treasure-gods-sort-it-out" mode this was worth a look. The first thing I saw was a big round silver like disk... could it be?!!! Was it my turn to bask in the glory? I hailed my treasure buddy over and he got his camera going. I gave it a final swing, again it wasn't quite as high as I thought and a little broken. Whatwazit!? Little worried but mostly excited and anticipating. I plucked it out of the hole and right off the bat I knew the weight was correct... beneath the caked dirt was a 1921 Morgan Dollar! My first ever! I was ecstatic. My detecting year was now made for quite awhile! Skunking be damned. Just be sure I wasn't missing another coin I ran the coil over it and got more signals. Out came a buffalo and a wheatie to boot. Now although the wheatie was just a wheatie it wasn't just a wheatie. It was a 47 which makes me think these coins could have been dropped around that time. It was a day to remember and It was so awesome to be able to share the find with my buddy! As a beginner I wouldn't even say I have a list of things I need to find. It's all fair game, but this one was one I really wanted. Thanks to the person who lost this treasure for the future finder! Thanks for reading!
Two weeks later 7:00 am at my colonial spot that I have bludgeoned in an effort to find everything... let the hunt commence! You have to get up early to find the good stuff so here I was just myself and the deer. I probably saw 10 that morning as I worked my through the brambles and rotting trees searching for the goods. Glenn AKA "The Silver Bandit" was late but he still managed to find a buffalo. I had been hunting for an hr and hadn't found a thing. We worked our way over to an area of the woods that we rarely hit and he found an unidentified copper in an old cartpath. Hey congrats I knew there was still stuff here! Then a few minutes later he found another buffalo. Hmm where was my stuff!? I had started to lose hope as my detecting window was starting to close. I had been skunked a good deal lately. We headed back toward the hammered area and on the way I asked Glenn to give me the treasure power so I might find something too....he gave me a fist bump to help my spirits. With a little hope I swung away until I got a penny signal 81 that was a little mixed. It was right next to a downed tree so I hadn't gotten my coil over in past trips. In my patented "dig-it-all-and-let-the-treasure-gods-sort-it-out" mode this was worth a look. The first thing I saw was a big round silver like disk... could it be?!!! Was it my turn to bask in the glory? I hailed my treasure buddy over and he got his camera going. I gave it a final swing, again it wasn't quite as high as I thought and a little broken. Whatwazit!? Little worried but mostly excited and anticipating. I plucked it out of the hole and right off the bat I knew the weight was correct... beneath the caked dirt was a 1921 Morgan Dollar! My first ever! I was ecstatic. My detecting year was now made for quite awhile! Skunking be damned. Just be sure I wasn't missing another coin I ran the coil over it and got more signals. Out came a buffalo and a wheatie to boot. Now although the wheatie was just a wheatie it wasn't just a wheatie. It was a 47 which makes me think these coins could have been dropped around that time. It was a day to remember and It was so awesome to be able to share the find with my buddy! As a beginner I wouldn't even say I have a list of things I need to find. It's all fair game, but this one was one I really wanted. Thanks to the person who lost this treasure for the future finder! Thanks for reading!
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