🥇 BANNER Bucket list silver X2....then X2 again!!!! OMG.

BigWaveDave

BigWaveDave

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🥇 Banner finds
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🏆 Honorable Mentions:
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Detector(s) used
Garrett AT Pro, AT Max, Minelab
Equinox 800
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Updated cleaned up pics!!!

I'm stunned.
The street tear outs are still producing, a few wheats here, clad dimes there...the occasional silver keeps me going...then today happened.
The AT Pro sounded off a choppy 90-91-92 ..... Wierd. It wasn't clear or consistent, but I was intrigued. The target seemed big, so the dig began.....not expecting to see a clod of dirt, perfectly flat on one side, and round....and, big? I'd seen this before, when a coin is broken from its grave, there is that pretty flat dirt to the side of the coin...but not like this.
I reached into the hole, and I felt a big, round...???
OMG...did I just find big silver? I didn't try to ID it, as I was thinking this might be my best find ever...
I stood up, scanned the hole, and the signal was still there!
Slowly I fished out, another one?!?
Another, and another!!! I was like, this can't be happening. 5 minutes later my wife calls and says dinners ready....really?
In lieu of in situ pics, I did the best I could, still not sure what I found... image.jpeg
So the clean up was pretty intense, I dropped Holy bombs in shear joy and excitement as I saw what the beauties were....
1923 and 1925 Peace Dollars!!!
1921 and, the Belle of the ball...1889-0 Morgan's!!!
:headbang::headbang::headbang:
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I had never found a dollar coin...today I found 4! Crazy! Oh, and also my oldest silver!(with a date).....
Now, I gotta read up how to best clean them, if I even decide to.

Thanks for looking!:hello:
 

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They sure look nice .Very hard to dig now days and not seen often Le t alone 4. Congratulations Big Wave Dave! :thumbsup:
 

Amazing finds, congrats! Sidewalk tear outs up here stunk, only found one wheat and a marble.
 

qaela4 said:
Amazing finds, congrats! Sidewalk tear outs up here stunk, only found one wheat and a marble.
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Look for utility improvements, like pipes and cables along streets and easements....the grassy strip between the street and sidewalk are where the goodies are.
 

BigWaveDave said:
Look for utility improvements, like pipes and cables along streets and easements....the grassy strip between the street and sidewalk are where the goodies are.
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How right you are, my 1st LC came from a utility dig and my only Franklin came from a street/sidewalk tear out.
 

Amazing finds! I couldn't imagine pulling one much less four! Big congrats!
 

My first big silver came up as a 1908 barber half along a sidewalk edge. One of my best hunts was a sidewalk strip hunt, 11 silvers, 31 wheats, 3 Indians and 2 bufs. I started the hunt early in the morn and my first dig was one of the bufs. As I was kneeling down looking at the coin 2 wheels rolled up. I looked up to see a woman police officer in her patrol car. What ya doing? We got a report that someone was digging up there yard. Just detecting for some coins, I think it's city right of way. She looked up and down the road and said, your right have a good day! When she pulled away, I stood up and did a 360 with a big smile on my face! I knew whoever had called was watching!
Congrats Dave! What a fantastic find! I know you will not forget every detail either!
 

That's awesome! Congrats!
 

Wowza! You must of had a silver horseshoe in your pocket. And it is asked why we do this. Awesome find BWD!! Bet there was no question what your "favorite detector" was at that moment. :metaldetector:
 

4 big silvers?!?! AWESOME!!!!! I would have flipped out! Excellent digs with a big CONGRATS
 

That is nothing short of AMAZING! Big Congrats on your Bucket List times four! That is a Banner find all day, my vote is going in buddy. Hope there is more goodies there for you.
 

Awesome big finds!!! Now go back and get the little stuff!!:laughing7:
 

Metal Illness said:
That is nothing short of AMAZING! Big Congrats on your Bucket List times four! That is a Banner find all day, my vote is going in buddy. Hope there is more goodies there for you.
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Wouldn't that be something! I'm still on cloud 10!
 

Holy...... large silver find! :occasion14::occasion14:
 

Congrats on your special day.
 

That is awesome X4!!!!
Congrats! :sly:
Sidewalk tear outs are great, gets you closer to the old coins. Your tax dollars....actually benifitting you! :D
What was standing there before, a bank? :eek:
 

Msbeepbeep said:
That is awesome X4!!!!
Congrats! :sly:
Sidewalk tear outs are great, gets you closer to the old coins. Your tax dollars....actually benifitting you! :D
What was standing there before, a bank? :eek:
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Ha! Craziest thing, it's an old street with all 1920's homes, and I've hunted it dozens of times the past 6 months, as they are replacing the utilities and drainage... But the Dollar coins themselves were actually in front of a new house, built in the past couple years... I remember avoiding that area several times, due to either construction equipment, or large piles of dirt in the way.... Also, figured why waste my time in front of a new house...duh, an old house had been there before...
Literally 1 foot away from their mailbox.... 6 inches deep, sitting there since the late 20's or 30's? I'm still shocked.
 

Simplay amazing!! I've yet to find my first silver dollar in 25 years and you got 4 in one hunt- awesome! Big time congrats!!

-- Jeff --
 

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