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I had to take our calico cat to the vet to drop her off for some tests this morning. They think she has Lymphosarcoma....personally I don't think so, because she doesn't really have the clinical signs and symptoms, but what do I know? There is something going on though....so a battery of tests is in order.
On my way back from the vet, I stopped to get the mail at the post office, but they were still sorting it....so.....my detector's in the car....and there's a house catty corner from the Post Office where I have carte blanche to hunt, so I figured I'd poke around there a bit....about 15 minutes or so...just long enough to find my 84th silver coin since Oct 1st. (I have this silly 100 silver before 12-31 thing going on...mostly in my mind)
I was right about my old 6000....it's missing deeper coins. This is my first Franklin half...my deepest half, my newest silver half....and the butt ugliest half I've ever dug. It was about 6 inches down, almost on edge, under a pine tree and the high acid content of the soil has all but destroyed the surfaces of the coin. I didn't help it with the gouge I put in it...so I guess I'm almost glad it wasn't a real dandy. I'd be too bummed to show you guys (and gals).
Still....what's left of it is silver....
OK....I figured "nuthin' from nuthin' leaves nuthin"......and did the kind of thing that makes the guys at PCGS have nightmares....I took ammonia and 0000 steel wool and scrubbed that ugly half, and rubbed it between my fingers for 10 minutes or so....and it's actually almost presentable..but still has damaged surfaces. At least it won't offend my other silver coins now...even if it does offend the professional coin guru types. It's better than it was and I'm happier now.
Wyatt
On my way back from the vet, I stopped to get the mail at the post office, but they were still sorting it....so.....my detector's in the car....and there's a house catty corner from the Post Office where I have carte blanche to hunt, so I figured I'd poke around there a bit....about 15 minutes or so...just long enough to find my 84th silver coin since Oct 1st. (I have this silly 100 silver before 12-31 thing going on...mostly in my mind)
I was right about my old 6000....it's missing deeper coins. This is my first Franklin half...my deepest half, my newest silver half....and the butt ugliest half I've ever dug. It was about 6 inches down, almost on edge, under a pine tree and the high acid content of the soil has all but destroyed the surfaces of the coin. I didn't help it with the gouge I put in it...so I guess I'm almost glad it wasn't a real dandy. I'd be too bummed to show you guys (and gals).
Still....what's left of it is silver....
OK....I figured "nuthin' from nuthin' leaves nuthin"......and did the kind of thing that makes the guys at PCGS have nightmares....I took ammonia and 0000 steel wool and scrubbed that ugly half, and rubbed it between my fingers for 10 minutes or so....and it's actually almost presentable..but still has damaged surfaces. At least it won't offend my other silver coins now...even if it does offend the professional coin guru types. It's better than it was and I'm happier now.
Wyatt
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I'm fairly aggresive with cleaning my coins. Only time I did worse on a coin was a few wheats. No loss there.
