washingtonian
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Today is the lowest tide of the year in Seattle so it was only right to get out and do some metal detecting. I met up with my friend Mike and we continued hunting the beach he's been working for the last couple months.
It's really rocky so it takes it out of you quickly. I hadn't found a single coin and had just found some fishing weights and other oddities. After navigating the rocks in the sun and not finding much I was pretty beat. I took a break to eat an apple an decided I'd try for another 30 minutes.
Well, I stand up from my break and within 10 seconds get a 12-33 reading that was fairly repeatable at 3 inches. It doesn't sound like anything special but I'm digging all the repeatable signals on this beach because there aren't many.
After digging in the sand and rocks a little I see the edge of a big black disc in my pile. I know it's too big to be a half dollar so I start yelling "What is that??". Mike came over and I was like dude, tell me what this is. I am hoping to God it's not an Eisenhower and he breaks the news, it's a silver dollar...and a Morgan! 1890-O.
It doesn't look like much after a life in the saltwater but I'm jacked. That's my first silver dollar and now my oldest U.S. coin. Pretty awesome to have Mike there to share the experience too.
We hunted a bit longer but decided to save some of our energy for later this weekend.
Thanks for looking and happy hunting all!
-W
It's really rocky so it takes it out of you quickly. I hadn't found a single coin and had just found some fishing weights and other oddities. After navigating the rocks in the sun and not finding much I was pretty beat. I took a break to eat an apple an decided I'd try for another 30 minutes.
Well, I stand up from my break and within 10 seconds get a 12-33 reading that was fairly repeatable at 3 inches. It doesn't sound like anything special but I'm digging all the repeatable signals on this beach because there aren't many.
After digging in the sand and rocks a little I see the edge of a big black disc in my pile. I know it's too big to be a half dollar so I start yelling "What is that??". Mike came over and I was like dude, tell me what this is. I am hoping to God it's not an Eisenhower and he breaks the news, it's a silver dollar...and a Morgan! 1890-O.
It doesn't look like much after a life in the saltwater but I'm jacked. That's my first silver dollar and now my oldest U.S. coin. Pretty awesome to have Mike there to share the experience too.
We hunted a bit longer but decided to save some of our energy for later this weekend.
Thanks for looking and happy hunting all!
-W
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