First Silver Dollar!

washingtonian

washingtonian

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Sep 26, 2005
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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.

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Thanks for looking and happy hunting all!
-W
 

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That's an amazing find, had to of felt real good seeing such a large coin then with the realization that it's a morgan. This is exactly why it's so hard for me to leave a site that is giving up no finds but has potential because you never know when that good one could end up under the coil, like an old silver dollar for you! Congrats
 

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washingtonian said:
Thanks CT, whoops! Forgot to mention it in my post. 1890-O. It's been a fun year!!
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That’s awesome. That thing made it from New Orleans to Seattle! If only it could talk.

Good luck brother!
 

I want to make a point here and the OPs post demonstrates this perfectly. He dug a Morgan with a 3” reading at 12-33. The other day I dug an 1860 fatty with a 7” reading at 12-33. Hmmmm....and this is the thing you have to consider if using Ferrous Coin on the CTX. Now if using one of the other Separation options,the OP would likely have gotten something like a 1-36,2-35 reading....the FE number showing it as probably having very little Ferrous content. In Ferrous Coin you have to dig in a RANGE,while something like High Trash Separation seems to give you more info about “the rest of the target”.
My daughter is on a “post high school graduation” trip with her boyfriend and they are headed for Puget Sound today,having spent the night near Sweet Home last night. If you see a couple of youngsters with Wisconsin plates who look lost,can you point them east please? :laughing7:
That’s a fantastic find Toni! Personally I would leave it exactly how it is. The chances of finding another are obviously slim,but it looks like you’ve got the right idea about digging about everything along that stretch. Great that you could share the find with company,it really does make detecting much better when you can share the experience of the initial find! Congratulations on a REALLY hard to find coin!
 

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I want to make a point here and the OPs post demonstrates this perfectly. He dug a Morgan with a 3” reading at 12-33. The other day I dug an 1860 fatty with a 7” reading at 12-33. Hmmmm....and this is the thing you have to consider if using Ferrous Coin on the CTX. Now if using one of the other Separation options,the OP would likely have gotten something like a 1-36,2-35 reading....the FE number showing it as probably having very little Ferrous content. In Ferrous Coin you have to dig in a RANGE,while something like High Trash Separation seems to give you more info about “the rest of the target”.
My daughter is on a “post high school graduation” trip with her boyfriend and they are headed for Puget Sound today,having spent the night near Sweet Home last night. If you see a couple of youngsters with Wisconsin plates who look lost,can you point them east please? :laughing7:
That’s a fantastic find Toni! Personally I would leave it exactly how it is. The chances of finding another are obviously slim,but it looks like you’ve got the right idea about digging about everything along that stretch. Great that you could share the find with company,it really does make detecting much better when you can share the experience of the initial find! Congratulations on a REALLY hard to find coin!
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Thanks so much IDX. Interesting reading your post. There was definitely some large iron under this coin because the pinpointer kept going off after I pulled it out and I dug and dug and nothing was there. I find that a lot of times those weird, combined tones are a mix of a good and bad targets so especially at an old site I dig them.

Last week I got a war nickel at 4" with a 12-28 reading. It was in the hole with a fence staple.

Earlier this year I was using the DFX, got a mostly high, somewhat mid-tone. Turns out it was 2 SLQs, 2 barber quarters, and a buffalo nickel in the same hole.

You just never know!
 

Congrats on your first Morgan Dollar. I have had the pleasure of seeing one of those come out of the dirt 3 different times. Trust me, it never gets old. Its always a thrill to see that big silver!
 

Congratualtions on the big silver! :occasion14:
 

Congrats on an awesome find! Silver dollars are rare finds. I've found seated coins, Spanish silver, large cents, blah blah,, but never a silver dollar of any year. Nice find.
 

washingtonian said:
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.

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Thanks for looking and happy hunting all!
-W
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That find turned your day into a whole different feeling.

Still hunting my 1st large & esp, Silver Dollar, that 'O' mint made it all the way to 'Sir-mix a-lot's' City........Cool!!
 

Welcome to the Morgan club! Appreciate the details around the find - congrats!! :occasion14:
 

Very nice find my friend, awesome
 

Huge Silver! What a great coin! Congrats man!:headbang:
 

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