It took me 16 years to find this BIG SILVER today !

pl8man

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I had the day off so I meet up with Ryan ( eagleforce ) at an old location that will give up a silver still . Today it opened up BIG TIME ! I'll start with the first good find , about an hour into a 2 1/2 hour hunt I got a sweet +81 at one inch . I pulled back the grass and saw ring #7 and it was silver :icon_thumright: . Then a good 30 minutes later I was getting lots of +74 and +77 at all depths , all were pennies and dimes . One target was jumpy at 6 inches going between +74 , +77 and even hit +80 twice . I dug down and saw the sweetest thing ever , a BIG SILVER COIN EDGE !!!! I call Ryan over to see it . I was thinking silver half dollar but no it was the coin I had been looking for :hello2:. I couldn't believe it , I was shaking :blob8: . It was my first ever Morgan silver dollar ! It's a 1883 with no mint mark . I still can't believe it :headbang: . I remember two years ago watching Ryan find his first Morgan :thumbsup:. It was hard to hunt after that I was almost unable to focus on the hunt do to being so happy . After all that I did manage one more good old coin , a 1904 V nickel . It's been awhile since I found one .
When I got home and started cleaning my finds I had one more item in my pouch that I couldn't identify till I cleaned it . It turned out to have writing on it that says , GGIE WORLDS FAIR 1940 S.F. CAL. . It's my first Golden Gate International Exposition find . Maybe a lid to something ? :icon_scratch:
All I can say is it was one great hunt ! :icon_thumright:
HH
Glen
 

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killer find! a hearty congrats to you.
 

Great finds my firend! Well done!
 

Wow, congratulations...good job on not hitting it with the shovel! Lots of detail left on that coin, beautiful. It was 30 years before I got a Peace Dollar, I can relate to the shaking you mentioned, I couldn't go on hunting after that. I just sat there on one knee and stared at it. Never told anyone this before but I sat there and reburied it and dug it up again a couple times just so I could relive the experience...still waiting on my first Morgan, that will be even better! Nice pics and thanks for posting the story, enjoyed it...HH in '14.
 

Unbelievable Pl8man!!! What a rush...I saw your hands shaking out there too. Welcome to the Morgan Club!! Now that's starting the year with a BANG! Cant wait till the next hunt! BIG CONGRATS!!
 

Great start to the year Pl8man , congrats on your awesome finds ..cheers Mick
 

Wow, what a stellar hunt. I think I'd need someone manning the defibrillator paddles if I ever found a silver dollar.
 

WOWSERS,that is one beautiful coin!
 

Many congrats! :icon_thumright:
 

Man, that's an awesome day. I have yet to break the 1900's. Finding that Morgan must be sweet.

Best of luck to you.
 

Wow!!! What an amazing coin!!! looks like it was dropped the day it was minted.

Congrats!
 

Thanks everyone ! I just showed to my son Carson and his jaw dropped ! He know how much I have wanted to find one :headbang:
Glen
 

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