My best finds in 30 yrs

[mlayers]

I went to the woods hunting behind a old chuch. this place dates back to 1830. I have hunted this place before and have turned up seated coins, and barbers. But today was my best ever. After being there around a hour Iget a iffy signal jumping from foil to coil so since I wasn't finding much trash I decided to dig it. I had a real hard time finding this thing. It was my first ever 3 cent silver peice. I could not beleive how small this thing is. So after getting settle down I started hunting again. I hunted for maybe 2 more hours ad I get a big scream on the DfX saying 97 and dollar. So I dug a big plug and about 6 inches down I saw silver man was I excited. I could see a person on it I early p____ myself. I got home and put my coins in some water and let them soaked for a couple of hours. I got out a old brush and gentle remove the dirt. I couple not beleive I found a seated dollar but on the back of it it says Trade Dollar it is a 1873 I can not find a mint mark on it. The 3 cent silver as far as I can tell is a 1853. I can say this is the best day of my detecting years. Sorry for only 1 pic right now I must have taken 30 pictures of these coins and I can only get 1 to turn out. Thanks for taking the time to read this and hope this pic is good for you to see them. The dollar has a lot of scratches on it but stll I will take it.....Matt

 

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[Trezurehunter]

Very nice. Congrats.

 

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[Roger Mn.]

Congratulations on the 1873 Trade Dollar. Any Chinese chop marks on it.

 

[CladMaster]

Awesome digs man. I want a trade dollar bad but don;t really expect to find one. You should be proud of that BIG silver!

I too had trouble with a 3ct before. When i found my first 3 cent piece i almost gave up on it. I kept losing the signal in the hole so i just started scooping dirt with my hands and running it over the coil.

 

[september]

Nice find!

 

[KyFreeBird]

Great Big Silver !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! An little bitty silver !!!!!!!!!!!!!

BANNER ON THE SILVER TRADE DOLLAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Give us a close up !!

 

[allen]

big silver,little silver= a great day of detecting !!
Congrats on both of those wonderful silvers !!

 

[Fish-Gate]

VERY COOL! I would love to find either one of those elusive coins. You might get more banner votes with a better picture - get a friend's digital camera. Congrats again!

 

[Skelly607]

Congrats!

 

[mlayers]

Thanks for all the replies. I have try to take more pics for no good one yet. I am ready to throw this camera away and try to get some money up to buy another one. I have no idea what a chop mark is I want to take it to a coin dealer to make sure it is real. As I ave heard that they are a coin that has been copy a lot in China. Hope I can get it checked out this week end. Will let everyone know what I find out......Matt

 

[GioTheGreek]

No doubt it is the real thing brother. Awesome finds.

Like IP said, odds of that being the real thing skyrocketed since you hauled out the lil coin too in same area.
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I can't wait to see the final pics!

 

[grafter]

very nice find

 

[oddcoins]

WOW ~ now THAT is a RARE FIND!!!! SO COOL!!!!! VERY EXCITING!!!!

 

[Nate in Ga]

way way cool congrats, gl

 

[Iron Patch]

No doubt it is the real thing brother. Awesome finds.

Like IP said, odds of that being the real thing skyrocketed since you hauled out the lil coin too in same area.
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I can't wait to see the final pics!

But stranger things have happened so I always reserve final judgement to when the closer, clearer pictures go up. If the area gave up a lot of modern finds too the older coins really don't mean much. All that said, the forum was due for a real Trade Dollar! We'll see what happens.

 

[{Sentinel}]

Terrific trade dollar and indeed a Banner find

 

[p2c]

I'd say banner, please do get a better pic up. If you cannot find a good camera for it (I use a pretty expensive DSLR, you may not want to fork $$$ just to take pictures of coins) go to fed ex office (or whatever they call kinkos these days) and use a scanner.