My heart Skipped a Beat When I Saw....

HunterOfSnakes

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...My first silver coin!

About three weeks ago I posted my first silver ring I found, but today was a whole new story. I am very new to metal detecting, receiving my (and my sisters) metal detector, so this was a exciting find! I just got off school, and decided to take a few minutes to detect around our yard, when I get a signal about 3" deep, with a penny/dime signal, and retrieve a 1970 penny, not so exciting. about three feet away from that dig, I swipe under a bush, where I get the same signal. I stick my probe down and feel the buzz and I start my dig... I feel around in the soft garden soil, and pull out a dime with a glint I new was silver! About 4" deep, but I did not rub the dirt off just yet..

I threw the dime back, and grab my sister (12) years old, from the house to let her see what was in the whole. She sees that the sides did not have the clad look, but the silver look, and was almost as excited as I was. All within about a foot from our homes foundation! I showed my Mom, and I had not even checked the date yet! It was an 1946 Roosevelt, pretty close to being a merc, but oh well, silver is silver! Sorry, can't post a picture, dont know how to download onto the computer, maybe my mom will later!

Thanks for all the help! I was starting to get the silver fever, since we live in a 100-year-old house, and find down to 1934 in wheats, but no silver in 3 weeks time'. It seems like one silver on here is like nothing, but for me it is quite the trophy! Sure did change my afternoon!

It sure was random that I even found this site, since I was bored and looked up treasure, and boom, this site turned up. Only a few weeks later to get a detector!

HOS
 

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I sure hope so... I've searched it left and right, and in the spring sod was put down, which adds a couple inches to the depth:( But this just shows that a sight is never hunted out! I need to find a good old park or something, all I've really been hunting is my yard and church.
 

Congrats man! I remember being about your age the first time I went detecting and found that silver! I was running around the house to show my uncle (it was in his yard) :laughing9: :laughing9: I guess not much has changed, I still get pumped when I find anything cool :laughing7:

Nice post :icon_thumleft:
 

A Great post!
Keep it up. Plenty of ideas for sites on this board!
Have fun!!!!
 

I am a newbie here and just wanna say Hi to everyone. I am Crystal from Louisiana, US.
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Took me a month to get my first whetie and 2 months
for my first silver, so you are doing alot better than i did.


I am a newbie here and just wanna say Hi to everyone. I am Crystal from Louisiana, US.
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Hello Crystal and welcome to T-net, the greatest site on the internet.
Good luck on your hunts and keep us posted on what you find !!
 

Congratulations on your first silver! Thank you for posting your story. It brings back a lot of fond memories on my first finds. I hope you get as much enjoyment out of metal detecting as I have. James
 

crystal8es said:
I am a newbie here and just wanna say Hi to everyone. I am Crystal from Louisiana, US.
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Welcome to you both :hello:

Silver is silver as they say.

Remember to do your yard a few times, specially with high Ses & low disc on a day after it rained. Listern for the faint whispers as well :icon_thumright: There is more silver to find yet 8)
 

Well Congratulations on your first silver :hello2:,quite a feeling when you uncover your first ;D....may you find many more....
HH Soup
 

crystal8es said:
I am a newbie here and just wanna say Hi to everyone. I am Crystal from Louisiana, US.
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Welcome to TNet Crystal and great find you have there HOS. I have 2 + acres to my yard and I do most of my hunting here at home.
Yard Digger
 

Thanks for all the kind replies! Next I need to find a Mercury!
 

That is awesome. Keep up the great work. Welcome aboard to both of you. This is a great site.
 

I've found a good many but there is nothing like that very first glint of silver.
I remember where I found my first and could take you back to the exact spot within
a foot of where I found it, and it was the one and only time I got to hunt this site
where they'd knocked down a 1920's mill house. That feeling never goes away!

Have fun, you are rocking!!
Ramapirate
 

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