Old Silver From Lake Tahoe!

oldmxrat

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I had mentioned in my post from Monday that the lake bottom sand had been really pushed around and uneven, so I figured I had better go and see what got exposed in the areas I missed then.
Well, I missed a lot!
One of the very first targets was in a bunch of rocks where there is normally just deep sand. It was pretty tough getting the rocks to move. They were golf ball to cantaloupe sized and kind of embedded. I finally got enough moved out of the way to get a scoop in the sand and couldn't believe my eyes when I looked in the scoop!
My first seated coin is a 1876 quarter made into a wearable!
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There were quite a few targets to dig and I spent almost six hours in the water. Super fun day in the lake!
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All that fun right under this calm water!
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That's so cool! Great scene, too!
 

What a unique find! Beautiful Lake Tahoe is giving up some goodies!
 

I had mentioned in my post from Monday that the lake bottom sand had been really pushed around and uneven, so I figured I had better go and see what got exposed in the areas I missed then.
Well, I missed a lot!
One of the very first targets was in a bunch of rocks where there is normally just deep sand. It was pretty tough getting the rocks to move. They were golf ball to cantaloupe sized and kind of embedded. I finally got enough moved out of the way to get a scoop in the sand and couldn't believe my eyes when I looked in the scoop!
My first seated coin is a 1876 quarter made into a wearable!
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There were quite a few targets to dig and I spent almost six hours in the water. Super fun day in the lake!
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All that fun right under this calm water!
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a unique find. Congratulations
 

Thats a really cool find OMR! One would think it would be tarnished black if in the water for 100 years or more, so could be a recent loss?
Excellent job and congratulations!
 

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