The chiggs been busy....

[aquachigger]

The 'chiggs been busy....

Just because I've been a little quiet lately, doesn't mean I haven't been busy! I've been reworking the coin spot from last year and have found 23 more so far. They all date from the 1790's to the 1830's. Most of them are silver half dollars with four 8-Reale and one 5-Franc silver (dollar) coins. Plus a couple odd balls. The silver and stone button was found in the area, but may not be related to the coin spill. That's 201 silver coins like this so far from this spot!



Here's another shot of one days finds. Notice how much darker they are when fresh from the water. I haven't cleaned them at all, and they are lightening naturally for some reason...



Video to follow, but not until the fall

 

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[NOLA_Ken]

Well now I know why I'm not finding any silver lately, it looks like you got it all! Nice finds! I'd love to find a spot like that.

 

[ticm]

I am not going to respond to this tread because I am jealous.

 

[Wldbil]

Wow... Still more coming out of that spot. Incredible! Big Congrats

 

[TNGUNS]

U DA MAN chigg......took 10 rolls of toilet paper to clean up after seeing the vidoe of the original find.

 

[River Rat]

Totally awesome!!

 

[treeheathen]

Son of the beach

 

[Deepdiger60]

That is incredible and i bet there is more i gotta ask with 200 + coins are you going to put them in a huge display that would be so cool Great finds Jim

 

[baywalker]

Wow unbelievable ! how big of a spot is this?and what are your thoughts on how they got there?

 

[fever87]

Unreal! What a fantastic site you hit upon! Keep posting 'em.

 

[aquachigger]

That is incredible and i bet there is more i gotta ask with 200 + coins are you going to put them in a huge display that would be so cool Great finds Jim

Thanks for the comment. It's from a river ford and the spill is in an area of about 20'x60'ish. I figure someone was swept away while trying to cross the river in a flood. Happened all the time back then.

 

[HomeGuardDan]

WTG bud! now go for 250!

 

[TommNJ]

WOW and Congrats!

TommNJ

 

[mikefromIllinois]

Nice finds. I was wondering when you was going to hit that spot again.

 

[DANGLANGLEY]

That is so awesome that there's really no good way to respond.... so I'll just drool on my keyboard.

DANGLANGLEY

 

[PikesPeakCharlie]

Well Chigg, after looking at this post ( I remember the original) and kickin the dog and cat ,and the wall,slapped the wife,and set the deck on fire,ran over my detector,twice ! I just want to say CONGRATS !!!! P.s. I'am jokin, I would never kick my dog

 

[testing123]

That's absolutely awesome! Just one of those big silvers is a dream of almost every detectorist

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

That's awesome Beau!!! I knew there had to be more coins there. Some may have been swept down river over time so I'm sure you'll eventually be expanding your search area in that direction. Man, I'm embarrassed now after posting that one lousy 2 cent piece earlier.

 

[VB Sanddigger]

That's awesome Beau!!! I knew there had to be more coins there. Some may have been swept down river over time so I'm sure you'll eventually be expanding your search area in that direction. Man, I'm embarrassed now after posting that one lousy 2 cent piece earlier.

I'ld be happy with a 2 center!

 

[VB Sanddigger]

Again, fantastic!!