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DeepThought
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Where's Waldo (silver)?
I read where people are pulling silver coinage out of the ground at their their local park all the time while I can find only clad (mostly pennies, quarters and the occasional dime). My observation is all the parks in my town are recent or have been modernized, etc. All relatively new landscaping...nothing that carries over from the pre-'70s. With one exception, I find most have about 2" of sod with pea gravel underneath...or in the case of tot's lots, fiberboard at an inch. Silver would have been out of circulation well before these parks were built and hence hard to find today. The same applies to the town in general....it is all new developments; the historical section is off limits (rocket city, Alabama).
That's my theory anyhow...and forcing me to look at sites well out of town, if I want to find anything silver or older. I save the parks for practice. ....makes me wonder about all the Mercury dimes being pulled out of the ground on the first hunt. II'm understanding why many have told me of the value behind winter research.
I read where people are pulling silver coinage out of the ground at their their local park all the time while I can find only clad (mostly pennies, quarters and the occasional dime). My observation is all the parks in my town are recent or have been modernized, etc. All relatively new landscaping...nothing that carries over from the pre-'70s. With one exception, I find most have about 2" of sod with pea gravel underneath...or in the case of tot's lots, fiberboard at an inch. Silver would have been out of circulation well before these parks were built and hence hard to find today. The same applies to the town in general....it is all new developments; the historical section is off limits (rocket city, Alabama).
That's my theory anyhow...and forcing me to look at sites well out of town, if I want to find anything silver or older. I save the parks for practice. ....makes me wonder about all the Mercury dimes being pulled out of the ground on the first hunt. II'm understanding why many have told me of the value behind winter research.
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