Silver Dollar Poll!

How many of you have ever dug a silver dollar?

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BuckleBoy

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Jun 12, 2006
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I was just curious as to how many of you have found a silver dollar. I have found only one, a Morgan Dollar. It was found at an old sawmill site in Virginia back in 1993, and there was a Barber Half Dollar in the same hole! Just for the purpose of this post, we'll say that only Morgans and Peace Dollars count. If you've found a Trade Dollar or an earlier one, including Spanish Milled Dollars, please make us DROOL by posting a photo on the thread below.

Cheers!

Buckleboy
 

halfdime

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Oct 31, 2006
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1899, I forget the mint. Of the 6.02 x 10 to the 23 (sorry, don't know how to do scientific notation on the computer) dollar signals I've gotten, that's the only real one.
 

jeff of pa

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I take for granted you mean U.S.
so I chose 1

For the 1877 Trade Dollar I found in 1999

In 2000 I found this Silver Coin, which is the Same
size as a U.S. Silver Dollar
 

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Digginman

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Mar 12, 2005
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Stephens City, Virginia
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Last year I found a Peace Dollar, 1923. It was a surprise, but all the coins at that site were from the 20's. It's a bank, now.

DM
 

wildrider

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Feb 25, 2007
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If an 1829 8 reale counts, I have 2.
Otherwise, I have 1.

That's easy math.

Burt
 

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BuckleBoy

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halfdime said:
Of the 6.02 x 10 to the 23 (sorry, don't know how to do scientific notation on the computer) dollar signals I've gotten, that's the only real one.

Wow! That's a lot of molecules Morgan Dollars!

Buckleboy
 

Jeffro

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Dec 6, 2005
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Must've been in a MOLE hole, eh? ;D

Closest I've come is a half, no full dollars yet- :-[
 

drygulch

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Jan 22, 2007
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Back in the early 80's found 6 Peace dollars and one Morgan Dollar
Morgan 1886
Peace 3-1922 2-1923 1-1926
 

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BuckleBoy

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Jeffro said:
Must've been in a MOLE hole, eh? ;D

HAHAHAHA! And I bet he found it beside an Avogadro Avocado tree!

-Buckleboy
 

Boobydoo

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Apr 24, 2006
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Michigan
I like this post because it makes me get motivated to find another $1 as it's been 20 plus years since I last dug one. I have been fortunate enough to find 3 Morgans and 2 Peace. Unfortunately, they were all stolen in 2002 when my most of my Treasure hunting treasures and coin collection were taken in a break in of my house.

Good luck to everyone fiding the big silvers!

Smiles!
BDoo
 

Charlie P. (NY)

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Feb 3, 2006
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A Susan B., but none of the Morgans or Peace variety. :( But I ain't done yet.
 

stevesno

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Feb 27, 2006
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I have found two. They were both found within a week of one another but in different towns. What is unusual is that both were filed down completetly on both sides to make love tokens, I suppose. Back then I was selling any silver that wasn't key dates (highschool years). My buddies thought that I kept showing them the original one that I had found over and over again. I never could get them to believe that I had found two almost identical coins within a week of each other. By the time I had found the second I had already sold the first....Steve
 

bakergeol

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Feb 4, 2004
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I have found quite a few but they really don't count as they were found in the early days of detecting with a BFO. Folks who were the first to detect those old Nevada school yards found quite a few. Silver dollars in my opinion were more common as legal tender in the West far longer than in the East.

George
 

erikk

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Jan 6, 2007
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Found a bunch but it was in the 60's. Both on land and in the water. Haven't found one in many a moon since then
 

Cool Hand Fluke

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Nov 28, 2006
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I've got four silver dollars found since I started this hobby back in 1984.

1885-S Morgan found at an elementary school soccer field, found with a Whites Coinmaster in 1985.

1922 Peace Dollar found at a demolition site in 1992, Fisher CZ6.

1879 Morgan Dollar (cut in half by lawn mower) :-[ , found in a San Francisco park in 1994, Fisher CZ6.

1921 Morgan found at old abandoned air force base in 1996, fisher CZ6.
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JimCalif

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Feb 18, 2007
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When I started in the 60's found quite a few also with a BFO unit. But in the last few years only found two,
a 1884 morgan and a 1922 d with my modern detectors, well maybe more to come who knows. Also 5 peso coin larger than a silver dollar date 1955. With 27 7/9 G 0.720 (silver content?) interesting coin.

HH jim
 

packerbacker

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May 11, 2005
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Oh, that's just great!! I've found 1 silver dollar so, I voted. Then I read that my Ike dollar doesn't count. Fine, you have a vote in there that is incorrect. I'll take my dollar elsewhere.
 

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