4 Silvers 4 IH's (My oldest silver coin to date)

[Lookn4Seated]

D-Dub and I had two places in mind to hunt today, but last night I called him and told him I see a Seated coin waiting for one of us at Site B. On our way there, I told him I was going to find a silver coin before 9am and sure enough, my first coin of the hunt was the 1897 Barber dime with full Liberty found right around 8am. Sorry for the bad pics, but there's poor lighting in my apt.

Some time went by, and I dug a few IH's...1873 (Semi-Key), 1900, 1905 & 1907.

Then I had a wheatie signal that was buried on my depth meter about 10 feet away where there has been a seated dime found a few weeks earlier. I dug a plug, and only about 5" down I saw something greyish. I knew it was going to be some very dark silver, but wasn't expecting this. It's an 1857 Seated Dime very worn, but my oldest silver to date.

About an hour or so later, I had an IH/Memorial penny hit with the depth gauge buried once again. I just dug a big rusty nail a few inches away, so my hopes weren't too high. As soon as I cut the plug and moved some dirt around, I saw a small silver disk in the dirt. I called Dan over telling him I think I have a half dime! Well, after gentle dabbing, it came out to be a 1900 Silver Canadian 5 Cent piece.

A few minutes later Dan dug his silver coin which would've completed my Grand Slam..Thanks Dan (twice now). At this point I started speed hunting to try and find a Merc and Roosie. Well we moved to a different area and right off the bat, I dug the 1940-D Merc. Swinged a bit wilder to cover more ground to find the Roosie to no avail. Maybe next time.

My oldest silver coin. My first silver canadian 5 cent piece, and my oldest Canadian silver. Oh, and my most valuable IH so far.

Enjoy and HH!

[Pocket Spill]

What a fantastic day! Those are some super coins! Great job on the seated and a real sharp barber! Congratulations!

[etrac007]

REALLY AWESOME FINDS , JON WTG!! REALLY NICE 1873 IH . I THINK ONE OF US IS GOING TO FIND A LC OR GOLD COIN THERE! I'M SURPRISED WHATS COMING OUT OF THERE.

[Lookn4Seated]

REALLY AWESOME FINDS , JON WTG!! REALLY NICE 1873 IH . I THINK ONE OF US IS GOING TO FIND A LC OR GOLD COIN THERE! I'M SURPRISED WHATS COMING OUT OF THERE.

I was just talking about LC's coming out of there in the past, and THINKING "I know someone had to lose a gold coin there back in the days"

I just wish I knew where!

[etrac007]

I STILL HAVE YOU BY ONE YEAR!

[Skinny Puppy]

Damn nice ones man.
I'd love to get out this weekend, but I'm oncall with the work laptop.
I won't be able to get out again until the 12th...

[p2c]

I STILL HAVE YOU BY ONE YEAR!

Careful Mike, I have you by 84 years, but I think both your seated (half and dime) are much nicer than my smooth 2 Real.

L4S -- great finds! Leave some there for me! My Etrac arrives tomorrow!

-Jon

[Brett]

Holy smokes Jon! You are like the Babe Ruth of the Detectorists! You're definitely squeaking out some sweet oldies wherever you are going! Awexome and congrats on seated # "I can't count that high"!

[Lowbatts]

We gots to get us an Illinois forum banner! Great digs Jon!

Now pony up Dan and show and tell!

[watercolor]

Simply. . . AWESOME!!

[Big E]

Jon,

Very nice finds there. That is some great oldies. I suppose I could make a trip your way and help you find that lost gold coin.

Big E
Emil

[litefire56]

Holy Smokes! What a day!!!
Fantastic coins,, every one of them!

If you let me tag along next time, I'll shovel your driveway till Feb.

[DPBOB]

Holy Smokes! What a day!!!
Fantastic coins,, every one of them!

If you let me tag along next time, I'll shovel your driveway till Feb.

GREAT FINDS !!!!! SWEET!!!! BANNER !!!!!


Take him up on it...He will have no time to detect....I'm sure the owner of the 12 flat would love his driveway cleaned free...

[kimsdad]

Jon, I'm (almost) speechless!!!

Congrats on those superb finds!!!

We have another

[twistidd]

Hey Jon,

What an awesome day you had out there! I feel honored to have held those coins (especially the seated) in my hand. The weather looks favorable this weekend, cold but sunny. I hope it isn't too windy. I know where you'll be for sure! Go for another seated.

Joe

[Mayo South Elgin]

Really nice set of finds.
I especially like that Canadian 5 cent - haven't seen one of those.
Very cool!

[d-dub]

I've been thinking about this place and the hard hunting that comes with it. After you pulled that seated(which wasn't that deep) and rechecked the hole, you said that it was nulling out. I wonder if turning down the sensitivity will make it so the detector doesn't pick up that deep iron and makes the good targets come in more clear? Again, great job out there, Jon.

@Tim, I'm getting there. Have a few hunts and contest prizes to post. Shortly...

[AmericanCoinHunting]

Great site....Nice silver trifecta.....Maybe the site is too old for a rosie,too new for a bust ?

[treasurefiend]

Man thats what I call some guuuud huntin!!!!!!