2 Old Homes, 4 Silver

[walleye22]

I finally got a day to take advantage of the unseasonably warm February we are having in Pennsylvania. Over the winter I had secured permission to hunt a couple houses a few miles from where I live. The houses aren't too old, but date to around the 20's so I was hoping to score my first silver of 2012. I did score my first silver, plus 3 for good measure. Nothing too special, but the totals for the day were.....1 Eisenhower Dollar (first I ever found), 1 Clad Kennedy Half Dollar, 15 quarters (All Clad), 22 Clad Dimes, 2 Silver Roosevelt Dimes (1959D and 1964D), 1 Mercury Dime (1918), 1 Barber Dime (1914D), 44 Memorial Cents, and 5 Wheaties. 93 coins in total between the two houses and my body is paying for all the knee bends now! Was very happy to get out. I hope the weather stays nice so I can do it again. Happy Hunting!

 

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[jibb]

Man that is an awesome haul!

Can you tell me what was the average depth of the silver coins you found?

 

[BosnMate]

You're killing the clad. Great haul, and greater silver.

 

[walleye22]

Jibb,

Common theme for the day was 4 inches. Almost everything was right about 4 inches including the silver.

 

[lost hunter]

 

[jibb]

Jibb,

Common theme for the day was 4 inches. Almost everything was right about 4 inches including the silver.

I wonder what keeps the older silver from sinking deeper? I'm still learning but I can't figure that one out. I'm hunting a property that I'm getting tons of clad and a couple wheat cents but no silver yet and I know it has to be there. I have been thinking maybe they were just too deep but some of the quarters I'm finding are at 8 inches so I can't figure it out.

 

[kevkirki]

love the old houses ....nice digs

 

[eagleforce]

Dream hunt! Thats more silver coins than Ive found all year . Congrats!

 

[flakefinder]

My Back hurts just thinking about all that digging But Congrats on a great day and for the sliver

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Nice silver! And welcome to the IKE club too! They sure put out a heck of a signal, found one in a big city park once, still recall it. None since tho. Am still working on finding any silver version of a dollar coin here also!

 

[hdmech71]

It is great to open a hole and see the shiny stuff. Nice job.

 

[Briz06]

Nice Score on the Dime Trifecta!

 

[silversweeper]

That's a good bunch of digs! And a great looking barber besides being a dime trifecta! SCORE! HH.

 

[JmCraz8]

That's awesome!!!! nothing better then shiny silver looking back at you from the hole.

 

[smcdmc]

Love how that silver stands out against the clad!

 

[windage]

That boy is a diggin fool, my, my! That would put blisters on my hands all in one day.

 

[oldsalty19]

nice bunch of gas money

 

[Dug1898]

It's just amazing how clean the silver coins stay compared to the clad copper coins. Great dig man.

 

[bluehunter1973]

sweet hunt