3 Silver Night w/ Standing Liberty

Diggin-N-Dumps

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Hey All,

Its been Awhile since I have seen Silver coming up out of the ground. So yesterday I decided to hit a place I normally hit for Gold. When I went there, there was an Excavation crew there ripping out the sidewalks and grading the dirt down. I asked one of the guys working if I could go thru the piles of dirt they had removed , he said it was fine and thought i was nuts

Well, instead of using my detector, i just used the pinpointer and started sifting thru the dirt, First metal object i got was a zinc penny, which i expected. Next target was a 1935 Mercury DIME!!!..It was Awesome..its hard to explain this spot, as I dont want all of North Texas trying to track it down :laughing7:

But the area is so littered with Coins and Jewelry, that when I detect it, i normally have to turn anything lower then a quarter off, because there is coins every set of the way.

The workers left and I decided to hit the area they had jsut scraped, and I had it still set on Quarter and Nickel mode only, when I get the first signal, which was extremly shallow, and out pops this beauty

its only my Second Standing Liberty since I have been detecting, But the first one I found with a Date! 1930

I was super excited and called my buddy to share the news, And as I'm talking to him, out pops a 58 Rosey.

So needless to say, I will be climbing in this dirt piles the rest of the week

Oh I didn’t mention that in the 2 hours I was there I also found 8 wheaties and about 3 dollars in clad..this place is SERIOULSY loaded with coins.

Thanks for reading!


 

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shedseeker

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very nice..... CLEAN IT UP !!! LOL
 

old digger

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Super Nice when you find the silver, and even more special when you find them ''walkers''! :icon_thumleft:
 

Seener53

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Congrats! I got 7 slq's for the year but only 2 with a date. Get back there and hit the place hard before they move the dirt out.
 

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Diggin-N-Dumps

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Congrats! I got 7 slq's for the year but only 2 with a date. Get back there and hit the place hard before they move the dirt out.

DAMN!..Thats Great!...And Yea, I went back last night, luckly they havent moved it yet, But ill post my finds here in a bit...its was another nice little score
 

Sovereignelite

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I have only found 2 SLQ but they both have dates! A definite PLUS!
 

cti4sw

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Must have been the site of an old bank, or general store. Don't worry though, I definitely ain't flying 2,000 miles to steal your spot 8-)
 

mariposagold

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They let you crawl around at the dumps in Texas? I think you need a Million dollar bond and a scavenger license to do that in California.
 

bill from lachine

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Good score on the silvers.....and wishing you luck on your return trips.

Regards + HH

Bill
 

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Diggin-N-Dumps

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Must have been the site of an old bank, or general store. Don't worry though, I definitely ain't flying 2,000 miles to steal your spot 8-)


haha..Well thats good, the only reason I didnt want to mention alot about it is the fact that my first year detecting, I found a really nice Barber Quart. and described where I was at, and not 2 days later, I was ou there hunting and meet another T'net'r that knew the spot i was talkign about. It turned out good thou, he is now my hunting buddy
 

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Diggin-N-Dumps

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They let you crawl around at the dumps in Texas? I think you need a Million dollar bond and a scavenger license to do that in California.

No, I've never hit up any public dump sites, Just old homesteads
 

dougofpa

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Hit it hard....I got one SLQ this year..a 1925...that's it..just one the whole year..
Congrats...now get back there!!!!!! Dont forget to post the finds.
 

mariposagold

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No, I've never hit up any public dump sites, Just old homesteads

I believe in my county, We had rural neighborhood or Homestead dumps until about 1974. I would certainly like a crack at a few of those. Just haven't had a chance to research any of them yet.
 

detroitdigger

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Very cool finds love the standing liberty and the Rosie's too
 

lonewolfe

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Good deal - I'll take a Standing Lib any day of the week, month, year!

HH
 

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