A winter hunt pays off!

[K1DDO1979]

I got frustrated waiting for the snow and ice to leave which seems to never come this year so I went yesterday to a close spot that I knew looked real good because of of an old stone wall which runs through the woods to the ocean. I hit the spots in the past and never had much luck besides a few 1940's penny's but it always called me back to it. I only had an hour to hunt before dark and at the last minute I got a nice high signal in the woods about 5"-6" down. I knew I had a silver coin so I carefully got through the frozen lair of ground (2") with my hatchet and then dug out the soft soil with my tool enough to get my pin pointer out. When I found the coin I was happy how good of shape it was in and the spotted the date. It was a key date 1887 Canadian quarter. Only 100 000 mintage and very rare above fine condition. It was probably my best find ever and wasn't the first frozen winter find I had. Some of my best finds were going detecting
"out of season"! (:

 

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[vpnavy]

Thanks for sharing...

 

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[Gridwalker306]

That 1887 quarter in VF20 is worth around $900, and that value doubles at EF40!! You sure have an excellent find there, congrats!

 

[rayrayvegas]

Glad you went back for a second look, congrats on a great find.

 

[CASPER-2]

love that old canadian coinage

 

[uchihadesendent]

you're persistence payed off

 

[AQUA]

VN... and it is worth a good $ also....

I prefer winter hunting over mid summer when it is very hot and flies drive ya crazy...but hatchet and 2 inches frozen..lol ---wow...you earned your silver !!!!!

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Fantastic find hope there are a few more in that frozen ground for ya. WTG
ZDD

 

[K1DDO1979]

Some frozen ground I wouldn't even think of trying to get through. But the woods usually stay somewhat soft year round. (: My favorite time of year for metal detecting is the early to late spring when there is no bugs, it's not to hot, and most importantly the grass/vegetation didn't grow back yet. There is spots that I can hunt 100% of in spring that in mid summer I may only get to do 25% because it's all grown back in thick.

 

[treblehunter]

Very sweet find, nicely posted with good pix and good story. Thanks for sharing that save with us. Congrats!

 

[K1DDO1979]

Here's a few better pictures of the 1887 quarter. Hard to get good photos with my phone.

 

[Ahab8]

That coin is really in amazing condition. On mine you can barely see the date. It's very worn. Always a bummer to find a fairly rare coin that's beat. You've gotta be psyched pulling one out with such great detail

 

[detectahead]

Excellent recovery! Beautiful coin!

 

[Ibmike1655]

Excellent winter find. I would need a front end loader and a jack hammer to dig any thing I detected.

 

[Iron Patch]

Tough to dig a better looking Victoria quarter than that, heck it's tough for me to just dig one as I've only found a couple in about 13 years.... and the condition is a far cry from that.