🥇 BANNER 5 Minutes: 1700 Halfcrown! Plus Beach Silver

[Hunthicks]

The wife wanted to head out for a drive early this morning to look at the fall scenery, and the deal is I get a few minutes to detect while she listens to music. I noticed one of my beat sites was cut as I drove by, so I stopped to get a couple minutes in. Left the car, and made a beeline for the foundation in the center of the field. Within 5 minutes I hit a high 80s signal, popped it out expecting junk but I was pleasantly surprised! Once again the plough gave me some goodies from a beat spot. I was so happy with the find I decided to just move on and save the spot for patriot and I to hit later this fall. One target dug and it was 314 year old silver!
Then we stopped at a beach - and within fifteen minutes I popped out the 1945 silver dime and tiny sterling stamped butterfly. Turned out to be a nice drive!

 

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[Iron Patch]

I don't know how you do it.... that's most certainly not an easy one to find in our parts! (or anywhere else really)


Yeah we'll see what you saved for him. (the lead)

 

[Hunthicks]

Patriot says I have an inappropriately placed horseshoe haha. This was one of the fields we hit when you guys came over a few years ago, it was plowed up and we didn't find a thing there that day. Funny how it goes, I've been in there dozens of times and all it takes is that one good plowing!

I don't know how you do it.... that's most certainly not an easy one to find in our parts! (or anywhere else really)

 

[Iron Patch]

Well it beats a bedroom full of hornets, and I say that because I know how it feels!

Patriot says I have an inappropriately placed horseshoe haha. This was one of the fields we hit when you guys came over a few years ago, it was plowed up and we didn't find a thing there that day. Funny how it goes, I've been in there dozens of times and all it takes is that one good plowing!

 

[Silver Searcher]

Now that's a huge chunk of Silver some thing you don't see over here often, never mind over there.

SS

 

[Hunthicks]

Can't say I've had a bedroom full of hornets, but i've sat on a log that contained a fire ant nest once. I prefer my horseshoe :P

Well it beats a bedroom full of hornets, and I say that because I know how it feels!

 

[Argentium]

Dang , that is an AWESOME FIND ! Way to go man !

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

Great silver! What's the weight on one of those?

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Dang, that's a nice one. Best 5 minute hunt ever.
Congrats on the BIG WILL III silver.
A nice mate for your big french silver.
Since I got my GEO I shilling a few years back there have been very few if any larger early english silver posted.

 

[Hunthicks]

Great silver! What's the weight on one of those?

My scale shows 14 - 15 grams. It's a cheapo ebay scale :P

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Would love to find one of those half-crowns for sure !!

 

[Hunthicks]

I agree, don't think I'll beat that for a five minute hunt. Most times I'm lucky if I get a target in the first five minutes. Yup, he'll look next to the big french silver - two separate fields but only about 800 yards between where the two of them were found.

Dang, that's a nice one. Best 5 minute hunt ever.
Congrats on the BIG GEO I silver.
A nice mate for your big french silver.
Since I got my GEO I shilling a few years back there have been very few if any GEO I silver posted.

 

[romeo-1]

Damn Hicks...that butterfly pin is awesome!!!

 

[Don in SJ]

Very nice hunk of silver, excellent find!

 

[CRUSADER]

I'm voting banner, not something I'm ever likely to get.

 

[Iron Patch]

Damn Hicks...that butterfly pin is awesome!!!

It also beats a bedroom full of hornets.

 

[Iron Patch]

I'm voting banner, not something I'm ever likely to get.

I was actually going to mention you in my post.... that in all the stuff you find, it's pretty seldom to see a large early silver like that. It is why I made the comment it's not easy to dig anywhere.

 

[CRUSADER]

I was actually going to mention you in my post.... that in all the stuff you find, it's pretty seldom to see a large early silver like that. It is why I made the comment it's not easy to dig anywhere.

Yeap, Ive had a few sixpences & shillings of Will III but I can't even remember a florin, let alone a halfcrown!

 

[Iron Patch]

Yeap, Ive had a few sixpences & shillings of Will III but I can't even remember a florin, let alone a halfcrown!

That's the largest early silver I've seen dug in this part of the world. It's to the point where you'd need an 8 reale cob, full Ecu, or Crown, to beat it, and any one of those three would be off the charts here for rarity to find.

 

[park pirate]

Sweet coin man..