🥇 BANNER BEST hunt to date!! 6 coppers, 2 seated quarters, a BUST HALF DOLLAR and more

Coilcrazy2

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Teknetics T2, gray ghost headphones,
Fisher 1265x,
Whites Eagle Spectrum
Tesoro cibola,
Tesoro Outlaw
Hey everyone,
Today's hunt started like all the rest but about an hour into it, I got a nice read on my T2 and dug a crusty LC. After that, I decided to grid the surrounding area. About 2ft from the LC I found one of the seated quarters. At this point quite excited. Not long after I got another LC, and then another and another and another and then another!! I was ecstatic at this point. I took my haul back to the car and gave it a few more swings in my gridded area. I sure am glad I did because I found another seated quarter and a few feet from that....AN 1838 BUST HALF DOLLAR. This was a first for me! I actually ended up licking the obverse side of it in the field because I wasn't carrying any water. :laughing7: All three of the silvers are in fantastic condition. The one quarter is absolutely stunning. I took pictures of them before rinsing the dirt off, after rinsing, and after some light brushing with a Qtip. The copper are all large cents from the 1830s and 1840s. I believe this all was either part of a cache or someone lost a change purse in the 1840s or 1850s. In addition to the coins, I found a quartz arrowhead, a few musket balls and a few buttons. Truly a hunt to remember......
 

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cjon455

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Wow, you got an amazing handful of loot there, what more can ya ask for, hell of a hunt!
 

Bartek

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That is a dream hunt! Congratulations, those silvers look amazing!!
 

JeffInMass

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Cape Cod
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That is truly an amazing hunt, a hunt of a lifetime for virtually everyone, most of whom won't find that many of those types of coins in their lifetime. Huge congrats!!

-- Jeff --
 

Fletch88

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Mar 7, 2013
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Minelab Excalibur ll- 10" Tornado
Minelab CTX 3030
Minelab Xterra 305
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You had an amazing day! Congrats
 

OutdoorAdv

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Apr 16, 2013
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East Coast - USA
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AT Max
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Incredible! Fantastic hunt. It sounds like those were close enough to be a spill or a cache or a change purse like you said.... and for that, this totally get my banner vote. :thumbsup:
 

testing123

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Mar 29, 2009
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now that's a banner hunt right there! any one of those finds will be make the hunt, but you found a handful!
 

Diggin Dude

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Oh my! Hunt of a lifetime, truly unbelievable finding all that in one hunt. Congratulations! Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!
 

Vino

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Jul 7, 2013
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5,045
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Wow, what a hunt.
Congrats on a day that never be topped. This is the kind of day we all hope for.
 

fredbug 67

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Oct 12, 2013
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That is amazing- truly a dream hunt and banner worthy I would say for quality and quantity of coins- like the arrow head also! Great job
 

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Coilcrazy2

Coilcrazy2

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Nov 9, 2010
274
740
Reading, pa
🥇 Banner finds
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Teknetics T2, gray ghost headphones,
Fisher 1265x,
Whites Eagle Spectrum
Tesoro cibola,
Tesoro Outlaw
Forgot this one! Reverse after cleaning
 

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Kodiak43351

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May 6, 2013
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NW Ohio
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At Max,Xp deus,At pro, At gold, pro pointer, ace 350 bounty hunter. Lesche hand and t handle digging tools, Sask kustom digger, Garrett edge digger and Garrett retriever, Garrett classifier made into
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Dream hunt!!! Congrats that's a banner day in my books.
 

Tnmountains

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Jan 27, 2009
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Fisher F75
Garrett AT-Pro
Garet carrot
Neodymium magnets
5' Probe
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Now that is a nice Thanksgiving hunt! Great looking coins.
 

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