Tesoro Vaquero - Empty Sterling Silver Money Clip? Im Not Really Sure

[tabman]

Tesoro Vaquero - Empty Sterling Silver Money Clip? I'm Not Really Sure

I went back to the site where I found the Walker a few days ago to see what else I could unearth. The house was built in the mid twenties. I decided to use my Vaquero since it doesn't miss much and runs smoothly at high EMI areas.

Where the sidewalk and driveway meet, I got a loud audio response. I had high hopes that it was another Walker or maybe even a silver dollar. Nope! It's what I think is a very old sterling silver money clip. That was a happy surprise, but I needed to score a silver coin before I could head for the house.

I worked for an hour or so before I finally corned one, a 1945 Mercury dime. It gave off a nice soft whisper audio response that usually means a silver coin. It was getting to be around 10:30 and the heat was picking up, so I headed for home.

Vaquero settings with the 5.75 concentric search coil: Full sensitivity, a little negative on the GB, a very slight threshold and I had discrimination set just barely high enough to discriminate out a nail. Today I dug a couple of holes that had both a nail and coin in them.

This was my 66th hunt for the year and my silver coin total for the year now stands at 192. I only need eight more by the end of June. It's doable!

tabman

 

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[romeo-1]

That's a nice clip...can you read what is inscribed on it?

 

[Terry Soloman]

Sweet, sweet silver!

 

[BagLady]

Love that Silver! Does that say "Shelby D jr"? Is it too small to be a bracelet? Obviously the "Jr" would indicate a guy, and I'm probably asking an ignorant question, but is Shelby a guys name?

 

[Loco-Digger]

Dang tabman, you certainly know how to sniff out the silvers. You better be getting out earlier if you want to beat the heat and pull 200 silvers by the end of the month.

 

[kcm]

Doubt it's a money clip. If it were, the clip would rest firm against the back of the piece - for us "poor folks".

 

[tabman]

That's a nice clip...can you read what is inscribed on it?

Thanks! It says Shelby D jr.

Sweet, sweet silver!

Thanks! I had to give one of my Tesoro detectors some run-time.

Love that Silver! Does that say "Shelby D jr"? Is it too small to be a bracelet? Obviously the "Jr" would indicate a guy, and I'm probably asking an ignorant question, but is Shelby a guys name?

Thanks! You got the name right. I read that Shelby is a Woman's name about 90% of the time.

Dang tabman, you certainly know how to sniff out the silvers. You better be getting out earlier if you want to beat the heat and pull 200 silvers by the end of the month.

Thanks! Yeah, it's best to get out early and I try to hunt in the shade when I can. The thing that I hate most is the dew. It makes detecting a messy business.

Doubt it's a money clip. If it were, the clip would rest firm against the back of the piece - for us "poor folks".

LOL You can squeeze it together for leaner times.

tabman

 

[sugarcreek]

beautiful

 

[A2coins]

There could have been money in that clip that eroded over all those years, Good finds

 

[tabman]

beautiful

Thanks! It put a smile on my face when it popped out of the ground.

There could have been money in that clip that eroded over all those years, Good finds

Thanks! My same exact thoughts. Damn worthless paper money! Give me silver and gold instead.

tabman

 

[BlueVW]

Isn't Germantown in Shelby County. Kinda of a coincidence.

 

[basque-man]

Very cool piece!!!! Excellent find for sure!!!!!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the silver finds

 

[tabman]

Isn't Germantown in Shelby County. Kinda of a coincidence.

That was my first thought.

Very cool piece!!!! Excellent find for sure!!!!!

Thanks! There's a lot cool stuff waiting to be dug.

Congrats on the silver finds

Thanks! I get lucky every once in awhile.

tabman

 

[Tommy G]

Money clip, or not; that's one fine looking piece of silver!