What is your White Whale?

[PA Sleuth]

I got out for a few hours at an old permission the other day. Too lazy to seek out a new permission, I hunted an area I have covered at least ten times, when Blamo, a 12-46, 1-41 on the Etrac at 6 inches. How did I miss this before? After digging a wide careful plug, out pops my White Whale! A Franklin Half!




I wasn't going to post it, as proud as I was, because that was all I found in several hours of hunting. Then, last night I watched a Hoover Boys video on YouTube. He found a Barber Quarter and was nearly brought to tears, it was his White Whale. Got me thinking, while we all have dreams of finding 8 Reales, Chain Cents, Twenty Cent pieces, and Flowing / Draped Bust silvers, the chances of those being found in a career are slim. So for most of us, myself included, we have chosen an item or coin to be our realistic White Whale, maybe because we should have found it by now, but for some reason, the metal detecting gods think it is funny to withhold. Do you have a Realistic White Whale that eludes you?

By the way, a Shield Nickel is my new White Whale

 

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[Mr. Digger]

White whales at the top of my "bucket list":
-Flying eagle cent
-Capped bust silver anything
-Franklin half


Bucket listers crossed off in the last year or so:
-Trime
-Spanish silver
-Standing liberty quarter
-Barber half
-1600's coin

 

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[Ahab8]

It's funny I used that exact term in my title when I found the pine tree shilling and cob. I just want one bust silver....just one

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Hammered gold, although any colonial gold coin will work ....

 

[Scrappy]

My current white whale is a V nickel. I can't believe I haven't dug one in over three years of metal detecting. I've found 7 buffalo nickels and 2 war nickels, but never found a V nickel. Not right! I've paid my dues! Give me a V nickel! LOL!

It's all the great stuff you've dug, that's incredible. I have the same problem with a dollar coin. I've never found a silver or clad!

 

[JerV3]

Any type of gold coin from any country. It will come at some point. I know there out there

 

[WildWildBill]

A white gold and diamond second engagement ring for the wife; A GOLD cob coin; Draped Bust large silver. So far, my 1807 gold 8 escudo will work nicely.