What Started out as a Crappy Day Ended with Three Silvers!

[staninbji]

It's been tough diggin' here in Maine so far this spring. The ground is either still frozen or really mucky. The first thing I did was break my T-handle spade prying up the frost. Then I got kicked out of what I thought was a public park but turns out to be privately owned (The sign said "Grounds open to the public"). So I drove over to Bangor to see what I could find in an old park that has produced for me in the past. There was a bit of dry ground there and I got a deep, "iffy" signal on the CTX 3030. Down about 12" I found a lead hem weight and a WWI era French pendant. "Protegez Nos Chers Soldats" translates to Protect Our Dear Soldiers.

There wasn't a whole lot of diggable real estate available so I decided to investigate every signal and it paid off! Found a 1920 Merc stuck to a toasted V nickel.

Next was a 1903 Barber dime next to a nail.

Finally, another Barber in the hole with a "hot rock".



So all in all, it was a pretty good day. Thanks for looking and HH!

 

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[A2coins]

That turned out to be a good day gotta be glad you got tossed out of that park. Some people are ignorant to our hobby though they will let dogs pee all over a tear up the park more than we ever would.lol That pendant is really cool and grats on the silver and turning your day around. Tommy

 

[NZ49er]

Got well paid for investigating those iffy signals. Dig it all!

 

[staninbji]

That turned out to be a good day gotta be glad you got tossed out of that park. Some people are ignorant to our hobby though they will let dogs pee all over a tear up the park more than we ever would.lol That pendant is really cool and grats on the silver and turning your day around. Tommy

Thanks, Tommy. Kinda bummed about that park though. There was a lot of ground to cover! I could tell that somebody had already been there digging so I figured it was OK. I guess not...

 

[staninbji]

Got well paid for investigating those iffy signals. Dig it all!

Dig it all and you'll never have to worry about what you might have missed! HH

 

[Argentium]

Wow look at the condition of the 1920 merc ! Silver has so much more integrity in the ground than nickel ! Nicely done .

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice hunt, congrats!

 

[DigginNorthernVa]

The coins are great, but I really like the pendant. Nice id and congrats!

 

[JeffInMass]

Sweet finds- Congrats!!

 

[washingtonian]

Woah, way to go on some great finds. I rarely get Barber dimes so they’re always a treat.