washingtonian
Gold Member
Hey folks,
Got out for some afternoon hunting in the sunshine with forum member NoThisIsPatrick and had a lot of fun. We tried some different sites around the city. We didn’t have too much luck (the wheat penny pictured below is from a short hunt last night) but the quality targets I did find were pretty cool.
The first good target of the day for me came from our second site. It’s a sterling silver star ring. Don’t know much about it but I’m pumped to have it.
After striking out at some other sites (not so much as a wheat!) and digging loads of clad I was getting an iffy signal at 4 inches. After some searching it looked like I had a small silver coin. I could tell it was smaller than a dime and figured I had found a Canadian fishscale.
After looking more closely, it turned out to be a 1945-D Ten Centavos from the Philippines. Badass! I’ve always wanted to find a silver, Philippines coin. I found a copper 1 centavo from 1944 earlier this year and my brother found a 1903 S Peso (silver dollar) from the Philippines earlier this year. Definitely thrilled with that unique find. It’s my first non-Canadian foreign silver coin so that was a special treat.
All in all, a fun little multi-silver outing. Good luck out there this weekend everyone!
-W
Got out for some afternoon hunting in the sunshine with forum member NoThisIsPatrick and had a lot of fun. We tried some different sites around the city. We didn’t have too much luck (the wheat penny pictured below is from a short hunt last night) but the quality targets I did find were pretty cool.
The first good target of the day for me came from our second site. It’s a sterling silver star ring. Don’t know much about it but I’m pumped to have it.
After striking out at some other sites (not so much as a wheat!) and digging loads of clad I was getting an iffy signal at 4 inches. After some searching it looked like I had a small silver coin. I could tell it was smaller than a dime and figured I had found a Canadian fishscale.
After looking more closely, it turned out to be a 1945-D Ten Centavos from the Philippines. Badass! I’ve always wanted to find a silver, Philippines coin. I found a copper 1 centavo from 1944 earlier this year and my brother found a 1903 S Peso (silver dollar) from the Philippines earlier this year. Definitely thrilled with that unique find. It’s my first non-Canadian foreign silver coin so that was a special treat.
All in all, a fun little multi-silver outing. Good luck out there this weekend everyone!
-W
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