Three firsts for me - a 1930s pocket spill - a five silver day!

kimsdad

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Three firsts for me - a 1930's pocket spill - a five silver day!

Well, today started out kind of lousy - forgot my headphones & had to go back home for them. :( When I got there, I discovered that my car had been egged as collateral damage when my neighbor's teenager's car got it. >:( After washing the car and getting my phones, I steamed back to join Watercolor and our friend Mike. We hunted our normal area for a while without much to show for it and then decided to go to a different location. I'm new to the Minelab, and I'm trying to learn the SE & Sunray probe I bought from GoldenRoyBoy. Some of you know that it can be a little frustrating. :icon_scratch:

We looked around for a little bit and started to head back to go to yet another area. I was scanning the ground by a trail with the 6" round coil as I went, only half-heartedly, too. On one pass, I got a high silvery coin sound. I've had those before, and they usually didn't pan out, so I wasn't too enthused. I cut a plug and scanned, and the signal stayed loud & clear. I went a little farther and out came a gorgeous '23 Merc! :) Watercolor was nowhere to be seen, and he didn't hear my joyful exclamations. I thought I should scan the area "just in case". About 15 feet away, I got another similar tone. I cut the ground (very dry & powdery in this spot), scooped a little, and out came another gorgeous '23 Merc! :) I got on the phone right away and told Watercolor to get his coil back over here! Mike had gone home due to detector troubles, but he returned with his spare right about this time.

I re-scanned that second hole and still got a good signal. A little more fishing and there appeared my first Standing Liberty quarter! ;D (no hint of a date left, but looks like a 1918-1924 based on the style). By this time, the poor guys were trying to hunt the area and find their own coins, but each time I pulled another one out of the hole, they just had to had to stop and come over to see it. I checked the hole again and behold - yet another signal. This time a gorgeous '24 Merc. woke up and said hello (actually she said ouch, because I nicked her in my excitement). One more check of the hole revealed two buffalo nickels - firsts for me (a '16 & a '37) Sorry, I nicked the '16, too. :( I double and tripple-checked that spot to make sure there were no more coins and covered the hole. After passing the coins around for a little show & tell, back into the water they went and I began swinging again.

About two feet away, I got yet another good tone. Right about this time I was beginning to feel like Riccardo_NY. Were you out there buddy? I was thinking about you! I don't have any idea how you find the patience to set up a video camera and film when you get those good signals! I cut the plug and out popped my first silver quarter - and it was a 1914 Barber! All of these coins were 3-5 inches deep, and within 15 feet of each other. ;D

Well, this day goes down as my best hunt ever. Twenty minutes sure made up for days and days of pretty much fruitless swinging. I don't think I'll ever forget the excitement of that 20 minutes, and I hope everyone on T-Net gets to feel the same thing soon. I was very happy with the day's finds, and grateful to have two great detecting buddies there to share the excitement with.

Sorry for the long post, but I know some of you like the stories and the pics. :wink:
 

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Evolution

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Re: Three firsts for me - a 1930's pocket spill - a five silver day!

Beautiful silver. I'm still looking for my first SLQ.
 

dtwilson3

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Re: Three firsts for me - a 1930's pocket spill - a five silver day!

Great finds!! You deserved it after all that time of finding nothing. WTG!

dtw
 

JerV3

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Re: Three firsts for me - a 1930's pocket spill - a five silver day!

Wow,

Big congrats on a nice strike. Holes like that are rare. Sorry to hear about your car. Good karma came back your way for it. I just bought a new car about 1.5 yrs ago. It's been egged twice for no reason. Just to have the pleasure of destroying things.

I have always drove nice used cars. Never had a egg hit any other one of my cars. Matter of fact my really nice olds sits right next to the wife's G6 and they hit the 6 and not my ride thank god. If ever catch anyone there in trouble.

HH Jer
 

watercolor

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Re: Three firsts for me - a 1930's pocket spill - a five silver day!

It was a real treat to see you pulling all those Buffalos
and copious amounts of silver out of that little, tiny hole ;D :thumbsup:

I'm really glad I was there to bear witness :wink:

Are you ready for tomorrow? ::)


See ya!
Mark
 

Ricardo_NY1

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Re: Three firsts for me - a 1930's pocket spill - a five silver day!

Holy smokes man! What a day you had! SLQ, Barber and mercs?.........nice! How do I find the patience?......well, my hunting buddy Tom can back me up on this one..........whenever I get a good signal that I think is going to be good, I stop and pull out a cigarette to smoke for added luck. It's a ritual of sorts. That's why my voice sounds weird in many of my videos with a cigarette stuck in my mouth. I then take a moment to bring out the camera :) It's become just as much a thrill to get these on film as it is to find them.
Now tell us, which one was your favorite quarter, the barber or the standing liberty?

Best,
Ricardo
 

mpostma

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Re: Three firsts for me - a 1930's pocket spill - a five silver day!

Congratulations! Wow! Way to Go!
You Da Man!!!
I LOVE that coin spill feeling! I'm happy for you! (maybe just a little jealous, but it sure sounds like you earned it!)

Love the story. Post was just the right size.

Congratulations, and thank you for sharing the story.

Mp

HH!
 

civilman1

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Re: Three firsts for me - a 1930's pocket spill - a five silver day!

If you're going to find a pocket spill I guess you might as well do it right....Awesome....That would have been killer on video.Great Job!!! :thumbsup:
 

BandB1

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Re: Three firsts for me - a 1930's pocket spill - a five silver day!

Great Stuff!

Good luck,
HH.
 

crazyjarhead

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Re: Three firsts for me - a 1930's pocket spill - a five silver day!

BIG CONGRATS> That will make up for that last Merc you found. ;DThats a rare find. :thumbsup: Is that the 3 leaf plant next to the coins that causes so much misery to humans? ;D
 

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kimsdad

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Re: Three firsts for me - a 1930's pocket spill - a five silver day!

Evolution said:
Beautiful silver. I'm still looking for my first SLQ.

Thanks Evolution! I hope you get it next hunt!

dtwilson3 said:
Great finds!! You deserved it after all that time of finding nothing. WTG!

Thanks a bunch! I was starting to get a little impatient!

JerDfx said:
Wow,
Big congrats on a nice strike. Holes like that are rare. Sorry to hear about your car. Good karma came back your way for it.

Thanks JerDfx. I'm glad I got the egg off B4 it baked on!

jeffk said:
awsome!!!

Thanks, man!

watercolor said:
It was a real treat to see you pulling all those Buffalos
and copious amounts of silver out of that little, tiny hole ;D :thumbsup: Are you ready for tomorrow? ::)

Thanks Mark,
Tomorrow is your turn, buddy!

Ricardo_NY1 said:
Holy smokes man! What a day you had! SLQ, Barber and mercs?.........nice! How do I find the patience?......well, my hunting buddy Tom can back me up on this one..........whenever I get a good signal that I think is going to be good, I stop and pull out a cigarette to smoke for added luck. It's a ritual of sorts. That's why my voice sounds weird in many of my videos with a cigarette stuck in my mouth. I then take a moment to bring out the camera :) It's become just as much a thrill to get these on film as it is to find them.
Now tell us, which one was your favorite quarter, the barber or the standing liberty?

Best,
Ricardo

Thanks, Riccardo! Any more like this & maybe I'll take up smoking so I can film them, too! ;D
Watercolor doesn't agree with me, but I think the Barber is the better looking quarter - and my favorite find of the day.

inneedoftherapy said:
What an awesome day you had ! Those are some really sweet finds. Congrats!

Thanks a bunch!

mpostma said:
Congratulations! Wow! Way to Go!
You Da Man!!!
I LOVE that coin spill feeling! I'm happy for you! (maybe just a little jealous, but it sure sounds like you earned it!)
Love the story. Post was just the right size.
Congratulations, and thank you for sharing the story.

Thanks a ton, Mp!

Neil
 

Locke

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Re: Three firsts for me - a 1930's pocket spill - a five silver day!

That's some nice silver there. Congrats! :thumbsup:
 

Ia.FurTrade

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Re: Three firsts for me - a 1930's pocket spill - a five silver day!

A super day for you, Kims Dad!!! :thumbsup:
 

Ricardo_NY1

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Re: Three firsts for me - a 1930's pocket spill - a five silver day!

Thanks, Riccardo! Any more like this & maybe I'll take up smoking so I can film them, too!
Watercolor doesn't agree with me, but I think the Barber is the better looking quarter - and my favorite find of the day.


Watercolor and I then think the same! I love the SLQ's........but both are nice silver coins regardless!
 

curbdiggercarl57

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Re: Three firsts for me - a 1930's pocket spill - a five silver day!

Ahh, long do I miss the days of finding that much old silver. Actually, I've never found that much old silver, especially a Standing and a Barber quarter. I salute thee!
CurbdiggerCarl
 

TxTim

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Re: Three firsts for me - a 1930's pocket spill - a five silver day!

Congrats on that big haul!!!!
Is that poison ivy i see?
 

Ron B

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Re: Three firsts for me - a 1930's pocket spill - a five silver day!

Damn Dude Neil,
I want that detector back; I sent you my silver sniffing SE by mistake! Lol!
Congrats my buddy! I love all that silver! You definitely had a fantastical day!
Seems you and the 6 inch coil are doing just fine also.

I hope tomorrow's even better!
GRB
 

daytondigger

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Re: Three firsts for me - a 1930's pocket spill - a five silver day!

Now that's a good days hunt, congratulations. Mercs, buffalos, a barber and a SLQ, it doesn't get much better. :thumbsup:
 

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