basque-man
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Hello Folks,
So we made our 4 hour trip this last weekend deep into Nevada. We stayed near an old mining town in Nevada where we have been in the past and with 6 of us detecting and digging; knew it could be great.......My buddies father in law has had good luck metal detecting for gold on the other side of the mountains.
Day 1 was slow with the normal finds of buttons, broken bottles and Chinese coins.
Day 2 is when my son again started out finding the silver first and talking trash. A holed 1847 "50 cent" French coin. Then on top the ground he gets an 1856 Seated Quarter. He was feeling good about himself and it was starting to look like the other 5 of us were going to get skunked.
Day 3 is when my buddy and his father in law found their 1867 and 1868 Shield Nickels. By buddies son found an old pistol (sorry no picture yet) and I found a couple more buttons and a brass WP RR Key as well as an old brass spur in great shape.
Day 4, we decided to head further up the canyon and give it 4 hours before leaving for home. We were near an old park area and my buddy decided to walk around an old road. About an hour later he is walking towards the truck; shaking; asking me if I brought the bottle whiskey? I asked him if he found gold and he just smiled.......We all walk over to the edge of the road he was working and see the "large" disk on his shovel. He is shaking so bad he can't even pick it up. After some personal photos and a bottle of water (and having a beer), he cleans it off. We all see a find of a lifetime. An 1862-S double eagle. Might have hit it with his shovel or the rocks it was lying on under the dirt.
Enjoy the pictures. (I added the US Cartridge Plate because it had been found on our prior trip. Thought it was odd to be found so far out west but with the amount of cavalry finds we have made, you just never know what you may get.)
Thanks for looking.
So we made our 4 hour trip this last weekend deep into Nevada. We stayed near an old mining town in Nevada where we have been in the past and with 6 of us detecting and digging; knew it could be great.......My buddies father in law has had good luck metal detecting for gold on the other side of the mountains.
Day 1 was slow with the normal finds of buttons, broken bottles and Chinese coins.
Day 2 is when my son again started out finding the silver first and talking trash. A holed 1847 "50 cent" French coin. Then on top the ground he gets an 1856 Seated Quarter. He was feeling good about himself and it was starting to look like the other 5 of us were going to get skunked.
Day 3 is when my buddy and his father in law found their 1867 and 1868 Shield Nickels. By buddies son found an old pistol (sorry no picture yet) and I found a couple more buttons and a brass WP RR Key as well as an old brass spur in great shape.
Day 4, we decided to head further up the canyon and give it 4 hours before leaving for home. We were near an old park area and my buddy decided to walk around an old road. About an hour later he is walking towards the truck; shaking; asking me if I brought the bottle whiskey? I asked him if he found gold and he just smiled.......We all walk over to the edge of the road he was working and see the "large" disk on his shovel. He is shaking so bad he can't even pick it up. After some personal photos and a bottle of water (and having a beer), he cleans it off. We all see a find of a lifetime. An 1862-S double eagle. Might have hit it with his shovel or the rocks it was lying on under the dirt.
Enjoy the pictures. (I added the US Cartridge Plate because it had been found on our prior trip. Thought it was odd to be found so far out west but with the amount of cavalry finds we have made, you just never know what you may get.)
Thanks for looking.
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