BEEP-two weeks later-DIG SILVER

Gridwalker306

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We have had next to no rain this summer, only a few millimetres in the last two months. However the last two days have been cool with constant drizzle...finally!

A few weeks ago I was detecting at a friend's farm and was having a tough time digging the hard dirt. This area between the trees was used by wagons, trucks, and tractors for the last 100+ years, the ground was completely undiggable. I located two targets that sounded really good, and deep! I was able to dig only a few inches, basically just scraping the rock hard dirt. I thought if it was a good target I would just scratch the hell out of it. So I marked the spots and planned to wait until we got rain. ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1505701058.018384.jpg

I returned tonight knowing the ground would be much softer, and sure enough the first spot I marked produced a nice 1917 silver dime. It was every bit of 8 inches deep. Then I dug some horse tack and some junk. Another spot I marked turned up a 1901 IH cent. ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1505701277.165170.jpg ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1505701317.785847.jpg ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1505701349.389101.jpg

These are the only two coins tonight, but it was pretty fun to have the spots marked and ready. Glad I waited. ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1505701491.952156.jpg ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1505701537.289686.jpg
 

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Sweet you got your treasure even though you had to wait. Well worth the wait indeed. Nice digs.:hello:
 

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Awesome, looks like you made the right decision not hacking the heck out of it back then when the ground was hard
 

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Nicely rewarded!
 

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Congrats on your finds J. I would have had sleepless nights wondering what the coins were. I really like the designs on Canadian silver.
 

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Nice work, good finds
 

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I am sure since you are Canadian you know that dime has more silver in it than our American dimes or your newer silver Canadian dimes. Very nice find. I enjoy finding older Canadian silver.
 

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Gridwalker306

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Congrats JC. That's a great story.
 

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Sweet you got your treasure even though you had to wait. Well worth the wait indeed. Nice digs.:hello:
Thanks Kurios
Great finds! Well worth the wait.
Thanks tom
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Awesome, looks like you made the right decision not hacking the heck out of it back then when the ground was hard
I did find an 1890 IH cent there a while back, so I knew if I found silver it could be in the Seated realm. That's really what convinced me to wait for rain.
 

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Gridwalker306

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Nice finds! Two sweet coins. HH
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Nicely rewarded!
Thank you Mz
Congrats on your finds J. I would have had sleepless nights wondering what the coins were. I really like the designs on Canadian silver.
Yes it was bugging me! Before I went back I messaged the land owner and said "it rained! I just have to know what the signals were that I couldn't dig up due to the hard ground, do you mind?". Her reply was "come and dig! I want to know what it is too!". Sent her a cleaned up picture when I got home, she was happy for me haha
Nice work, good finds
Thank you treb
 

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Gridwalker306

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I am sure since you are Canadian you know that dime has more silver in it than our American dimes or your newer silver Canadian dimes. Very nice find. I enjoy finding older Canadian silver.
Yep, 92.5 dimes make for a sweeet signal.
Congrats JC. That's a great story.
Thanks Tom, hopefully that farm has more things to find
 

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Very cool story and great job! Well worth the wait for sure!!!! That dime is beautiful!!! :icon_thumleft:
 

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