Carolus III coin (first silver coin found) in Virginia using Fisher F2!!!

[clonewarsjedi]

I've owned my Fisher F2 for about a year and after practicing in the yard and finding pennies (2 wheaties), dimes, and strange odds and ends, I decided to venture out to local parks. Luckily there are no laws restricting local park detecting! So on my birthday this year in September, my wife and I set out to a new park we hadn't been to. After about an hour and a half I had found the usual pennies and dimes. Ready to call it a day my wife said, "You haven't even gone across the bridge yet!", which is where there was another 1/2 of the park. "Ok I said", and after about 10 minutes, got a "dime/quarter" bounce on the detector. I dug and dug and still could find nothing. After about 8", I found this! I had always dreamed of finding even a mercury dime or something! Here are the specs from ncgcoin.com:

Specifications
Composition: Silver
Fineness: 0.9030
Weight: 27.0673g
ASW: 0.7858oz
Melt Value: $17.15 (9/29/2013)
Design
Obverse: Armored bust of Charles III, right
Obverse Legend: CAROLUS III DEI GRATIA
Reverse: Crowned shield flanked by pillars with banner, normal initials and mint mark
Reverse Legend: HISPAN ET IND REX ...

Also - from people I've spoken with cutting a silver piece was common place as to create denominations for exchange. This one looks deliberately cut.

Whatever you do - just have fun. Try to be patient - you never know when or what you'll find!!!

 

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[SusanMN]

Well that certainly is the way to find your first silver!

 

[Garbagebill]

Wow! Excellent find! Man I love this hobby!!!

 

[RobRieman]

You got the good half with the date too! Sweet!

 

[daemon1971]

Sweet coin!

 

[Mackaydon]

Great find; and Welcome to Treasure Net !!
Did you weigh it at 13.5 grams?
What is the diameter in mm?
Don..

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[clonewarsjedi]

Hey Tom,

Looks like my scale puts it at 12g, and not sure about diameter, but have included more pics...

 

[christo000]

Wow its always those good finds that come out soon as ur about ready to call it quits. Well done

 

[Mackaydon]

Thanks for the added coin and scale pics.
Don..

 

[relicmeister]

Very, Very nice find.

 

[Showtime2385]

Very Cool, Congrats. That's one way to make change. Try cutting a dollar in half today -_- lol

 

[cudamark]

No sweat....the lawn mowers do it all the time!