First Big Silver Ever And What A Silver It Is....... Best Day Overall So Far

46Wheat

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Went out on our old family farm which was a Hop farm in the 1800s. Got a screaming signal on my AT Pro and almost didn't dig it because I figured it was an old piece of farm steel .
Dug it anyways and out popped my first big silver ever . A beautiful 1891-0 Morgan silver dollar . I called my MD mentor over who was on the other end of the field to see it and when he did he said . "Someone is watching over you I have been doing this for 35 yrs and I have never found a silver dollar you have been doing it for 4 months and you hit one ." I told him before my dad died he told me in the 1800s the migrant workers came through in the spring to plant the hops and the fall to harvest and they were always paid in silver. So I figured if I looked long enough on the farm I hoped I would find one . I was floating on the clouds after that .
We looked for another 4 hrs and had an incredible day overall . We ended up with the 1891 Morgan , a 1798 LC , a 1804 Half Cent and a 1839 LC . My buddy found the Half cent and the 1839 LC while I found my first ever 1700s coin the 1798 LC .
Im going back out in a little while as my honey do list is done for the day and we only covered like 10% of the fields I have avalible to hunt on our farm . I didn't get any pics of the morgan in the hole as I was to excited to think about a camera . Sorry 101_0295.JPG101_0286.JPG101_0271.JPG101_0262.JPG
 

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OOps forgot to say the 1810 LC I found in the same field on Monday afternoon .
 

Spectacular hunt. Congrats... and yes, I am jealous!
 

Awesome hunt. You have a great spot, looking forward to seeing your future finds. Congrats on a beautiful Morgan.
 

Holy moley those are great finds!!
 

is that a big smile? looks like a silver lined smile to me! super nice, wish it were me!
 

Awesome finds! That's a great spot with more to be found. Congrats on the beautiful Morgan and those early coppers. Way to go :icon_thumright:
 

Nice group of coins! Hopefully you are only on the fringe of the hotspot, and things will even get better!
 

That's an incredible site you have there ! Silver Dollars are a rare MD find (most never find one ) the half cent is also a rare find , so is a
DB large , and a Classic Head large ! I am just a kick in the A$$ away from a banner vote -I realize this was combined finds not all yours,
so I guess I can't quite go there - but the number and variety of rare finds on one hunt is spectacular. The fact that you have unlimited
access to this site as "family property" is the best news !!!
 

Awesome awesome site !! wow what a beautiful silver...congrats !! And yes..I would be hammering away at that place for a loooong time! Great finds..thanks for sharing..ddf
 

Wow! That's a hunt you won't forget any time soon! Excellent post
 

Sweet finds. Now I HAVE to go out and swing my detector for a few minutes...:thumbsup: Be right back...
 

Thank you all for the kind words and encouragement . Just got back from another round in that field . This time I pulled 2 Indians out and a 2 cent piece . Omg I cant stop smiling 101_0232.JPG101_0175.JPG The 2 cent piece is 1865 I believe cant be sure the front is pretty roached and the 2 Indians were in the same plug.
 

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