Silverslug
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Some of you guys pull silver out of the ground almost every day. But I live in a city (Las Vegas), where almost nothing is old. (Las Vegas is a city of two million, but in 1960, it was a city of only about 20,000). I started metal detecting in April 2014. After a while, just pulling tons of clad out of the ground starts to get old. A few weeks ago I actually started to get serious about finding some silver coinage. Today I went to the 'hood and found an abandoned house built in 1955 (ancient by Las Vegas standards) and detected the back yard. I detected the entire back yard, then cut across the yard on the way back to my car. The Garrett Ace 250 gave a half dollar signal and I dug up the Washington quarter (1953-S) in a spot I'd already gone over. I tried the side of the house, then headed back toward my car again and saw the Roosevelt (1955-D) lying on top of the ground right before I swept my detector over it--again in a spot I'd already detected.
Last week I did another old house (built in 1952). I pulled out ten wheat pennies, but no silver. In this yard, I found only one wheat, but managed the two silvers. Doesn't seem to make sense, but oh, well. I'm happy to have FINALLY found silver.
Last week I did another old house (built in 1952). I pulled out ten wheat pennies, but no silver. In this yard, I found only one wheat, but managed the two silvers. Doesn't seem to make sense, but oh, well. I'm happy to have FINALLY found silver.
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