bazinga
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My buddy Mark called me this morning while I was still asleep. But I welcomed the call after coming to my senses and losing most of my morning grogginess.
First we checked out a spot that he said he has found a large cent at in the past. No luck there for either of us.
So then we checked out a bulldozed lot in a rougher neighborhood and I got the sterling ring and 1890 IH. Things are looking up...
Then on the way to a park we see a school that looks like it would have been hunted by a million others already. But, we go anyways.... Well, those who have been here in the past weren't too skilled.
I got a NICE silver hit that was showing maybe a max of 2" deep (I always dig those shallow ones to get the quarters and sterling jewelry). Dig down... 1964 memorial... hmm... that was odd...
Get up, get the same signal again. Put the probe over the top of the ground and get no signal. Hmmm, it must be deeper / bigger. Dig down about 5-6" and I see some silver that looks to have some size to it. So I yell for Mark to come over and we both take pictures with our cell phones of the edge that we can see. I honestly thought it was a silver half. The ground was virtually a solid rock, so it was tough digging. Finally dig out far enough to dig the ground out from underneath and we see BIG silver!!!!
1923 Silver Peace Dollar!
I had been complaining about never finding a large cent and telling Mark I didn't want to hear all of his large cent stories. Then after finding this he said I couldn't complain anymore.
I also dug 24 wheats on the day, (10 at a small 5x5 area at a park, but no silver was there
) and 2 mercury dimes (1943D, 1923).
Poor quality cell phone pictures of what I first saw in the hole when I yelled for Mark.
First we checked out a spot that he said he has found a large cent at in the past. No luck there for either of us.
So then we checked out a bulldozed lot in a rougher neighborhood and I got the sterling ring and 1890 IH. Things are looking up...
Then on the way to a park we see a school that looks like it would have been hunted by a million others already. But, we go anyways.... Well, those who have been here in the past weren't too skilled.
I got a NICE silver hit that was showing maybe a max of 2" deep (I always dig those shallow ones to get the quarters and sterling jewelry). Dig down... 1964 memorial... hmm... that was odd...
Get up, get the same signal again. Put the probe over the top of the ground and get no signal. Hmmm, it must be deeper / bigger. Dig down about 5-6" and I see some silver that looks to have some size to it. So I yell for Mark to come over and we both take pictures with our cell phones of the edge that we can see. I honestly thought it was a silver half. The ground was virtually a solid rock, so it was tough digging. Finally dig out far enough to dig the ground out from underneath and we see BIG silver!!!!
1923 Silver Peace Dollar!
I had been complaining about never finding a large cent and telling Mark I didn't want to hear all of his large cent stories. Then after finding this he said I couldn't complain anymore.
I also dug 24 wheats on the day, (10 at a small 5x5 area at a park, but no silver was there
) and 2 mercury dimes (1943D, 1923).
Poor quality cell phone pictures of what I first saw in the hole when I yelled for Mark.
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W!! That peace dollar sure is a beauty. Congrats! 
RR
