she ain't purty but she's mine

McCDig

Silver Member
Jan 31, 2015
3,753
9,039
Baltimore, Maryland
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Fisher F75
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Metal Detecting
Got out today with John C today; it had been two months since we last hunted together. We hit one elementary school and John was the first to score silver, finding a shallow silver ring. We made our way over to the street-side strip with older trees and began to find wheats. Good sign and then I got a 27 signal on my Equinox; this produced a NIKE silver ring.
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John had an itch to find something old so we headed further down into the city to yet another public elementary school, a site where he had found numerous silver and nickel targets in the past. I was working a hill and dug a choppy signal that was mostly in the high 20s only to see a thin silver disk in the dirt ball. I figured either a trime or a half dime and a little cleaning with water, I discovered this target to be an 1854 half dime, not pretty but exactly what we were looking for.
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I pressed on an did get another positive target on that hill and uncovered a small STERLING charm in the hole. This is a tiny working mailbox.
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All in all, a pretty amazing hunt and what a way to kick off my first day of retirement.
 

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BigWaveDave

Gold Member
Nov 22, 2013
9,331
17,026
Mountain Maryland
🥇 Banner finds
2
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4
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Garrett AT Pro, AT Max, Minelab
Equinox 800
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
The mailbox probably from a charm bracelet.... maybe some chic mail carrier?.... very cool!
 

BLK HOLE

Silver Member
Aug 3, 2017
4,725
6,501
Northern Virginia
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1
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AT MAX/AT PRO/GPX-4500, Equinox 800, Garrett Pro Pointer,NEL Attack Coil, Lesche diggers, and the custom made in the USA Freeloader Pack Mule Pouch!
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Very cool finds, love that silver!
 

A2coins

Gold Member
Dec 20, 2015
33,807
42,607
Ann Arbor
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
3
Detector(s) used
Equinox 800
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Hills Hills Hills good job my friend
 

washingtonian

Gold Member
Sep 26, 2005
6,507
12,899
Puget Sound
Detector(s) used
Equinox 800, Whites DFX
Wow, great job on all that silver and even more importantly CONGRATS ON RETIRING! I expect your finds to triple next year ;)
 

Whyme

Silver Member
Aug 22, 2007
3,731
5,452
Western New York
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CTX-3030, Equinox 800
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All Treasure Hunting
Man those are awesome! Nice seated and ring! But that small working mailbox is awesome! Congrats! :icon_thumleft: First day of retirement! Good for you! Mine starts in April. Can't wait!
 

Silvermonkey

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Apr 24, 2013
4,635
10,347
Eastern Massachusetts
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2
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AT Pro, XP Deus
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
I think she's very pretty! If things don't work out between the two of you, have her give me a call...
 

smokeythecat

Gold Member
Nov 22, 2012
20,734
40,824
Maryland
🥇 Banner finds
10
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1
Detector(s) used
XP Deus II
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Very nice job, that mailbox is totally cute!
 

treblehunter

Gold Member
Jun 18, 2013
9,675
11,296
New Jersey
Detector(s) used
Minelab Excalibur II
XP Deus
Garrett pro pointer
XP Deus MI-6 pinpointer
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Very nice job, that is so cool the mailbox still had all it's working parts. We in the retirement business have a saying, "everyday is a Saturday" Congrats on your retirement!
 

Carolina Tom

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Apr 4, 2014
10,059
17,064
Charlotte
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1
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XP Deus V3.2 9" & 11" Coils, AT Pro, ProPointer AT, Lesche 55, 75 & 80LT
Primary Interest:
Other
Those are nice finds. The half dime looks good to me.

Congrats & good luck.
 

Brendan75

Bronze Member
Aug 21, 2017
1,118
2,591
Pretoria
Detector(s) used
Equinox 800/ Garrett AT pro/ Minelab X- terra 305/ Garrett Ace 250
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Hi, nice finds. Congrats on finding the nice silver:icon_thumright:
 

Subterranean

Silver Member
Jan 31, 2012
3,964
8,892
Southwest Missouri
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2
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Garrett AT Pro (Julio), Garrett AT Max (Medusa), Garrett Pro Pointer, White's Prism V, Lesche Digger.
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
CONGRATULATIONS on your retirement, McDig! Finding three very nice sterling pieces is a wonderful omen, and I hope your digging through your "golden" years will always be like that. Sub 8-)
 

Yak1366

Bronze Member
Oct 22, 2017
1,293
2,307
Ringgold, Georgia
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Equinox 800, Garrett ATPro, ProPointer AT, Retriever II
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Other
Sweet silver finds!!! The mailbox is great!! Congrats!!!
 

eyemustdigtreasure

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Mar 2, 2013
3,602
5,582
California
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Fisher Gold Bug Pro
Tesoro Cibola
Nokta Pointer; Phillips SHS5200 phones
Nokta Macro SIMPLEX +
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
What a way to retire...!
Sweet finds! :icon_thumright:
Be proud...!
 

xcopperstax

Silver Member
Sep 3, 2018
2,508
4,872
Massachusetts
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Garrett AT Max
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Awesome half dime! It's a little roughed up but still has the essential detail!
 

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