Foreign silver dollar! Wild day all around!

[washingtonian jr]

What’s up everyone! Today was one of my best days ever!

Me and my brother woke up early to detect a beach nearby and it was a wild day from the start. I’m pretty new to beach detecting so I didn’t really know what I was doing from the start, but figured it out pretty quick.

About 20 minutes in, I get a signal that rings up as a 40, or in most cases, a silver dollar. I didn’t really think I had a chance at finding something good this early on, but stayed cautiously optimistic. However, when I pulled it out of the sand, I knew immediately what I had found, a silver dollar!

I yelled to my brother across the beach and we both ran to the water to rinse it off before even knowing what it was. Turns out, it’s a 1903-P Filipino peso minted in the US when the Philippines was a US territory! https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1903-s-peso/90382 (here’s a clean picture for reference).

Excited for what we had discovered, we kept on trekking on. About an hour later, I find a king Eddie Canadian quarter! My first silver Canadian quarter. No date however it got toasted by the salt water. Also found a Rosie along the way! All in all, a fantastic day if digging! The peso may be my coolest find ever!



Also, the Seattle butthole tag had me crackin up

 

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[SWINGER1969]

Awesome day for you Congrats

 

[tnt-hunter]

Congratulations, that is an unusual find and a beautiful coin to boot. I hope it cleans up well for you.

Keep swingin.

 

[Squirrel322]

Very cool! Congratulations!

 

[washingtonian]

Like I said, that’s right up there with our best finds ever. Such a unique piece of history. I love that it’s a first year issue US/Philippine coin. Ties right back to the days of Teddy Roosevelt and the Spanish American war and was clearly someone’s memento as it was holed and work as a necklace. Once again, way to go on a find you’ll cherish for a long, long time!

 

[lairmo]

I REALLY had to ZOOM in to see your Seattle Butthole...lol...tightwad finding all the good stuff....lol j/k

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds Washingtonian. Thanks for sharing...

 

[Trezurehunter]

Great find Wash. I have found the 1943 Philippine's Dime and Quarter, but haven't come across the $1.00 coin yet.

 

[xcopperstax]

Wow that is a pretty unique silver dollar to find! That is awesome and tells a great story! The butthole tag is hilarious wonder what it's story is! Haha!

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Kurios1]

Very nice find. Something you'll treasure the rest of your life. Kudos mate !

 

[Brendan75]

Hi, wow nice finds. Congrats. That silver dollar is a awesome find

 

[Joe-Dirt]

That silver dollar is nice!!!! I forgot the US made coinage for them, great job beating your brother as well!! (;

 

[washingtonian jr]

That silver dollar is nice!!!! I forgot the US made coinage for them, great job beating your brother as well!! (;

Thanks! Not too often I do better than him in an outing but ever since I got the nox, we’ve been pretty neck in neck when we go out together.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

You did well, congrats!

 

[washingtonian]

Thanks! Not too often I do better than him in an outing but ever since I got the nox, we’ve been pretty neck in neck when we go out together.

Don’t get used to it ;-)

Just kidding. I love when we both have success. That is the best.

 

[park pirate]

Congrats wash that's an awesome find...

 

[against the wind]

Heart stopper for you,,
Heart breaker for whoever lost it.
Congratulations

 

[A2coins]

Crazy awesome finds and the beach to top it off cant get much better

 

[Inspector]

Awesome hunt & great recovery on the Peso, very cool save, nice tag also, congrats on all