silver

  1. Silver and Gold from soccer fields

    I think I may have cleaned out the local soccer field over the last two weeks. In past months I found 2 gold bands there and now over the last 2 weeks I've found 3 more pieces of gold and silver jewelry. Two rings and a pendent. The small ring is sterling 3.5g, the big ring is a sterling band...
  2. Coin collector just starting to fish the dirt.

    I purchased my Bounty Hunter Lone Star last week and have been out hunting about 5 times. First off, what is something you wished you knew when starting out this awesome hobby? Also, any tips you would like to share with a newbie are much appreciated. For the most part i've been sticking to the...
  3. Great Metal Detecting Site!

    I have only been at this site for three days and have found a 1904 dime, a 1919 nickel,a 1915 D penny, a 1913 penny, a 1956 D penny, and a 1959 penny. Here is a link to pics of the 1904 Dime, 1919 nickel., and 1915D penny...
  4. Silver, Buffalo, and wheat all in same hole

    NOTE: After taking photos of my 1915D wheat cent I lost it in my house, I know it will probably turn up sometime though. Just a day ago I found my first wheat penny, buffalo nickel, and barber dime (my fist silver coin), all in the same hole. The date of the wheat was 1915 D the date of the...
  5. Identify this hammered coin

    I bought this half-cut hammered a while back,and need help I'Ding it.Help me please Thanks, collectorconor
  6. gold/silver ore?

  7. Better late than never, last weeks finds

    Last week I went through 675$ in dimes and 80$ in nickels. Here's what I found: In the dimes, I found 1x silver dime(1954) Nothing else that I kept besides 2 pennies. In the nickels, I found 1x war nickel(1944) 3x 30's nickels 10x 40's nickels(11 if you count the war nickel) 15x 50's...
  8. Silver test results

    I found these while I was metal detecting in a creek where gold has been found, the area is also known for having a tin mine that produced some silver and gold. I bought an acid test, and got these results. I want to think that the acid turned brown, indicating 80% silver, but I have never done...
  9. Good Week So Far and My Second Silver Bicentennial!!!

    Well, I have found 16 40%ers in $4,000 in halves already this week! I'm super pumped. It was a good week last week and another good one this week too. All my finds came from MWR in delivered boxes. The best part was that I found MY SECOND SILVER BICENTENNIAL!!! It's absolutely bananas! I went...
  10. Found my first ever SILVER DOLLAR!!!

    Here's a video of the silver dollar I found the other day! Still cant get enough detecting time! Makes me want to skip work for a couple of days. Any of you ever have this problem? Check it out!
  11. Whats your perspective? A Realistic Look at MDing, with Silver and Wheats

    What's your perspective? A Realistic Look at MD'ing, with Silver and Wheat's No we don't always bring home the silver but LOOK as what we do get most of the time. Then we have those days of MD teasing, you know the thought, "the next dig and we got silver", yet it never shows :mad: Oh well...
  12. Peace [Dollar] In the North East! (and the rest of my teller tray score from today)

    Asked for "big dollar coins" and any "old coins and bills." The teller gave me these and knew they were silver! And got 16 dollars in big dollar coins, and one of them stood right out to me... 4 walking liberty half dollars, 2 bens, 8 merc dimes, and 2 FDRs bought at $5 face. Always ask, and...
  13. How many silver coins can be in a 1 ender box? I may break the record here

    What's your personal record? this box had 1 40% (68) gold plated ender, and so far including that roll, I'm 4 for 4, one silver coin in each roll. I picked them from random locations of the box too. and 1's a 64! the box that came with it had a Ben and a 66, and a few gold plated clads. 4...
  14. ✅ SOLVED Silver Alloy? or Camfire Nuggets?

    Well on my very first outing with my GB2 I found these nuggets: They are extraordinarily dense, dull ashy in color, I can not scratch them with my finger nail, I couldn't even bend or scathe them with a pair of pliers. I don't know what they are but they appear to be Silver or some alloy of...
  15. Finally Found The Shine plus 10K

    Went out saturday with a buddy of mine and his wife to hit up his grandmothers yard. She said the house was built in either the 1920's or 1930's. He said he went one time before for just a few minutes before dark and found a couple wheat pennies so we was hopeful and waiting for the nice weather...
  16. Another first Big Silver and a great 6 silver day with Jewlery

    This is from a hunt I did several weeks back not today hope you enjoy. Had a great day out today, was out about 4 hours maybe a little less. I've only been out 2 times this year the first I found a real ugly rosie. Today I found another first for me BIG SILVER, A Walker, very nice. I found 15...
  17. Morgan Silver Dollars *pics*

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  18. My Best Find Yet!!!!!

    My Finds Today Pretty exited I didn't think I would find much and all I was digging up was trash and square nails. I went over to this huge oak tree and found a metal button which i simply threw since it was modern. Then I get a Strong hit in the same hole. I Pull out a Sterling Silver ring(My...
  19. Unreal amount of large silver this man dug up in the water with Garrett AT Pro.

    I am not sure if this was posted before or not. LiveLeak.com - Huge Cache Of Coins!
  20. 5th Etrac hunt in same yard = 3 silvers!

    3 SILVER coins from my 5th ETRAC hunt in the yard I've been hunting off and on when we have warm weather: 1942 and 45 Mercury dimes and 1942 Washington quarter. Thanks Minelab Profind 25 for having a light so I could see the quarter in the hole in the dark! This makes a total of 5 silver coins...
  21. 5th Etrac hunt with silver! Digging in the dark.

    3 SILVER coins from my 5th ETRAC hunt in the yard I've been hunting off and on when we have warm weather: 1942 and 45 Mercury dimes and 1942 Washington quarter. Thanks Minelab Profind 25 for having a light so I could see the quarter in the hole in the dark! This makes a total of 5 silver coins...
  22. Ben, Ken, Booker T! Ive Got Two Walkers Chasing Me! Washingtons Stuck inside TD!

    Ben, Ken, Booker T! I've Got Two Walkers Chasing Me! Washington's Stuck inside TD! After finishing my first coin dump of the day, I noticed the coin counter was not spitting out any coins into the reject tube... Turns out, a "Penny Bag" was blocking the reject area, so I mentioned this to the...
  23. Video-Silver and Billiards at the Drake Saloon...

    With the recent rain, cold, wind, snow, and just about everything else on the list for Oklahoma weather, the stars aligned and I was able to get out and hunt. I gained permission at two homes that haven't been accessible in a long time. I grabbed the CTX, put on the Pivotheads(review coming) and...
  24. New silver coin collection - FIJI 2013 “Dogs and Cats”

    To your attention, We want to present a new collection of silver coins under the name of "Dogs and Cats" made by Switzerland PAMP Mint and developed by one of the largest investment companies in the world - JVP Investment Coins. The 1th out of 12 series just issued, you have a unique chance to...
  25. A Mercury Dime in the Teens and MY FIRST GOLD From CRH...

    I bought a bag of dimes to go through today. The manager was nice enough to pull it off of the machine early for me today before it was full ($857). In going through it I found three silver dimes. Two were Roosies (1960 + 1964), and the other was a Merc with the date so worn that it is difficult...
  26. Jackpot VII: Yes Really, Again! (combined with my weekly finds with pics)!

    Well, it has only been one day, and I hit a major score today at one bank. I ended up searching 5 half dollar boxes, and went to banks for CWRs, and one of the banks I stop at every month or so on my route had 8.00 in halves. I heard all of them make a clean silver clink on the table, and saw...
  27. Jackpot VI: Is that a solid roll in my pocket or are you...

    Yes... yes it is a solid roll, and you probably aren't too happy to see me... take this solid roll of 64s out of circulation. I just nabbed these from the same bank that I hit my most recent jackpot. I got these right after work while I was still in the city, waiting for a friend to get out so...
  28. My best pocket spill so far

    Got out for a couple hours before dark and found these. It was fun pulling one out and rechecking only to find there was more in the hole : ) HH OMWP
  29. Not your typical hunt

    This past weekend my wife and I spent the whole weekend at the beach, a well needed break. I did get to detect on the beach on two seperate occasions and came out 7 cents in clad pennies ahead. On the way home Sunday we stopped at a thrift store and looked around a bit. I found two unexpected...
  30. ✅ SOLVED 2001 silver colored maple - Not Colored

    I have a 2001 Silver Canada $5 Colored Maple, without the color. The coin appears mint / untampered, and in all other regards matches my other colored maples. Is it possible for the color to have been removed? Will the value be less? Thanks in advance for any help.
  31. The Tesoro MicroMax Silver, a Technical Review

    Greetings, fellow swingers. First post. I've only had my first detector for about a month now, but I also would like to think of myself as a good researcher. I have something of a technical background and I did/read tons of manufacturer, price, feature, and customer review comparisons before...
  32. 3rd time out with Etrac=Another first: 1935 Walking Liberty half!!

    Third time out with Etrac metal detector= Another First: 1935 Walking Liberty silver half dollar! 1918 and 1941 wheat pennies as well. Uncleaned. Yesterday found a Barber quarter:also a first of that type of coin. The half was first half of any type.
  33. The [Silver] Proof Is In The Pudding!

    Finally got my first silver half proof yesterday! A 1976S found in a box from a bank off the beaten path. Has certainly been one interesting week for CRH for me. I wonder what tomorrow will bring!
  34. Two Silver Roosies and The End of an Era...

    Afternoon Fellow Hunters, I went to one of my best producing banks today to pick a box of dimes they were saving for me. As I was there being helped by the vault teller, two different people were cleaning out their safe deposit boxes for good. I asked the teller what was going on and she said...
  35. Jackpot!!! V: Over One Solid Half Dollar Roll!: Yesterdays Mini Jackpot Score!

    Jackpot!!! V: Over One Solid Half Dollar Roll!: Yesterday's Mini Jackpot Score! Had an hour to walk around on my lunch break yesterday, and decided to stop into some banks I haven't been to before. I almost didn't go into the bank that had all these CWRs, but I am very glad I took the extra...
  36. MY FIRST WALKING HALF!! WOOHOO!! With a Rosie watching over Lady Liberty.

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  37. sagittarius98! What did I find, dude?!?

    REJECT TRAY FIND: Franklin Mint .925 Silver mini Abe Linconol Coin! I found it on the floor by the reject tray yesterday evening. It is much smaller than a dime, and a tad bit thicker as well. The edge has that special silvery luster, but google gave me nothing. Upon more searching, I found...
  38. "stoner" kid buys chips & soda with 13, 1964 quarters and now theyre mine

    "stoner" kid buys chips & soda with 13, 1964 quarters and now they're mine My girlfriend has been working PT at a big name convenience store and last night a young kid came in that looked pretty baked and put a Mountain Dew Red on the counter with some Takis chip type snacks. He then pulled out...
  39. Northern Refineries

    www.northernrefineries.com "Northern Refineries is a full service refiner of all precious metals. We buy, refine and assay all forms of gold, silver, platinum and palladium.Gold buyers, gold refineries, platinum buyers, platinum refineries, platinum refiners" Stuart Avig...
  40. need help id this mark and stone plz?

    bought this ring at yard sale.looked nice. nice stone,925 silver, but i cant make out the makers mark? looks like the freemason square and a diamond shape above it? can anyone help? maybe identify the stone too? loooks like smoked qaurts or topaz? sorry but best pics i can get.thanks
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