10 Silver, 34 Wheats ~ Small Gold ~ Sterling Charms ~ 43 For 43!!

Captn SE · Nov 11, 2008

Hello, my Friends!!

Yesterday, I reached a milestone of 300+ silver coin finds for '08, and was very satisfied to achieve this at the "silver park". :headbang:

Without the silver park this year, I don't think this accomplishment would have been possible. The park has produced 177 silver coins this year for me, and I did not get skunked for silver once at the park this year in almost 70 hunts. :occasion18:

I decided yesterday after finding 4 silver dimes, and 8 wheats, to finally give the park a break from future hunts. I will be giving some of my other parks that produced silver for me last year a try for the remainder of the year. There will never be another park in S. CA like the "silver park". :icon_salut:

The first pic is from the last 3-4 hunts from the "silver park". The two sterling crosses were found on the same day, within 50 ft from each other, both around 7" deep. The blue hotrod tootsie toy was also found on the same day. The piece of gold chain was an "eye" find, laying right on top of a flattened gopher mound. :icon_cyclops_ani:

The marbles were found in some of the plugs I dug. Hey, you can actually see me taking a pic of my finds in the reddish colored marble....Cool!! :wave:

The second pic is a closeup of the sterling crosses and my gold chain find.
I was requested by a few of you to post some of my other non-old coin finds that I typically make while searching for the older coins. The third pic are my clad finds for about 4 hunts. I don't dig any shallow clad, except for quarter signals. The dimes/pennies posted were all 4-8" recoveries.
The last pic is my trash, per request. This is a typical amount for about 4 individual hunts in the turf. A good amount of this trash was dug up to help better identify a deeper coin signal, or it just happened to be in my plug mixed in with my coin target.

I'm very satisfied with my old coin finds this year in my local hunt sites. I really didn't think I was going to find as much as I did, considering last year's quantity of old coin finds that I made.

Thanks for looking!!
Keep The Passion High! :thumbsup:

CAPTN SE
Dan

Golden1 · Nov 11, 2008

I had to put my sunglasses on to look at all that SILVER

Congrats captn :thumbsup:

G1

civilman1 · Nov 11, 2008

Cool story...Beautiful Pic's...And a Big High Five to ya Dan.Man to have a place like that has to be awesome,and to leave it alone for a while.... :tongue3:

44 Baby!!!! :thumbsup:

Bob S · Nov 11, 2008

WTG

Nice Finds

Jerry1NJ · Nov 11, 2008

Great finds!!!

t-bucket · Nov 11, 2008

WTG Dan,That is a lot of digging for all of those coins and trash for the year !!!! Congrats on the total for the year and hope you get 400 silver !!!! I am about 200 behind you but my parks are small and less people .I am surprised you haven't found a Gold coin yet. Have a Good one and good luck on your next hunt. :thumbsup:

Dman · Nov 11, 2008

Great finds. I really like the sterling crosses.
Dman

kimsdad · Nov 11, 2008

Wow! Look at those silvers shine!! 8) Marvel at that great jewelry!!

Nice marbles, and a cool roadster! :wink:

I may not have the Captn Dan touch, but at least it's good to see that you dig pulltabs and bottle caps, too! :tongue3:

I couldn't let that park be if I were in your shoes.

Gongrats!!!!! :thumbsup:

Captn Dan's Scorecard

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45.......
:dontknow:

"When will he stop?"

:icon_king:

curbdiggercarl57 · Nov 11, 2008

I've said it before, and I know I'll say it again, You are killing me! Keep it up!

crazyjarhead · Nov 11, 2008

Golden1 said:
I had to put my sunglasses on to look at all that SILVER
Congrats captn

G1

That's because it's "California silver"

This count will obviously be going on for a while longer. Those crosses are cool. Nice shinny silver as could be expected Dan.

HH Ron

RONC(OR) · Nov 11, 2008

Very nice finds I always get a kick when I find marbles makes my day Congrats HH :thumbsup:

The Bulgarian · Nov 11, 2008

WTG Dan nice finds. :thumbsup:

LI Tom · Nov 11, 2008

Well Cap,you have an amazing streak at that park and great amounts of silver coins.It is certainly going to be sad when that spot finally peters out.Sometimes it keeps you fresh and sharp to break it up and try someplace new.My own little mini-streak at a little park of maybe 6-7 acres is at 16 with over 50 silver coins and even though I got 6 silver coins each in the last 2 hunts,I'm bored walking the same ground over and over,so I tried other sites just to break it up and keep me fresh.But I will be back.As you Know these streaks wouls not be possible without an Explorer!!!!

texan connection · Nov 11, 2008

Great stuff man, you rock

silverfreak · Nov 11, 2008

Nice digs my friend. Don't you love it when you can go back to sites and pluck a few more goodies out. :thumbsup:

I've dug a few of those memorial cents myself lately. Nothing like an 8" deep memorial to tick ya' off

Nice huntin' Dan

The Buzzard King · Nov 11, 2008

Killer finds!

Possumguts · Nov 11, 2008

Thats a handcuff key in the center right of the trash pic!

Narthoniel · Nov 11, 2008

wow, you da man. I want to be like you when I grow up!

Captn SE · Nov 11, 2008

Nick Pappagiorgio said:
Marvelous Marbles ...

Righteous Religious Medals ...

Cool Crochet Hooks ...

Stellar Silver Coinage ...

What more could you ask for ...

Rock On Dan ... Continue to PERSEVERE ...

~ Nick ~

Thanks, Nick!! I see you know what a crochet hook is.

I do too! My Mom and Grandmother used them all the time. I even knew how to use one, but that was a long, long time ago.

Golden1 said:
I had to put my sunglasses on to look at all that SILVER
Congrats captn

G1

Thanks, G1 !! Good luck to you!!

civilman1 said:
Cool story...Beautiful Pic's...And a Big High Five to ya Dan.Man to have a place like that has to be awesome,and to leave it alone for a while.... 44 Baby!!!!

Thanks, Civil! I will never forget what the silver park produced for me this year. What a park!! ::)

Bob S said:
WTG

Nice Finds

Thanks, Bob!! Keep killing it at the S. Orange County beaches!! :thumbsup:

Jerry1NJ said:
Great finds!!!

Thanks, Jerry1NJ!! Good luck to you!!

t-bucket said:
WTG Dan,That is a lot of digging for all of those coins and trash for the year !!!! Congrats on the total for the year and hope you get 400 silver !!!! I am about 200 behind you but my parks are small and less people .I am surprised you haven't found a Gold coin yet. Have a Good one and good luck on your next hunt.

Thanks, Gary!! It sure was a lot of digging. My body still aches! I don't think I will get to 400. I met my final milestone this year hitting 300. I'm content. There's still a "next year"! A gold coin is still on my wish list!! ::)

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

Captn SE · Nov 11, 2008

Dman said:
Great finds. I really like the sterling crosses.
Dman

Thanks, Doug!! I never found two of those crosses on the same day before until last Friday. Good luck to you.

kimsdad said:
Wow! Look at those silvers shine!! 8) Marvel at that great jewelry!! Nice marbles, and a cool roadster! I may not have the Captn Dan touch, but at least it's good to see that you dig pulltabs and bottle caps, too!

I couldn't let that park be if I were in your shoes.

Gongrats!!!!!

Captn Dan's Scorecard

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45....... "When will he stop?"

Thanks, Neil!! I bet you're getting tired of typing those little icons on each of my posts!

I appreciate them. Yes, I dig pulltabs and caps by accident sometimes.

curbdiggercarl57 said:
I've said it before, and I know I'll say it again, You are killing me! Keep it up!

Thanks, CurbDigger!! I don't want to kill you, but I still want to find the silver! :whip2:

Nice finds!

Thanks, plehbah! Is your username spelled backwards, "hab help"? Sometimes when I dig a wheatie, I think about your past/present wheatie quotes down in your signature....very cool!! :thumbsup:

That's because it's "California silver" Grin This count will obviously be going on for a while longer. Those crosses are cool. Nice shinny silver as could be expected Dan.

HH Ron

Thanks, Ron!! This park gives up a lot of shiny silver, unlike some of the parks I've been to last year! Good luck to you!!

RONC(OR) said:
Very nice finds I always get a kick when I find marbles makes my day Congrats HH

Thanks, Ron! Yeah, the marbles are special finds in my plug!! Good luck out there. Stay dry!!

The Bulgarian said:
WTG Dan nice finds.

Thanks, Bulgarian!! Good luck to you out there!! :thumbsup:

LI Tom said:
Well Cap,you have an amazing streak at that park and great amounts of silver coins.It is certainly going to be sad when that spot finally peters out.Sometimes it keeps you fresh and sharp to break it up and try someplace new.My own little mini-streak at a little park of maybe 6-7 acres is at 16 with over 50 silver coins and even though I got 6 silver coins each in the last 2 hunts,I'm bored walking the same ground over and over,so I tried other sites just to break it up and keep me fresh.But I will be back.As you Know these streaks wouls not be possible without an Explorer!!!!

Thanks, Tom!! I think you're going to end your season this year with your streak still alive for the beginning of next year!! Nice job!! Keep it going!! I'm always very surprised to dig a deep silver coin from an area that's been pounded by me and a few others numerous times before. It makes that silver a "special one"!

Great stuff man, you rock

Thanks, Albert!! Good luck in TX!! :thumbsup:

silverfreak said:
Nice digs my friend. Don't you love it when you can go back to sites and pluck a few more goodies out.
I've dug a few of those memorial cents myself lately. Nothing like an 8" deep memorial to tick ya' off
Nice huntin' Dan

Thanks, Bryce!! Yeah, it's a good feeling to pluck a few more out of a pounded/pillaged site!! I know you have dug your share of deeeeeeep memorials. When you look for deep silver/coinage like you and I do, digging those memorials are inevitable. :BangHead:

Hope you're still able to get out there for a little longer, and I hope you will have a "global warming" short winter season! Take care, buddy! :thumbsup: