1ST POST -- 1ST AND 2ND SILVERS!!

deepdiggingnc · Mar 12, 2017

What's up everybody! Greenhorn here...a friend and I were at a school built in 1919 yesterday. Had a great time digging up silver and clad coins all day. He started with a 1900 barber dime around 10:00 near the road out in the front part of the field. All clad and trash in the morning for me. After lunch I went for a walk on a small piece of grass on the other side of the school and found my first old coin on the day, a 1944 wheat cent. About twenty feet from the wheat cent I found my first silver coin with a metal detector, a 1926 mercury dime (I've only been detecting for 3 1/2 months). The day was made epic when 10 minutes and 10' away from the merc dime I stumbled over a 1944 walking liberty half dollar! It beeped like a freight train at about 5". I started to grid the area in 4 different directions and found my first Indian head cent, a 1902!! A great day made even better due to the fact that my new AT Pro arrived Thursday. I was using an Ace 300 prior and I'm very impressed with the upgrade I made. What a difference!! Thanks to everyone who posts and comments on this site. The knowledge is priceless! HH