1st Silver Coin !

TheYAK · Feb 24, 2008

Its about time! This area has had so much construction in the last 30yrs its hard to find old coins. At a new park, pretty well picked over.Went to the upper field and with in 3 min got a VDI 94-95 at 2 inches (50c id) Figured it was garbage but dug.

Its bent from a dozer blade hit, but its silver and sweet: 1922 LH Silver Dollar

Ray in CA · Feb 24, 2008

First silver, huh? Way to Go!!!! That's how it's done.

Ray

Fisher · Feb 25, 2008

That's a great first bent or not! Congratulations.
HH

john37115 · Feb 25, 2008

You got me I've never found a silver dollar. Congrats bent or not that's a huge chunk of silva my man.

TheYAK · Feb 25, 2008

muleskinner said:
That seems like you have my brand of good luck. Let's hope you don't have my brand of bad luck to go with it.

It appears I left my "bad luck" back in Upstate NY when I moved here in Aug '07.

I even had a 5.3 coil on , for such a huge area I had to be on top of it to find it (and I was)
I plan on going back with a larger coil. Spent an hour hunting the area around it, nothing but a few modern clad and trash. I should have gotten a lottery ticket on the way home

SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS · Feb 25, 2008

Silver is always nice

have a good un....
SHERMANVILLE

JARMAN · Feb 25, 2008

Nice first,and a dollar at that..HH

TheYAK · Feb 25, 2008

wyattrr said:
Nice Job...She's hurtin but you can bend her back...Congrats on the Peace Dollar

Went to the shop at work and put it in a vise with wood on both ends. Appears to start curshing at the ends when too much force is applies. O'well guess I leave it bent.

Silverseeker · Feb 25, 2008

Huge congrats on that find! I've been detecting for 8 years and have dug many silvers...not one of them were a dollar. Excellent find!

DrJoePrime · Feb 25, 2008

Congrats! BIG Silver!

Try hammering a smaller piece of wood against the coin (using a wood block backing). I bet you can get it unbent enough to finish it off with the vise.

HH Joe

oddcoins · Feb 25, 2008

Your first silver coin in a silver dollar?! LUCKY!!! That's awesome!! I've been detecting for over 14 years and the closest thing to a silver dollar I've ever found was a 1972 Ike dollar!