33 years ago today. My first silver coin find.

[Ed (Upstate NY)]

Where have the years gone? Can't believe it was 33 years ago today when I first saw the glint of silver in the dirt. Didn't even know what it was when I dug it. A 1900-O Barber dime.... Was using a White's 6000 Di Pro. Glad I'm still able to enjoy this hobby.

 

[Silvermonkey]

Happy Anniversary! It's fun to think back to when we started enjoying this great hobby. My first real detector was a Garrett Groundhog. Found a lot of great stuff with that machine.
Ah...the good old days.....

 

[Truth]

So happy for you it’s amazing hearing you say that you haven’t seen silver and all those years persistent and you still enjoying this hobby that says a lot about your character really it’s very nice that I hear a story like this never give up

Ps I found a 1900-O half dollar [emoji631]

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

That's a great story - keep on hunting !

 

[michael NY]

congradulations that's a lot of digging holes. I mark my coins same way with date and location.

 

[Xraywolf]

Happy anniversary !
I remember my 1st silver, 1940's quarter [found with an Ace 250], but didn't bother to date it - Musta been near 20 years.

 

[pepperj]

Don't remember my first silver-too many moons ago. But I do remember owning the 6000 Di Pro.
Congrats of still being able to swing the coil.

 

[Louie D]

Trick or Treat!

 

[U.B.]

I found my first silver, right about the same time. It was a seated dime. I knew, right then, I was going to keep digging holes. I swung a Bounty Hunter Outlaw, in those days.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Where did time go? Most of us were working 40 hrs a week or more. That's where it went! Glad to be retired. I wish I had saved my first silver from 1981. Found with White's Coinmaster 6000-D. Gary

 

[Wildcat1750]

Happy Anniversary, Ed (Upstate NY)!
I save all of my better coins the very same way (in flips with year, type, location, date found) and have accumulated a large binder full of them...
Here is my very first silver - 1893 Barber Quarter found on Oct. 11, 1999
Nick

 

[Xraywolf]

I remember as a kid in the early 70's my grandfather had a detector, surprisingly I wasn't that interested in it and he never showed it in action I never even saw him use it.

He has long since passed, rest and bless his soul, but the house remained in the family for years and years after, until it was recently destroyed in a fire.
Anyhow, when I started detecting 15+ years ago I though oh boy ! This place is going to be a gold mine, he had 8 kids [7 boys] and all the get together and parties in that backyard were countless, not to mention just running around, hanging clothes and tree climbing in the 40's and 50's. Figured my odds of finding a personal item like a ring from one of my uncles or dad even were pretty good - Plus the house itself was built in 1890, no telling what went on that ground years before my family even. Alas, found hardly anything but beer caps and pull tabs, found 1 wheaty I think, that was it, and some clad.

Didn't take long to figure out why - My granddad was quite an industrious guy and liked to keep busy, he must have combed that yard with methodical sweeps numerous times and sucked up anything of value with that old detector years before I hit it.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice first silver find. I do the same with my coins. Put them in the holders and label them. It helps to "jog" the memory when you go back and look thru the coin album.

 

[sylvia40]

I bought my Whites 6000 in Albany in 1984. Hunted all over Plattsburgh and the Adirondacks and northern Vermont for 3 years before leaving the Air Force. Best detecting days of my life. Joints don’t let me hunt much anymore but I enjoy reading this website.

 

[park pirate]

It was an awesome detector back in the day congrats on 33 years Ed...

 

[terpfan]

Nice memory, thanks for sharing.

 

[Clad2Silver]

Where have the years gone? Can't believe it was 33 years ago today when I first saw the glint of silver in the dirt. Didn't even know what it was when I dug it. A 1900-O Barber dime.... Was using a White's 6000 Di Pro. Glad I'm still able to enjoy this hobby.

Most, if not all of us, remember our first silver coin and what a thrill it was to dig it up. I found my first silver coin in 1984 across the street from the high school I attended in the 1960's. It was a 1942 Mercury Dime and like you I was using a White's 6000di when I found it.

 

[CAP3R]

That is a great memory, thanks for sharing .

 

[WaterScoop]

I remember as a kid in the early 70's my grandfather had a detector, surprisingly I wasn't that interested in it and he never showed it in action I never even saw him use it.

He has long since passed, rest and bless his soul, but the house remained in the family for years and years after, until it was recently destroyed in a fire.
Anyhow, when I started detecting 15+ years ago I though oh boy ! This place is going to be a gold mine, he had 8 kids [7 boys] and all the get together and parties in that backyard were countless, not to mention just running around, hanging clothes and tree climbing in the 40's and 50's. Figured my odds of finding a personal item like a ring from one of my uncles or dad even were pretty good - Plus the house itself was built in 1890, no telling what went on that ground years before my family even. Alas, found hardly anything but beer caps and pull tabs, found 1 wheaty I think, that was it, and some clad.

Didn't take long to figure out why - My granddad was quite an industrious guy and liked to keep busy, he must have combed that yard with methodical sweeps numerous times and sucked up anything of value with that old detector years before I hit it.

Even with persistence the old machines from the 70’s did not do so hot with iron masking unless your GDad dug every wimpier of any sound.

Cheers

 

[Truth]

expect your wishes do not give up I thought those years now I’m working on my second one