๐Ÿฅ‡ BANNER A bucket list find, a surprise big silver.

WHADIFIND

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I went to a place I call zip city. It's a modern park, never expect too much and usually that's
what I get. It's a place where one can expect clad and maybe hope for a bit of bling. The hits are just regular
enough to be able to stay interested but there's not much trash. So, it's usually a nice peaceful walk.

As you can see from the bulk of the finds:

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( a "no value" token)

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This is why I call the place "zip city" :) .

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You KNOW what my title line might have been if this had
been the best find today. ;) LOL

BUT.....

The star of the day AND of my lifetime of hunting!

I'm walking along and I get one of "THOSE" hits. You know.
89-91 in ALL directions? Plain as day? Only a couple inches down?

Some do a victory dance when they happen upon a lifetime find but I tell
you I don't do that sort of stuff. BUT....in this case....I did do my personal
version of a victory dance. Me and my ATP go into this waltz like dance! I
spin it around the hole and just listen to that sweeeeet 89-91,over and over and over! LOL

Finally I get down to business and I gave the ATP a "dip" to beat all "dips" and then dug.

Here's what I saw:

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I've always worked with a theory.
That every place was something else before it became what it is today.
This just continues to prove my theory.

My oldest silver ever!

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Before anyone attempts to rain on my parade, I did some preliminary checking. The weight and size are correct. ;)
But, even if this would prove to be something other than I think it is, it still counts. After all it is my "book" after all. LOL

Thanks for taking the time to share in my happiness!
 

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Breezie

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wayfas4u

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very nice find especially in an all modern era area! Yep that is an excellent theory and that's how I think also! Congrats on early big silver! Thumbs up!
!
 

swamp yankee

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WhadIfind,NICE find my man! It sure looks like a good one to me. ENVY ENVY. This should prove to one and all that NO place is ever cleaned out of the great stuff! A little different swing of the coil and you win BIG.HH Show us the gold piece that's there when you get it will you?
 

swamp yankee

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Congrats on a GREAT find a capped bust and an 1812 to boot!Hooray! I'd poke around to see if you can find her sisters too HH.....
 

J.Cohoon04

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Hey, I've got one of those baseball tokens too! Sitting right next to me here on my little display that I have at work :D
 

ANTIQUARIAN

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I just read this post from page 1 - 9 and I loved it! :occasion14:

Congratulations on your find, I hope you find another one too! :thumbsup:

Dave
 

fongu

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Excellent recovery and in great condition. WTG....
 

sonofadigger

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Man I've been gone to long I missed this one WOW what an incredible find my friend ..Banner find indeed
 

DigIron2

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dag on Whatifind,I missed this one too!.That is one find I have been dreaming about.Too tell you the truth the way you pull coins it doesn't surprise me.I am way late too,but congratulations man!
 

Trezurehunter

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Outstanding find Whadi. I would have voted banner also, but by the time I saw your post, you already had it.
 

Old Dude

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Tell us again what those splotchy areas are. Oh yeah. Environmental damage. Caused by a reaction to something IN THE GROUND. No wonder it didn't look right to some people. They were not used to seeing that.
 

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WHADIFIND

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Tell us again what those splotchy areas are. Oh yeah. Environmental damage. Caused by a reaction to something IN THE GROUND. No wonder it didn't look right to some people. They were not used to seeing that.

True. And my friend wanted to clean them *all* off! I told him no. :) I figure the coin earned it's "stripes". I left it at this point.
Unfortunately, *some* just tend to see what they *want* to see. (me included :) )

Actually, when I first glimpsed it in the hole, I thought it was just another aluminum knockout spacer. :)
 

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