A winter hunt pays off!

[Lord Verdigris]

I got frustrated waiting for the snow and ice to leave which seems to never come this year so I went yesterday to a close spot that I knew looked real good because of of an old stone wall which runs through the woods to the ocean. I hit the spots in the past and never had much luck besides a few 1940's penny's but it always called me back to it. I only had an hour to hunt before dark and at the last minute I got a nice high signal in the woods about 5"-6" down. I knew I had a silver coin so I carefully got through the frozen lair of ground (2") with my hatchet and then dug out the soft soil with my tool enough to get my pin pointer out. When I found the coin I was happy how good of shape it was in and the spotted the date. It was a key date 1887 Canadian quarter. Only 100 000 mintage and very rare above fine condition. It was probably my best find ever and wasn't the first frozen winter find I had. Some of my best finds were going detecting
"out of season"! (:

 

[Mi$terG]

Nicely done! That's a nice coin. Persistence pays off.

 

[Lord Verdigris]

Thanks. I'm new to the site so my posts and pictures are going to be a bit sloppy for awhile. Haha

 

[robfinds]

Nice one

 

[Msbeepbeep]

WTG! Very nice find! You fought a good fight with the ground and YOU won!

 

[Argentium]

Very nice find ! I'm envious - I'm crazy for Vickie silvers ! That is in great condition !!!

 

[Lord Verdigris]

The only thing I hate is the ground it came out of was really gritty and it got some light scratches. But beggars can't be choosers I guess. Haha

 

[ironhorse]

Victoria silver coins. especially 25 centers are a tough find! Being on the coast sure helps, having lots of age and history makes for some good finds

 

[MT_Joe]

Now that's determination!

 

[Fitzwilk]

Beautiful coin. Nice work.

 

[Ahab8]

That's the exact same coin that was my first silver find. Funny that we both found a very low mintage coin. Yours is in better condition than mine. Congrats on a great winter find

 

[dansalata]

 

[davidj4220]

Awesome find! It's funny my first silver find was a Canadian quarter and I live in southern Pennsylvania. I found 8 silver Canadian coins in that general area from 1947 to 1967. No idea why a bunch of old Canadian coins were under a bridge in Pennsylvania.

 

[dennyd21]

Nice job I'm in Vermont and would love to go out hunting its tough living in the northeast

 

[davidj4220]

Nice job I'm in Vermont and would love to go out hunting its tough living in the northeast

I know what u mean the wife and kid were gone all day and it's 20 degrees with a foot of snow on the ground. It's tough I might as well forget about it until April.

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

That's a great find.
Vicky quarters are pretty hard to come by in the dirt.

 

[jewelerguy]

excellent find. it's in really nice condition

 

[Lord Verdigris]

Thanks everyone. This is another one of my favorite silver victoria coins! (:

 

[birdman]

Very nice! Wish I lived in Nova Scotia, Really neat history there. I spent a week in Halifax and fell in love with the place.

 

[detroitdigger]

That's a really cool quarter!