washingtonian
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Hey everyone,
To be honest, I was so tired from my marathon hunt yesterday that I wasn't even planning on going out. I was also kind of discouraged that after 6.5 hours of hunting yesterday I didn't find a single silver coin.
However, I had a couple hours this morning before I needed to get some work done this afternoon so I decided to give the 'ol detector a swing. I'm on vacation with my family in Island County, WA and one of the neighbors told me a few days ago that I was welcome to "Geiger count" the three little lots they owned whenever I felt like it.
I couldn't remember if my brother and I hit these lots years ago or not so I decided it was worth a shot. First lot was a bust. I found a Memorial penny and a bullet casing. My second signal at the second lot rang out as a pretty solid 78. "Cool!" I thought. "If I'm lucky I might find a silver ring or something!" Well, I was happily surprised to find a mercury dime after digging in the sand for a bit. Here it is just after digging it.
I immediately get a text from my brother (who hasn't been able to get out because of being busy and uninterested lately) "where are you??". I told him and he said he was headed over. In the meantime, I pulled a war nickel as well. So 6.5 hours yesterday and all I pull is 5 Wheats, 30 minutes today and I've already got two silver. That's just how it goes I guess!
I give him the lot that was producing and move on to the next one. A short while later he says "hey, come over here. Remember what I told you I wanted to find yesterday?" I was like "a buffalo or a silver quarter." "Well guess what I just found?" he said as he showed me this great looking buffalo nickel.
We kept going for another hour and a half and managed a few more keepers. He pulled a wheatie and a tax token. I found a silver Rosie and this interesting Benjamin Franklin Memorial Souvenir token. It's so thick that I thought I might've pulled a fatty Indian head at first. Then I wiped away the back and saw what looked like the Lincoln Memorial. "F^*%!" I was thinking. "I got so excited." Then I realized it wasn't Lincoln's face on the front and thought maybe I had something foreign. When I saw 1790 on the front I got really excited [emoji23]. After some research it looks like a 1930s-era Benjamin Franklin Memorial Souvenir token. The front reads "Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790" and the back reads "Souvenir Benjamin Franklin Memorial The Franklin Institute".
Here's our keepers for the days. Not photographed is $3-$4 in clad. Top row are my finds, bottom row are my brothers'.
In Order:
-1923-S Mercury Dime
-1943-S War Nickel
-1946-D Rosie
-Ben Franklin Token
-1916-D Buffalo Nickel
-1946-S Wheatie
-WA State Tax Token
Thanks for looking and luck in the hunt!
-Washingtonian
To be honest, I was so tired from my marathon hunt yesterday that I wasn't even planning on going out. I was also kind of discouraged that after 6.5 hours of hunting yesterday I didn't find a single silver coin.
However, I had a couple hours this morning before I needed to get some work done this afternoon so I decided to give the 'ol detector a swing. I'm on vacation with my family in Island County, WA and one of the neighbors told me a few days ago that I was welcome to "Geiger count" the three little lots they owned whenever I felt like it.
I couldn't remember if my brother and I hit these lots years ago or not so I decided it was worth a shot. First lot was a bust. I found a Memorial penny and a bullet casing. My second signal at the second lot rang out as a pretty solid 78. "Cool!" I thought. "If I'm lucky I might find a silver ring or something!" Well, I was happily surprised to find a mercury dime after digging in the sand for a bit. Here it is just after digging it.
I immediately get a text from my brother (who hasn't been able to get out because of being busy and uninterested lately) "where are you??". I told him and he said he was headed over. In the meantime, I pulled a war nickel as well. So 6.5 hours yesterday and all I pull is 5 Wheats, 30 minutes today and I've already got two silver. That's just how it goes I guess!
I give him the lot that was producing and move on to the next one. A short while later he says "hey, come over here. Remember what I told you I wanted to find yesterday?" I was like "a buffalo or a silver quarter." "Well guess what I just found?" he said as he showed me this great looking buffalo nickel.
We kept going for another hour and a half and managed a few more keepers. He pulled a wheatie and a tax token. I found a silver Rosie and this interesting Benjamin Franklin Memorial Souvenir token. It's so thick that I thought I might've pulled a fatty Indian head at first. Then I wiped away the back and saw what looked like the Lincoln Memorial. "F^*%!" I was thinking. "I got so excited." Then I realized it wasn't Lincoln's face on the front and thought maybe I had something foreign. When I saw 1790 on the front I got really excited [emoji23]. After some research it looks like a 1930s-era Benjamin Franklin Memorial Souvenir token. The front reads "Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790" and the back reads "Souvenir Benjamin Franklin Memorial The Franklin Institute".
Here's our keepers for the days. Not photographed is $3-$4 in clad. Top row are my finds, bottom row are my brothers'.
In Order:
-1923-S Mercury Dime
-1943-S War Nickel
-1946-D Rosie
-Ben Franklin Token
-1916-D Buffalo Nickel
-1946-S Wheatie
-WA State Tax Token
Thanks for looking and luck in the hunt!
-Washingtonian
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