Ballpark clad hunt yields a big, LITTLE silver surprise, 1853 , and a sword !

[MaineRelic]

My wife is sunbathing with our daughter in sunny florida this easter. I am here in cold maine, puppysitting our baby papillon pup all alone. I could not be happier!! Got 2 do just what I want! Today that was listening to my xmas tesoro sing easter music 2 me!! I have been working The weed house site across the steet and having pretty good luck for a greenhorn. Today I decided I needed a change of scenery so I went to a local bball park with a big long south facing bank. It was still a little frozen, an inch or so at 10:00 this morning. 22 degrees last night. But I could get through it. Was considering this practice and was picking up a fair amount of clad. when I got a good deep signal. Got my first washinton quarter 1941, 8 inches down. Got another signal same hole my first war nickel 1945 ! I was pumped ! Still a signal in hole 1950 wheat, I could not believe I had found a spill there that the other M.Ders had missed ! Now I was really fine tooth combing this area! 6 feet away got another good signal, 6 inches down was the toy sword. A foot away from that had a good faint signal. dug at least 10 inches down, out poped a toy coin or so I thought right next to the toy sword ! Then I wondered what did they make toy coins out of so that they come out of the ground all nice an shiney! I thought maybe it was a small silver token scince it did not have a face profile on it. After 3 hours I had 2 go home and tend puppy and clean up finds! Looked at toy coin under mag glass , UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1853 I could not believe my luck! On back thirteen stars around edge with roman letter III surrounded by a cresent. I had found An 1853 silver 3 cent piece. HAPPY EASTER TO ME !! also $ 2.43 in clad

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Re: Ballpark clad hunt yields a big, LITTLE silver surprise, 1853 , and a sword

Congrats on the nice finds! HH, Mike

 

[John (Ma)]

Awsome finds! I found out the hard way that some ball fields can have old history last year as I uncovered a 1800's half dollar about 4" down. The funny part was I was pulling modern coins at 5-6 inches! Anyway, unfortunatly I ended up scratching the coin unfortunatly. That ball field may yield more great finds for you, as I found to old buttons close by. Good luck

 

[history hunter]

Very nice find!!!!!!!! congrats!!!! That would make my year! I have not found one yet in 39 years of MD ing. WTG. I did find an Easter surprise of my own though, a silver dollar, peace type, 1922. I will post a pic when I get a new comp.

 

[Admiral de Salee]

Great find!! The toy dagger thing might have helped you home in on the trime.

I'd love to find one of those.

 

[starwarsblazer]

Excellent Job on the 3 cent piece! That is too cool!

 

[allen]

beautiful coin in beautiful shape...way to go

 

[dgaughan]

wow thats awesome i'd love to find a trime congrats andhh

 

[daytondigger]

congrats on some awesome finds. Twenty five years of detecting and I've found two nickel 3 centers, but no silver.

 

[Michiganne]

Beautfiul, rare find! Very nice. WTG

Keep digging.

 

[Ray in CA]

What a find of a lifetime!!! a 3 cent silver piece! Congrats! Now go back and find some more!!!

Ray

 

[treasurefiend]

 

[Urban Grund]

Love the sword!

 

[Joe G]

Re: Ballpark clad hunt yields a big, LITTLE silver surprise, 1853 , and a sword

great find in the trime! Awesome! I would sure hunt the heck out of that park again. Did you tell the family they could stay another week?

By the way, they didn't make them in nickel in 1853... only silver.