Best Silver Hunt!

gibsondan · Nov 16, 2009

Today I traveled to a big park located in the center of a city. I figured the park had to be as old as the city. When I got there the first thing I noticed was big, old trees with exposed gnarly roots. That usually means it's original ground. My first find was a Wheat cent. It was a good sign. Soon I began finding silver and other goodies. I ended up with 8 Mercury dimes, 12 Wheat cents, two tokens, newer coins and the usual garbage. November winds were blowing and it was chilly. But isn't it amazing how you don't notice the cold when you're digging silver? :laughing7:

Here's a video I made of the hunt:

Here are some pics:

allen · Nov 17, 2009

talk about some sweet silver !!! :thumbsup:

gibsondan · Nov 17, 2009

Re: City Park Hunt

Butler said:
Awesome day! You ARE going back there yes? So far my best day for silver is .... well I'm ashamed to even say compared to your day there! Good call on finding that park and congrats!

I definitely plan on going back there. Hopefully we'll have decent weather this weekend. Thanks for the comment and Happy Hunting!

kimsdad · Nov 17, 2009

Wow!!! Great hunt!!! :thumbsup:

Look at all that shiny silver!

I think you're right, silver has a way of reflecting your body heat back at you, so you never feel as cold when you find it. Kind of the same way it compresses time so a long hunt seems short the more you find.

Great video, too!

DiggerLee · Nov 17, 2009

I notice you always show your coins after they have been cleaned and they always look good...how do you clean them?

gibsondan · Nov 17, 2009

DiggerLee said:
I notice you always show your coins after they have been cleaned and they always look good...how do you clean them?

I cleaned the Mercs by running water over them to get the dirt off. That alone worked for most of them. For a couple that were stained I used a dab of toothpaste and gently rubbed the coins with my fingers until the stain was gone. If I found a truly valuable coin, I wouldn't clean it at all. I'd send it to a professional to be cleaned and graded.

Texasgopher · Nov 17, 2009

Wow, that is one heck of a haul! That would almost double my Merc count. Congrats :icon_thumright:

TimTrac · Nov 17, 2009

Jackpot..... Nice digs on the silver Dan....

PAULWYO · Nov 17, 2009

GREAT FINDS

Ziggy-Grimm · Nov 17, 2009

HIGH HO SILVER!!

Awesome :icon_thumright:

Bob S · Nov 18, 2009

Nice Finds WTG

phantomfinder · Nov 18, 2009

WOW

thats some great finds . :icon_thumleft:

wtg...

1491 · Nov 18, 2009

That's a nice haul of silver for one hunt. :thumbsup:

What kind of depths were you pulling them from?

Jim

gibsondan · Nov 18, 2009

ziphius said:
That's a nice haul of silver for one hunt. What kind of depths were you pulling them from?

Jim

Thanks for the comment, Jim. The depths on those Mercs ranged from 4 to 7 inches.

gibsondan · Dec 1, 2009

Re: City Park Hunt

Ricky1601 aka pull tab king said:
congrats on the finds, awesome place to hunt for you. Do you believe the park was not hunted before since it was in a large city? thanks for sharing and hh

I also found myself wondering if the place had ever been hunted. But, I'm thinking, it must have been hunted before. When you consider that metal detectors have been around for several decades...well, it seems highly probable the site has been hunted before. I've hunted that place three separate times. From those hunts I've found a total of 13 Mercury dimes. Most of them were between 5 to 7 inches deep. I really don't know why they were missed. But I'm glad they were.