Big old silver, wheats, and an El Camino today!

misplacedrednek · Sep 11, 2011

Got out for a couple hours this evening to a new spot and I think I found a winner. Lots of assorted targets to choose from as I soon found out. Found lots of trash, 14 cents in clad, 2 wheats (46 and 54), a 5 gram balance scale weight, an older die cast el camino, and a 1898 S Barber half. I'm glad I don't have a heart condition because when I flipped the dirt plug over and saw the barber I think my heart fluttered and stopped briefly, I just sat there and stared at it in disbelief for what seemed like a few minutes. This is only my second silver U.S. coin (found foreign silver overseas), I found my first earlier this week, a 1948 roosevelt. Been a decent week overall as I also found a small sterling kiddie ring full of junk stones. Hope everyone had a good weekend and I look forward to seeing more great posts on here.

Matt

P.S. Also found this little guy in the backyard this morning, looks like a hognose to me.

Trezurehunter · Sep 12, 2011

Nice Barber Half.

cgull · Sep 13, 2011

Nice finds and a nice Spread n Adder, Puffer, Hognosed or Hissing Adder. Lots of names for this cobra like snake. They do whip that tail and even can vibrate the tail against brush or leaves to sound like a rattler. Cool little snakes.

the hognose

http://www.freesnake.com/hog1.html

the pigmy rattler

http://www.freesnake.com/pigmyrattlesnake2.html

Ron P · Sep 13, 2011

birdman · Sep 16, 2011

Matt,your supposed to wait till I get back to start finding silver like that. Reminds me of Germany when you found that lion head belt buckle .

Indyfan73 · Sep 17, 2011

love the half and my heart wood flutter more over the shock of the snake

misplacedrednek · Sep 18, 2011

birdman said:
Matt,your supposed to wait till I get back to start finding silver like that. Reminds me of Germany when you found that lion head belt buckle .

Well hurry up and get back so we can go. I'll be in your neck of the woods in a couple weeks.