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BIG SILVER...1896 O HALF DOLLAR / 1802 DIME / 1886 FISHSCALE.....REV BUTTON

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HEY GUYS AND GALS

What a day !!!!!!

I,m still so excited....these kinda days are rare indeed !

I left this morning with a plan...I,m gonna clean out all the iron and junk so I can see what exactly is there.

Turned the detector on and first swing ..a clean crisp hit...the 1885 fishscale !!

Then 10 mins later ran into the iron.... 2 big pieces of iron lighting up the detector with the broken signals that it gives on the CZ 21. I removed the first piece and discarded it where it would never bother me again.... swung the detector again....still 2 signals !!! The broken signal was still there but....there was a clean crisp siganl just a couple inches from it now. Must have been masked by the first piece of iron.

Boy was I ever happy to see a big coin looking up at me from the over turned mud....only knew it was a big coin at first til I picked it up and seen the dark color..good sign that it is a silver in this environment. Then I could see Barber bust... knew I had something special...or at least special to me. Of course I had to run over to Ed to show him.
Pulled 3 more coppers outta the same area...both masked by iron. Ed moved to a different spot and I moved a few hundred feet to try another little spot. Same thing again...but this time I caught the signal between 2 pieces of iron before removing it. Dug a shovel full of mud and removed it ...checked the mud and the signal was still there loud and crisp...could tell it was a coin. So I took the shovel and cut the mud in half so would be easier to find with the pinpointer.

Waved the detector over the the mud ...IT WAS GONE...I frantically searched all around and nothing !!! So turned around and searched where I had laid the shovel...sure enough..picked up the signal in a little pice of mud that must have stuck to the shovel....and out pops my one dime !!!

By now ED had returned from his venture he managed to find a few little trinkets that were quite interesting (will post his finds tomo )....so we had a cigar and rested for a few minutes. He went to try another little spot down the beach and I returned to the silver spot as I had found the big bottle earlier and set it on a rock and the tide was coming in...didn,t want to lose it.
EVEN THE BOTTLE WAS MASKED !!!...had a big iron hit in the rocks...so I rolled the rocks away to get at the iron and there was the bottle sticking outta the mud under the rocks.!!!
I was walking fast to get back and swinging the detector fast....for whatever reason the CZ 21 does quite well with a fast swing...ZIP another clean hit...rolled the mud over and seen something round...thought was another coin....then I could feel the broken clasp on the back humped up...knew it was a button...dipped it in a couple puddles...STILL ON MY BUTTON RUN !!

One of them days where you can,t miss and will remember this one for awhile !!!

PS...I will be removing more iron and junk from sites in the future !



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Congrats! Looks like your giving Ed a run for the best finds! Nice going!
Knowing I probably won't come any where near finding relics like yours, I'll just look at your great finds, and drool on my screen...excuse me gotta get a roll of paper towels!

TY Msbeepbeep...

I think you will get rewarded for waiting out the winter.....good things are coming !!

Ed is doing well for only just taking up teh hobby...lots to learn !!

16 months later and I,m still learning ..no doubt...my lesson learnt today was--don,t be lazy and get rid rid of the iron.

Ed did find a really neat piece today about 3/4 inch long .. 5 point badge type ...crown up top..royal crest in the middle and was previously attached to something.

I was so excited about my own hunt that I forgot to take some pics of his stuff..but will tomo to show everyone.
 
I like your button, and the bottle!

I take home some old bottles from time to time, sadly there's never too many intact after the plough
 
Wow awesome, that was a good day...
 
I like your button, and the bottle!

I take home some old bottles from time to time, sadly there's never too many intact after the plough

ty for looking Ironhorse

The shore is equally as hard on the bottles...waves smash them to pieces on the rocks...get lucky sometimes and find one stuck in the mud.
 
wow! kicked ass buddy! nice finds!!
 
Man , you really had me going when I saw "1802 dime " I was thinking Draped Bust silver which is Banner all day long ! Nice finds anyhow .
 
Man , you really had me going when I saw "1802 dime " I was thinking Draped Bust silver which is Banner all day long ! Nice finds anyhow .

Ya sorry about that... the wife cleaned the coins up some for me tonite...looks like 1902 instead.
 
Amazing! That's definitely a cigar smoking kind of day lol, and that's a good date for a barber half.
 
You have good reason to be happy!

Congrats!
 
WOW SWEET SILVER SAVE & cool stuff you got there .. man i got to dig more iron lol
 
WOW SWEET SILVER SAVE & cool stuff you got there .. man i got to dig more iron lol

ty silversurfer

YUP...try digging it in a trashy spot that you had good luck in. I,m guilty for not doing it also...just seems like such a bother..lol.

I only wanna dig the good stuff...but appears I have prolly passed up a lot of good stuff because of it. Try it again tomo.
 
Amazing! That's definitely a cigar smoking kind of day lol, and that's a good date for a barber half.

haha..yup I like a cigar sometimes..today seemed like a good time !!

Is a good date indeed...just wish it was a uncirculated one :laughing7:
 
Really psyched for ya buddy! You are really in a groove right now and I wouldn't leave that area until you make that one super rare find. It's there somewhere and you will uncover it. Don't get me wrong here, your Rev War buttons are incredible and most will never find one. But as many great targets as you've dig there's gotta be one mind blowing, jump up and down find :-) Hope you find it bro
 

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