mr_larry
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- Jun 22, 2010
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- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Yesterday morning I was up early to join Jim (Time4Me) for a hunt. After feeding my cats I was waiting for the coffee to finish brewing. While I was standing at my kitchen counter I thought to myself, "I really need to clean up the counter and sort through this mess."
Yes, I am single! Is it that obvious?
I grabbed this rusty looking hunk of metal and I'm wondering why it has been sitting on my counter for the last two weeks. I had pulled it out of a sidewalk tear-out. I remember digging it up and it being a good signal. When I pulled it out of the hole I thought maybe it was one of those brass snap valve covers due to its shape. I also remember wondering what it was doing under a sidewalk, but I realized it was rather pointless to try to figure that out.
I figured I would toss it in the trash. As I picked it up and looked at the edge, something caught my eye.
Is that silver?
As it had dried out for the last two weeks the crust had become very brittle and I cracked open the cookie.
Remember it is just after 5:00 AM and I haven't had any coffee and the light is poor. I was thinking it must be some sort of half dollar at first, but then I grabbed a nearby clad half dollar and realized it was a dollar sized coin.
Last night I rubbed it out with some baking soda to clean off the gray crust.
It's a 1922-S Peace Dollar!, and my first one. I found a Morgan dollar in January, but I will save that for another post. So this is my second silver dollar this year!
I have a new rule: Before throwing away random blobs, I should hit them with my Sunray probe to listen again and try to figure out what it might be before throwing it away. It makes me wonder if I have thrown away any other crusted up coins...
Thanks for reading and happy hunting!
Yes, I am single! Is it that obvious?
I grabbed this rusty looking hunk of metal and I'm wondering why it has been sitting on my counter for the last two weeks. I had pulled it out of a sidewalk tear-out. I remember digging it up and it being a good signal. When I pulled it out of the hole I thought maybe it was one of those brass snap valve covers due to its shape. I also remember wondering what it was doing under a sidewalk, but I realized it was rather pointless to try to figure that out.
I figured I would toss it in the trash. As I picked it up and looked at the edge, something caught my eye.
Is that silver?
As it had dried out for the last two weeks the crust had become very brittle and I cracked open the cookie.
Remember it is just after 5:00 AM and I haven't had any coffee and the light is poor. I was thinking it must be some sort of half dollar at first, but then I grabbed a nearby clad half dollar and realized it was a dollar sized coin.
Last night I rubbed it out with some baking soda to clean off the gray crust.
It's a 1922-S Peace Dollar!, and my first one. I found a Morgan dollar in January, but I will save that for another post. So this is my second silver dollar this year!
I have a new rule: Before throwing away random blobs, I should hit them with my Sunray probe to listen again and try to figure out what it might be before throwing it away. It makes me wonder if I have thrown away any other crusted up coins...
Thanks for reading and happy hunting!
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