Big Silver in the Sierra's and Some Old Wheat

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I've been stuck in the house for a few days with an ill wife. Yesterday morning she said she felt much better. I said "See ya!".
Went to a little Sierra town with a lead on a possible property to hunt. It didn't pan out, but it was an hour drive to get there, so I started looking around.
I noticed these old RR tracks that looked like they were abandoned long ago so I started looking.
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Started hitting good targets right away, then...BANG! Big chunk of silver!
1940-s
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It was only 2-3 inches deep in the track bed

riprap right here.
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Ended up with 6 wheat cents also;
1918
1918-d
1919
1926
1929-s
1946
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How on earth does this happen?
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Good fun on an outing that started out bad!

Even better day today, on my 65th birthday, with renewed hope for my wonderful country!
 

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I've been stuck in the house for a few days with an ill wife. Yesterday morning she said she felt much better. I said "See ya!".
Went to a little Sierra town with a lead on a possible property to hunt. It didn't pan out, but it was an hour drive to get there, so I started looking around.
I noticed these old RR tracks that looked like they were abandoned long ago so I started looking.
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Started hitting good targets right away, then...BANG! Big chunk of silver!
1940-s
View attachment 2177698

It was only 2-3 inches deep in the track bed

riprap right here.
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Ended up with 6 wheat cents also;
1918
1918-d
1919
1926
1929-s
1946
View attachment 2177706

How on earth does this happen?
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Good fun on an outing that started out bad!

Even better day today, on my 65th birthday, with renewed hope for my wonderful country!
Awesome!!! Congrats!!!
 

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