Coin Spill of My Life! -Barbers, SLQs, and a Buff

[washingtonian]

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UPDATE:

I'm 90% certain the dateless buff is a 1918D and 50% certain the dateless SLQ is a 23S
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Hey everyone,

I'm looking at wedding venues with my fiancée this afternoon so that means I needed to get up early if I wanted detecting time.

I got to my site at before 7 am and detected by headlamp to start. I was there for around 3 hours in total. I confirmed today that this site has been hit by numerous others, but there's still good stuff there. I started by an area I thought would be obvious and started finding some copper memorials. That's a good sign in my book. Where there are copper memorials there are likely wheats and where there are wheats there is often silver!

On my third hole of the day I got a penny signal at 1.5". I was just expecting a Memorial and was surprised to see I'd found a Merc! 1940S.



My day was already made 10 minutes in. Probably 15 minutes later I got a decent signal at 5"-6". I start digging and see a silver rim pop out onto my towel and at least 2 coins. I just about lost it. There was a barber quarter and an SLQ with a buff stuck to it. I freaked out and texted my dad and brother thinking that was it.



I stuck the pinpointer back in the hole and found out there was more! Another barber and another SLQ.

Here they all are fresh out of the hole:


Here's my text thread with my dad and brother so you can share in my excitement. Excuse my language, I tried to scratch it out.



Three silvers was my previous high silvers in a day. Blew that out with one hole! I soldiered on for a while longer and locked in on a silver Rosie and 3 wheats.



Suffice it to say, this was an epic day. Can't wait to get back to this site.

Totals:
-2 Barber Quarters (1897, 1904)
-2 SLQs (1924-S, Dateless-S)
-1 Buff (Dateless)
-1 Merc (1940S)
-1 Rosie (1954D)
-3 Wheats (30S, 48S, 58D)

Also found a cool old tootsie toy car. It says Tootsie Toy Chicago Model B.







Any recommendations for how to get a date off the SLQ and buff without damaging the coins? I can see something faint but just can't quite see it.

Happy hunting all!
-Washingtonian

 

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[washingtonian]

The Buff and the SLQ are notorious for losing their date at the high relief point. Try a small flashlight shined horizontally across the coin as low as you can shine it across....Maybe it will show better. Nice post of a memorable spill,congrats.

Thanks vn, unfortunately I can't see much off the SLQ. Buff does look like a 1918 though. Thank you, it was fun to recount!

 

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[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

That was an epic day for sure. Awesome hunt. I hope this is just the beginning for you, keep it up and congrats!!

 

[HighVDI]

Wow! Awesome hunt. I guess the early bird did get the worm. Even if it was detected millions of times, lol. Big congrats

 

[Bodkin]

Congratulations!!! Great finds!

 

[washingtonian]

Wow! Awesome hunt. I guess the early bird did get the worm. Even if it was detected millions of times, lol. Big congrats

Thanks HighVDI, I think I got lucky and found an untouched area yesterday. I went back today and only managed 2 Wheats in a few hours there.