Does this count as "First Silver"? 1941 Quarter

[ScribbleMuse]

After tons of trash--cans, tabs, bullets, nails, periodic current-date coins, etc--finally pulled a quarter out of my yard. I was actually in a state of annoyance because the damned md was beeping like crazy and I'd already dug down a foot deep, in a hole getting to be 3 feet wide (as mentioned in a previous post, I now feel that a pinpointer is a necessity for continued sanity). Therefore, when this plopped out onto my foot, I actually had been just kind of frustratedly dig-swiping, waving the detector to try to pinpoint more, over and over.

Anyway, I know it's not much and relatively common in denomination, but damnit, I found something that is a coin minted before 1990!!

 

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[mrmackin]

You are way too sweet, but I didn't mean to give an impression that I'm in any need, and feel incredibly lucky to be able to say that my limitations are based on my decisions to never, ever be the cause of any regrets. I almost died a few years ago after an elective surgery and woke up from a 3-week coma in a decidedly different frame of mind. Then, a year later, I was stricken with severe and sudden arthritis, and for a short (but seemingly forever!) period of time, we were afraid it was just going to deteriorate to total and complete permanent disability. Luckily, that passed and other than suffering from periodic but more minor and much shorter painful days, that has remained in remission.

This basically has really pushed me to despise saying, "I've always wanted to..." or "I hope that someday..." because all of that can be done NOW--at least the part I actually regretted. I didn't regret not having the end result, I regretted understanding that I never even started, which was the failure I faced in both being afraid of dying or of losing all physical mobility at age 30. There's nothing I can't begin doing right now, and if I'm stricken with that arthritis 3 seconds after starting it, or if I wake up from another coma and this time the recovery doesn't progress and I have that time of reflection before dying, then I want to be able to say "I did," or "I tried," even if I didn't finish it. This means more to me than anything, because the shame I felt in those really rough times, when the chances of my future were going to be taken away, the regrets that I had were so stupid and my own fault.

However, I've also realized that despite all the shiny-eyed optimism and sentiment, there are still some not-as-much-fun cold, hard facts abounding in the world, like all that money that is needed to fund hobbies and dreams. I'm incredibly lucky and sometimes pinch myself to make sure I'm awake, because we are not only successful enough to both survive and reasonably enjoy life, but even though I'm unemployed, my hubby is not only successful at his job but also completely happy in his profession and company. I don't like being unemployed, and that's my main comment source about money--I am trying to reasonably set myself a budget in order to do as I really want to live (i.e. tomorrow if I decide that it's time to start sculpting the wood that's been sitting in my garage, I can just run out and get the knife I have been considering but haven't felt too strongly about... YET). Therefore, I'm trying to budget. It's really annoying and boring too sometimes, but I figure that maybe I'll actually learn that long-desired virtue of patience a little more.

I don't mean to be to long-winded, but just want to clarify my situation because your offer does mean a lot, and I want to make sure that someone who really would NEED it would get it. I am luckier than I have ever actually deserved right now, but I HAVE been in rough times, and those very dark times were sometimes saved by some kind stranger who helped me in some way.

Understood, and btw, you write well. May you find more than your wishing for.

 

[Gunrunner61]

Bless your heart Ya finally got one! And hon you better go out and get you that pin pointer, for your sanity if nothing else!
It's a good looking coin as well.......Addicting huh?....................HH

 

[IAMZIM]

WI being my locality is definitely a difficulty for me--the annoying laws are leading me to draft a letter to the head archey that will hopefully express my disdain for the short-sighted and elitist nonsense behind the restrictive laws currently in place. In addition, the very YOUTH of the area in general (I'm from KY, and grew up on a civil war site, pawing through fossils and finding arrowheads were basically something EVERYONE did by age 10) make the daydreams I had of following the childhood wishes I had for a metal detector rather unfeasible. I know there is history here, and I know that there is a very long and very ancient history at least for Native American cultures, but it's mostly located on those prohibited state grounds. I'm trying to do some research into potential private lands tho, and will be joining the local clubs at the next rounds of meetings, so hopefully most of my current sad lack will be solved with alleviating my ignorance.

I am now living in the Prarie DuChein/ La Cross area. If you find a good MD club, I would love if you would send me a PM. I have this horrible fear of not being able to go out detecting anymore, and would love to find a good club to help me out! Great quarter by the way!