First find of the year--one is a Morgan

[Fishing4coins]

I had about an hour to hunt before dark and I hunted for about 30 minutes and found a 1850 large cent. I was hunting my way back to the truck to head home and I had a huge signal. I knew it couldn't be a pop can because this former log cabin site is about 2.5 miles from the closest road.

I dug the hole and I was surprised to see my first Morgan dollar. It is an 1889 Morgan silver dollar in good condition.

I have been checking this forum site and reading everyone's posts for over a year now. When I found my first Morgan dollar, it made me man up and want to write my first post. This is my second year metal detecting and this is my best find yet.

(I hope the pictures come out to be the proper size. I'm sorry if they're not.)

 

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[Peyton Manning]

weeeellllllllll done there young or old man or woman


take $10 for the morgan?

 

[Peyton Manning]

oooh and welcome to the site

 

[Fishing4coins]

Thanks and did you forget a zero?

 

[Peyton Manning]

89 is not a rare year for morgans, if you find a fool that will give you 100 jump it

 

[JackalopeZL1]

SO AWESOME!!!!!!

 

[Vino]

That a fantastic fine!!
And welcome to the site.
Glad you came out of the closet..lol
Keep the post coming, look forward to seeing what you find.
George

 

[Gridwalker306]

Yeah, a Morgan is a pretty nice way to introduce yourself to the forum, big congrats!

I gotta say, this forum is LIT UP with ridiculous finds to start the new year.

 

[Fishing4coins]

This site is the log home of a grandfather of president and it has gave up some great pre 1860 coins the Morgan is the newest date I have found there.

 

[Pinball]

Wow that is so cool. Not sure if I could sell that for twice its value...just because. Great finds.

 

[OutdoorAdv]

Awesome hunt, welcome and I'm glad you finally joined

 

[Fishing4coins]

I know how much the coin is worth I was just joking with the zero most of the coins we dig don't have great value do to the scratches on them when you put them under a microscope you see all of them. It is all about find I log every coin where and when I found them and never sold one

 

[GaRebel1861]

You did very good finding that. I've been hunting with a metal detector since 1977 and have never pulled an old silver dollar.

 

[Ahab8]

I know how much the coin is worth I was just joking with the zero most of the coins we dig don't have great value do to the scratches on them when you put them under a microscope you see all of them. It is all about find I log every coin where and when I found them and never sold one

Very cool my friend. I keep very detailed journals as well. Great introduction! Excited to see what other treasures you will be pulling from the dirt.

 

[sgoss66]

TERRIFIC finds, at what sounds like it's a terrific site! GREAT job!

Steve

 

[cjon455]

Awesome find, congrats

 

[ivan salis]

finding old big silver is rare for a couple of reasons ... first off in the old days lots of folks "barter traded",,so money was not used sometimes -- second a dollar was often a entire's days wages (or more in some cases) so if lost it would really , really be searched for == a union privates wages during the civil war was 50 cents per day * === and third --lots of folks if they had money post civil war had "paper money" rather than heavy to carry silver dollars or bunch's of coins or even worse they might have the dreaded "company "script money depending where and how they worked..

plus if a place has been detected --big silver is hard to miss --unless the past detectorist thought it was a soda can them you

 

[digger27]

Suh-weet!
CongratZ and welcome to the silver dollar club!

 

[UnderMiner]

Very cool! Great big silver dollar!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Welcome to the site, & to the Morgan Dollar club. It took me 15 yrs. to find my first one. The next two after that came a lot quicker !!