First silver with the Shadow X2 (Morgan)

Mike95inNJ · May 12, 2007

Well I went to a tucked away park I found recently. I was'nt sure of the age of the park so I figured, just do it. The grass is high now but the shadow was still finding the clad. I found I was digging way to many old style pulltabs, but it also told me the age was at least 60's - 70's. Then I popped a wheatie. Good sign for silver. After three or four wheaties I dug a 1950 quarter. Now I'm pyshed. 15 minutes later a 1946 dime. Prior to finding those I decided I would only dig the signals that would pass with coin check. Plenty of time to dig it all on other hunts there. I'm digging this deep sounding signal when my wife calls. Talk with her some and back to recovering the target. I'd say close to 9" down I see a big coin edge that at first looked like a large cent or copper.Pull it out and it's a 1921 Morgan silver dollar! Man was I talking to myself out there. What a rush. After that I got one more silver dime 1947-D. Also a 1941 nickel. Not too shabby a 4 silver coin day. Was out there probably over 3 hours when some people showed up to play baseball.
I can't wait to hit it after the grass is mowed. I've been using my White's Classic II for 11 years now, but I must say the X2 is now my main detector.
Happy Hunting, Mike in NJ

wayneglue · May 12, 2007

Re: First silver with the Shadow X2

Nice job on the silver.

civilman1 · May 12, 2007

Congrat's on the silver Mike...Too bad you had to give way for the ball player's,that time of year I guess.Keep us posted,look's like an awesome spot....HH!!

Bertman · May 12, 2007

Groovin... Nice finds, can't wait to see what else you pull out of that park...

halfdime · May 12, 2007

Sweet! That Morgan cleaned up nice!

Copperhead · May 12, 2007

Wow mike.....must have felt good to pull that out of the hole...how did you clean her up? ...looks real nice..Congrats

Mike95inNJ · May 12, 2007

Copperhead said:
Wow mike.....must have felt good to pull that out of the hole...how did you clean her up? ...looks real nice..Congrats

Yes it definitely felt great.I cleaned em with a wet baking soda finger rub. That usually works pretty good on my silver.
HH, Mike

Cynangyl · May 12, 2007

Great day! That park is definitely a keeper!!

Yarrum · May 12, 2007

That morgan is dead sexy. She scrubbed up beautifully too.
Well done.
HH

dave-enc · May 12, 2007

congrats on a super find mike wtg, glad to see that shadow is to your liking. It is just a machine that once you use you never want to use anything else
hh
dave+bobbie

Michiganne · May 12, 2007

Sweet silver finds, Mike! Beauty of a Morgan. Keep up posted on future digs there.

HH

Dman · May 12, 2007

Great bunch of coins

Stormtrooper154 · May 12, 2007

Congrats on the big silver!! I can't wait until I get a Silver Dollar

tpmrcp · May 12, 2007

That is a beautiful site!

Michigan Badger · May 12, 2007

Well Mike you had yourself a day! Congrats! That's a wonderful dollar!

I've never found a site that hot but I've found a few close to it.

Never found a real silver dollar in 40 years of detecting. Found lots of clad dollars.
I seem to find the old oddball stuff like a 1750 French Trader knife 3 inches deep beside a church parking lot! Go figure?

Keep hunting and it looks like you're maybe the first to even hit that site.

Badger

Prober · May 12, 2007

Great finds...those ball players can only add to the finds. Good luck at the site!

JerV3 · May 12, 2007

Nice finds,

That morgan is a great pull. Very exciting finding one of those. You found yourself a nice location. I used to hunt with a bunch of guys who had shawdows. They are good units and go deep.

HH Jer