Foreign silver dollar! Wild day all around!

washingtonian jr

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What’s up everyone! Today was one of my best days ever!

Me and my brother woke up early to detect a beach nearby and it was a wild day from the start. I’m pretty new to beach detecting so I didn’t really know what I was doing from the start, but figured it out pretty quick.

About 20 minutes in, I get a signal that rings up as a 40, or in most cases, a silver dollar. I didn’t really think I had a chance at finding something good this early on, but stayed cautiously optimistic. However, when I pulled it out of the sand, I knew immediately what I had found, a silver dollar!

I yelled to my brother across the beach and we both ran to the water to rinse it off before even knowing what it was. Turns out, it’s a 1903-P Filipino peso minted in the US when the Philippines was a US territory! https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1903-s-peso/90382 (here’s a clean picture for reference).

Excited for what we had discovered, we kept on trekking on. About an hour later, I find a king Eddie Canadian quarter! My first silver Canadian quarter. No date however it got toasted by the salt water. Also found a Rosie along the way! All in all, a fantastic day if digging! The peso may be my coolest find ever!

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Also, the Seattle butthole tag had me crackin up
 

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That dollar is a great find.

Not being a salt beach hunter, I didn't realize that salt toasted silver coins to this degree.

Any chance that these can be cleaned-up a bit?
 

Whoa! Missed this one!!

Was it right at the ‘good elevation’ of the beach? What a great find!

Holed too - that’s great
 

Wow that is a very cool find! Congrats on the unique big silver :icon_thumleft:
 

Nice handful of finds. I like the big silver. Congrats
 

Congrats on a really sweet BIG silver. Dang man, you guys kill me...
 

That is too cool, never seen one. Congratulations on a unique find,
Steve
 

Nice,congrats on big silver I'm still looking for my first
 

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