Found my first SILVER COIN today...

[hombre_de_plata_flaco]

Got in a quick 1 &1/2 hour hunt today at the lot next door where an old house used to stand. The home was torn down a few years back, and I have been using this spot as a sort of "training area" with my recently purchased Delta 4000. There is plenty of trash and debris, but I have been digging just about every signal just to get the practice. I haven't been MD'ing as much as when I first bought the machine because of (1) the heat (2) violent thunderstorms that pop up every afternoon [like right this very minute] and (3) the NASTIEST case of poison ivy I have ever had. It took a week of steroids to fight it back and now my left hand looks like some sort of lizard man. Haven't had a case that bad in years. I think my hand looks like this because the itch was so bad I took out my pocket knife and popped all the blisters, then rubbed salt into the wound to try and quell the itch. It was pure misery.

Anyway, got back at it today after I left the antique mall. Dug some unidentifiable iron and brass pieces, plus the 5 or 6 token pulltabs I find on every hunt. Then the Delta rang up a high 70's number and the readout actually said .25, but I was just expecting more trash. What I got was this 1947 Washington Quarter. I think I may have cut George on the cheek getting him out, but I have heard he is a tough old guy with a high threshold for pain. Sorry about that George...

I just want to take the time to thank all the t-net members who have helped me reach this milestone.

I would also like to thank all the "little people" I had to step on to reach the lofty heights that I have now achieved. I couldn't have done it without you.

EDITED FOR CONTENT MY APOLOGIES

 

[worldtalker]

Nothin like the looks of silver in the hole[or plug]to keep you diggin!!don't feel to bad,we ALL ding em!

 

[OutBack Duo]

Way to go! Now that you have found the first one the rest will come easy.

 

[The Swed Hunther]

Ahh, sweet! Welcome too the silver feeling!

 

[civilman1]

CONGRATULATION'S

 

[hombre_de_plata_flaco]

Thanks everybody. I didn't mean to nick up this coin, but I was digging about 6 inches down in an old, compacted, gravel driveway. I was basically stabbing into the ground just chipping away at gravel when it popped out into the hole.

I found the experience to be more gratifying than scoring a 40% JFK half out of a teller tray. Quite a thrill. Hope there is more in the near future.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Congratulations!

I wish you many more

 

[kayden]

1st of all Way to go sir!......2nd The best advice i ever got in m-detecting here is Its about 1% detecter & 99% Location, Location & Location!....You gotta put the detecter over it b4 yah find it!

 

[MKnTenn]

Nice first silver, a quarter too!

 

[Texas Jed]

Congrats, You should write the date and location you found it on the coin holder. That way years from now it will remind you of that day. I did the same 7 years ago with my first silver which was a roosevelt dime.

HH

 

[romeo-1]

Nice find.

 

[worldtalker]

Nice find...but why antagonize Why not just try to enjoy the site and all it has to offer as opposed to "pickin' fights"?

Did I miss some of the conversation here?

 

[Iron Patch]

Nice find...but why antagonize Why not just try to enjoy the site and all it has to offer as opposed to "pickin' fights"?

Just his nature, and with a losing record I guess he has to keep picking fights.


oh, nice quarter.

 

[Golden1]

Sweet quarter

My birth date 1947

G1

 

[Silver Searcher]

Keep going you should find a decent one soon

SS

 

[fistfulladirt]

Thanks everybody. I didn't mean to nick up this coin, but I was digging about 6 inches down in an old, compacted, gravel driveway. I was basically stabbing into the ground just chipping away at gravel when it popped out into the hole.

I found the experience to be more gratifying than scoring a 40% JFK half out of a teller tray. Quite a thrill. Hope there is more in the near future.

There will be many more in the future. Silver dollars, SLQ, SPanish silver, it's all out there. Coins you halve a slimm chance finding crh'ing - Congrats!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on your first silver. And yes, digging them is way more fun than finding them in rolls.

 

[dallgire]

I havent found any so way to go bud!

 

[hombre_de_plata_flaco]

I went back out for a few minutes before and got in another quick hunt before dark. No more coins, but I did find this old GEM safety razor.

I already have a Gillette "Fat Boy" and three straight razors, and this one will now join them. I'm going back tomorrow to look for the flap that goes on top.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Surely your best find yet

SS