Found my first silver dollar today...Carolina Tom wept real tears!!!

[beez0404]

I ventured down to Charlotte today for a hunt with Carolina Tom and Smittyman. It pretty much started raining when we started detecting, and stopped raining when we quit for the day. We hunted two sites that Smittyman had found. One he had hunted and found a merc and "1600s" buckle. Today not much to speak of was found. The second site was a large tract that at one time had a house on it. Smittyman had never hunted it because it was overgrown with grass and weeds. It wasn't perfect today but we could hunt quite a few areas. About an hour in I got my first good target. Normally I wouldn't have dug it (97 on the Deus) because you don't actually find silver dollars. But from the very first pass of my coil and every pass after that I got only 97s.....nothing higher or lower. Also, when I lifted my coil the signal disappeared after only lifting about 2" so I was hoping it wasn't a can. Long story short, after hacking through some roots I found the Morgan had sunk through the rich soil and come to rest face down in the wet clay layer. That's how it is here in NC where there is a lot of clay. It acts like bedrock when looking for gold.

Can't begin to describe the excitement when I saw it. And to have found it with two friends.....special! It's a feeling I sincerely hope that everyone on here who hasn't found one gets to experience. Enjoy the photos and good luck hunting. I almost forgot........Tom didn't really cry real tears and was very happy for me.

 

[JimDon]

I would be weeping too. Great find especially for Charlotte.

 

[rayrayvegas]

Congrats!!! Its a wonderful feeling you get lost in when you realize what you just dug. I have been lucky enough to dig a 1928 Peace last summer and a 1921 morgan this summer, it only took me 28 years. Lol.

 

[l2hunt]

really happy for you, i hope to find one some day

 

[unearth]

WOW!! Great Find! Congratulations

 

[Delmarvapackrat]

Awesome. Congratulations!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Congratulations on finding your first silver dollar Jay!
Looks like you just might have to change your avatar now!

Dave

 

[70monte68]

Congratulations on such a beautiful coin.

 

[Higgy]

Now that's a milestone find for any detectorist, Beez! Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. I still haven't found a silver dollar or a half, so definitely happy to see someone get one! Congratulations on a great find and a great day!

 

[Old Dude]

Tom, I think it's a conspiracy that this keeps popping up...contact your congressman and ask for an investigation.

 

[Scrappy]

It's so big! Lol

That is a big silver to pull out of the ground. I would have been thinking a flattened soda can initially but solid repeat signals don't lie. Congrats on the BIG silver. It's a great design and year, and in amazing shape.

Still looking for my first silver $1

 

[greentree89]

Beautiful find! Congrats!

 

[SGT Claddy]

wow amazing coin beautiful shape

 

[davidbird42]

That is amazing! You didn't rub it clean did you? lol. Sorry, the collector in me comes out at times. Well done! Keep 'tecting!

 

[detectorssaga]

Awesome!! 👍

 

[CarlinNC]

Great find, nothing like digging up those large silvers, I see you are up in newton ..this is Carl from Carolina Detectors and I am up in hickory nc maybe we can get together for a hunt and thinking of getting together some treasure hunters to start a metal detecting club in this area..Carl

 

[beez0404]

Congratulations on finding your first silver dollar Jay!
Looks like you just might have to change your avatar now!

Dave

I thought about it Dave. But I used to have an avatar of the one and only IH penny I have ever found, an 1864. Shortly after changing to that as my avatar I accidently tossed the IH off of or under my deck. So now it's lost. Not sure I want to risk that with the Morgan.

 

[Old Dude]

I thought about it Dave. But I used to have an avatar of the one and only IH penny I have ever found, an 1864. Shortly after changing to that as my avatar I accidently tossed the IH off of or under my deck. So now it's lost. Not sure I want to risk that with the Morgan.

I am sure Tom will safeguard it for you!

 

[beez0404]

Great find, nothing like digging up those large silvers, I see you are up in newton ..this is Carl from Carolina Detectors and I am up in hickory nc maybe we can get together for a hunt and thinking of getting together some treasure hunters to start a metal detecting club in this area..Carl

Hi Carl,

Are there enough detectorists in this area to start up a club? If so I would be glad to join it. And I'm sure we can get together for a hunt some time. Just shoot me a PM and we'll go from there.

 

[beez0404]

I am sure Tom will safeguard it for you!

OD, Tom actually said he would come up and find my IH for me. He followed that up by saying if he did he would be keeping it as he would have found it. Something about finders keepers and losers weepers? I told him to stay off my deck!!!

 

[Old Dude]

I would invest in a Doberman, lol.