Ghetto Lot Gives up Silver

King-John · Mar 10, 2009

Hooked up with an old friend I haven't hunted with in a few years we headed down to the Sac. Ghetto, (Safety in Numbers) Found a small narrow lot, thought well we might as well give it a shot, I immediately headed to the back of the lot, first two signals were a 1916s Wheat and a 1923s wheat, I thought this is a good sign, some junk then a good Quarter sound, up pops a 1926 Standing Liberty, I shouted over to my buddy to check it out, by this time he was showing signs of frustration, next signal a 1935s Merc., by now my friend was throwing Bottle caps at me that he was digging, he was showing a lot of frustration now, then I dug a 1943 Merc. I thought he was going to hit the roof, I told him be patient there's more here, at that point I told him to get his

over here and check out this side of the Lot, Five minutes Later he was all smiles, "what ya got there" he holds up this Big Silver Disc. I go over and it is a Very nice Walker Half, :wav:

I ended up with 7 Wheat's, 1916s, 1923s, 1927s, 1929s, 1935s, and two unknown dates, Two Mercs, a Standing Quarter, and he got one wheat and the Nice Half, never thought this lot would produce much, I was surprised. I also got a Lead Ball, looks like a possible 50 Cal. Round Ball, It was the deepest target at the lot.

Now for Some Pics :headbang:

1928 Walker Half

1926 Standing Liberty

Mercs.

Wheats

Round Ball

The Lot

DD-777 · Mar 10, 2009

Congrats on the fantastic silver..... :thumbsup:

Butler · Mar 10, 2009

As a fellow Northern Californian I must say that is a nice haul from a place not many would think to look. It gives me hope! Damn... I was in Sac (and Grass Valley) just last week but didn't have time to swing! Thanks for sharing! Oh, you ARE going back there yes?

Lowbatts · Mar 10, 2009

Sweet silver gotchas!

John (Ma) · Mar 10, 2009

Great coins.

hikeinmts · Mar 10, 2009

WAY TO GO!!!! :thumbsup:

You just opened up a lot of possibilities to a whole lot of THers.
Great finds!! Always like the silver with "s" mintmarks.

treasuredog · Mar 10, 2009

Wow! Nice coins,especially the standing liberty quarter and walking liberty half :thumbsup:

NGE · Mar 10, 2009

Fantabulous Finds! That strip lot of yours reminds me of what we call alleyways around here. Maybe that's why all your coins look like they've been in a fire(s). We used to burn our trash in our back alleys years ago. Most alleys have been discontinued and absorbed into your backyards........NGE

N.J.THer · Mar 10, 2009

Congrats on some nice finds.

I like ghetto hunting. It seems if the area has been bad for 30 or 40 years then there has not been much detecting going on and it becomes a target rich environment. There is usually a ton of trash like bottle caps.

NJ