His first silver coin.....1896-O Morgan Dollar

[WheatbackDigger]

First off, this is not my find, but a friend/coworker's find. He has been hunting for a couple of years and found his first silver coin...A well circulated 1896-O Morgan silver dollar. A very awesome coin for a first silver. This was found in the front yard of a house built in the late 1800's near the sidewalk. It was found at 5 inches with a Garrett 2500. The coin has a lot of miles on her, but she definetly has character. Thanks for looking

 

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[madfranks]

Isn't it great that even with all that wear you can still clearly see "liberty" on the obverse? That's great!!!

 

[Green1]

sweet,sweet,sweet someday.......

 

[MEinWV]

I would love that for a first silver coin!

I would love that for a last silver coin!

Tell him "Congrats"...........HH

 

[Hoosier Kingfisher]

Very nice

 

[EDDE]

good deal Doug
give him a punch in the arm(if already didn't )

 

[ModernMiner]

Man, I can only hope to find a silver doller! Tell your friend congrats.
-MM-

 

[Stormtrooper154]

That's a great find. To bad the person didn't loose it when it was brand new, Bluebook gives the 1896-O $500 in MS-60 and it jumps all the way up to $80,000 in MS-65

As is, about $12.00....Great find!!!

 

[fd3615]

always nice to dig a big silver.... I sure do it all the time.... LOL... i wish... got my first Liberty Half today.. and the IKE from last week.... thats as close as I have got.... Great find... I agree punch him in the arm..

 

[Boobydoo]

That's a rare find these days for sure,
something to be proud of. It's been 20 years
since I dug a silver dollar... here's hoping.
This proves it's still possible. Congrats to him!

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[Mirage]

Cool. Glad to see they are still out there. 8) 8)

 

[weasel606]

a great find ! hoping to find some like that myself , congrats to him !

 

[daytondigger]

I still after all these years have not found a "silver" silver dollar.......or a half dime .....or a silver three center......half cent......20 center.....gold coin..........

 

[99Brown]

Doug, tell your buddy congrats...that is awesome. I turned a friend of mine on to metal detecting last week. Bought himself a Ace 250 and went out for 1 hour on Monday night......found a 22CT Mans ring from India....pretty sweet...and some great beginners luck. Take care

99Brown

 

[JimBeHuntin']

What a great find and encouragement to the rest of us who have yet to find a silver dollar ... congratz to your friend for a nice coin!

 

[outdoorgirl]

I wouldn't care how many miles it had on it. That's an awesome find!!

 

[sfinder]

Nice piece of silver! Great find...

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

Nice first

 

[Slabman]

Very nice find. I've been detecting since 1981. I've found gold coins, gold pocket watches, hundreds of silver
coins, in fact, enough stuff to fill up 2 safe deposit boxes.... but I've never found a silver dollar!!
I'm going to try to remedy that situation this year!! What type of area was it found? Park? Yard?
Once again, nice find!!
HH Slabman

 

[Wasabi]

Must have been exciting to pull that out of a hole.
Great find!!!