It was a great day until....

[Fishstank]

I scratched my very first Indian Head penny. It was at 2" at a virgin spot that my neighbor owns. He
just bought this 1925 house. In Arizona that's pretty old.

The coin is a 1907. There should be plenty more. I didn't have a lot of time but will be back.

I know there's a lot of you out there who have scratched valuable coins. Post em on here I want to see them. Maybe it will cheer me
up.

Thanks for looking fellow Tneter's!!

Fishstank

 

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[creeper71]

just a tip..make your cut about 2in back from where your actual target is... that way you won't nick another coin... I nicked my very first large cent... Ace 250 said 2in deep was actual 1/4in deep.. Hope you have better luck next time...

 

[tabdog]

Hay Fish Stank,

Twenty five years ago I dug my first silver dollar
after they cleaned the muck out of a pond in the
old zoo.

I had a scratch going all the way accross it. Can't
remember the date. It was in the 1940's and silver.

I found other silver coins there also, but the one I
remember the most was that one I scratched.

That's the only silver dollar I've ever found.

Happy Hunting,

Tabdog

 

[Corben]

LOL Yeah, I like you scratched my one and only IH find. I figured it was just another penny and drove my spade down hard and popped out a 1876 IH.
Joy quickly turned to agony when I saw shinny copper on the tails side. When I posted it on the forum no mention was made about the scratch. But it taught me a lesson.

 

[G.I.B.]

You're fortunate to have found one, even if it is scratched.

Very nice find.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice IH. I hit one too. Since the scale on the 250 is in increments of 2's the 2inch is the minimum it could be. It could also be right under the sod.

 

[minton7]

fortunately.... your coins isnt valuable... money wise...... I have scratched a 1928 SLQ....... that made me ill... but it wasnt nice either..... almost got the 1843 half dime.... XLT said it was 4 inches.... was less than 1/2...but fortunately I didnt get that one... I have been hunting 17 yrs and still will occasionally nick one.....a bullseye pinpointer will reduce the risk

 

[allen]

we all have damaged a coin from time to time....just dig a bigger plug next time..

 

[ClonedSIM]

Hay Fish Stank,

Twenty five years ago I dug my first silver dollar
after they cleaned the muck out of a pond in the
old zoo.

I had a scratch going all the way accross it. Can't
remember the date. It was in the 1940's and silver.

I found other silver coins there also, but the one I
remember the most was that one I scratched.

That's the only silver dollar I've ever found.

Happy Hunting,

Tabdog

What silver dollars were being minted in the 40's?

 

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

Live `n learn. This time it wasn't a valuable coin

 

[mastereagle22]

Ok to make you feel better....

If you look at the rim of the Florin you can see some significant gouges on the side of the coin. I did one and Baldinboy did the other.

Do you feel better now

 

[savant365]

Its the oldest coin that I have dug to date,1876 shield nickel, and I nailed it

 

[jorge del norte]

beeeeeeebusted

sorry to about the IH.....but it was fun to find right!

 

[Fishstank]

Yah. I wasn't expected to find that IH. Oldest I've ever dug was a 46 dime. But now every coin I dig from that yard I
expect to be old. Hopefully it wasn't the only old coin.

Fishstank

 

[tabdog]

Hay af1733,

It was a long time ago I was guessing about the date.

I don't have any of my finds from back then.

Alcohol and a divorce shed me of all my worldly

possesions years ago.

I had an old Technatics back then and silver coins

were much easier to find.

If you found a twenty year old dime, it was silver.

Now, it has to be, what, 45 years old?

I think the silver dollar was one of those Peace

silver dollars.

Happy Hunting,

Tabdog