Just one hour, but still Really good

bazinga · Jul 31, 2008

Just one hour, but still 'Real'ly good

Went back to the spot that gave up 12 silver yesterday. A sore/raw hand combined with the heat made me want to leave after just an hour. The hour I was there was productive, but I was hoping to get one more silver on the day to make 50 for June and July. I know that I could have found that one more silver had I felt like staying, but I was just too drained.

The two pieces of silver that I did find, though, were pretty good. These were both DEEP as well. These were "dig a plug, then dig a plug within your plug, then go down another inch or two before the probe will pick it up" deep.

I will be going back there after some rains replenish the grounds.

5 Wheats, mostly crudy
1900 Indian Head - Smooshed a bit
1897 Guatemala 1 Real - .835 silver
1905S Barber Dime

t-bucket · Jul 31, 2008

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Congrats on a great hunt ,and good luck on your next hunt :thumbsup:

Golden1 · Jul 31, 2008

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WOW! sweet hunt :thumbsup:

congrats

mikewaz · Jul 31, 2008

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Great finds! :thumbsup:

That 1 real is in great shape. I'm always in awe looking at the fine detail and craftsmanship of the engravers work.
I wish my hands were sore from digging so much silver.

Mike

jorge del norte · Jul 31, 2008

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OK Bosco........tell us about that site

? How you stumble upon it?

bazinga · Jul 31, 2008

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jorge del norte said:
OK Bosco........tell us about that site? How you stumble upon it?

There is no O after the B, haha.

It's a park, I just walked into it like every other park.

The reason these coins are still there is basically because other detectors just can't go deep enough to find them. All of the coins are 8-10" deep and generally have nails or other iron laying next to them.

kimsdad · Jul 31, 2008

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Nice stuff!!! :thumbsup:

Say, you don't work for Minelab do ya? Cuz your posts are making me crave one......

bazinga · Jul 31, 2008

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kimsdad said:
Nice stuff!!!

Say, you don't work for Minelab do ya? Cuz your posts are making me crave one......

Nope, don't work for them.

It took a lot of time and patience to really get a good feeling with this machine and to have the confidence to go out and be able to think I can out detect anybody with any other machine in the same spots.

Detectingfreak · Jul 31, 2008

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Very nice job on the silver! That 1800's one looks pretty old!!!! :thumbsup:

toolman61 · Jul 31, 2008

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That real must be a 50 yr. commemorative huh? front says 1871 and back says liberated 1821. Pretty neat. Very nice finds- 8to10 inches no wonder your hands are sore sounds like you need a jack-hammer lol HH Tom

tymcmurray · Jul 31, 2008

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GREAT hunt!
You must be really jacked!!!!!!!!

TerryC · Jul 31, 2008

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Guatemala won its independence from Spain in 1821. Then a succession of military governments began in 1871, according to a google search. I wonder why the 1897 coin would commemorate those dates... maybe somone else can fill-in-the-blanks. Nice find! TTC

halfdime · Jul 31, 2008

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That is a beautiful coin!

Goio · Jul 31, 2008

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Those are some awesome coins there bud, Great Job!!! :thumbsup:

JP · Jul 31, 2008

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Wow!!! Nice finds.

It's amazing what one can find sometimes.

Good luck on your next hunt. Don't forget to post pics of the goodies.

HH

bazinga · Jul 31, 2008

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jpotter said:
Wow!!! Nice finds.

It's amazing what one can find sometimes.

Good luck on your next hunt. Don't forget to post pics of the goodies.

HH

I always post pics of my silver!

Good luck to you as well!

DPBOB · Jul 31, 2008

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Once again your always digging to china for something good.

Nice finds Brian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bazinga · Jul 31, 2008

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DesPlaines_IL_SilverBob said:
Once again your always digging to china for something good.

Nice finds Brian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It sure feels that way sometimes! All of the easy, shallow silver coins are gone, so I just have to settle and go for what's left.

JP · Aug 1, 2008

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TerryC said:
Guatemala won its independence from Spain in 1821. Then a succession of military governments began in 1871, according to a google search. I wonder why the 1897 coin would commemorate those dates... maybe somone else can fill-in-the-blanks. Nice find! TTC

Central American history is complicated, even more complicated for us because it isn't taught to us in world history in school.

The back of the coin is still the coat of arms for Guatemala. The front of the coin commemorates when Guatemala went through many changes to modernize the country under Gen. Barrios. He wanted to unite Central America as one country but was killed a few years later I believe in battle by a sniper in El Salvador. I have been to the spot that has a historical marker saying that he was shot there. I am currently down there right now and asked some of the workers here a little of the history. Their explanation would have filled up 3 pages of text (good information but none of us would have understood it because we don't know about it).

Of course we could get a better explanation from someone who is from Guatemala.

I hope this information helps.