metal detecting with my rototiller?????

PAPPYGOL · Jan 18, 2010

my back yard has been a mystery to me ever since i moved here. last year i was weeding my garden . i pulled some weeds up and out popped a 1919 mercury dime. now i have detected all over my back yard. no silver till that dime. next day i took my cz7 out in the garden and sure enough. a 58 roosevelt. today i was checking the ground for frost and realized it isnt frozen anymore. im in ohio. anyway, i thought ,, im gonna try out a new roto tiller i just got. i didnt till it last fall. it wasnt too cold today so what the heck. i pushed the tiller over to the garden. fired it up and procedded to teach that dirt a lesson. about 30 minutes later. it looked pretty good. the tiller worked great. i put the tiller back in the garage. went in and got a cup of coffee. i went back out to the garden. i noticed a piece of string from last years tomato plants. i stepped in to get it,and.. WHAT IS THAT/ laying on top of the end of the string that i was going to throw away was. !!!!the reason i was thinking about the garden today was my daughter ordered a burpee seed catalog and we were ordering all our supplies. .. back to the story. right on top of the piece of string was a 1921 s morgan dollar. gleaming in the little bit of sun that there was. great condition. i cleaned it up and it would be in ex. fine condition. but it looked like someone ran over it with a rototiller. probably the last guy that lived here :icon_scratch:

hikeinmts · Jan 19, 2010

Where you've found a couple of coins in the garden area, you might want to dig some holes.....pretty deep holes, and swing your machine down into them......someone in the past may have hidden a sack of coins in the garden. Hope so, for you. Keep us posted.

Nick A · Jan 19, 2010

Great find! Rototilled or not! Congrats! :hello2:

Ray in CA · Jan 19, 2010

That is a great find! There's got to be more in that yard...time to rototill that entire yard and break out the metal detector! :laughing7:

Ray

PAPPYGOL · Jan 19, 2010

i got a new mower too. i cant wait to see what that brings :hello2:

allen · Jan 19, 2010

congrats on that big piece of silver,
she is a real beauty !!! :thumbsup:

Ray in CA · Jan 19, 2010

I just noticed that your morgan is a 1921, the same year as the one I found about a year and a half ago in southern California. Again, congrats on a lovely coin. Here's to hoping you can find more.

Ray

treasuredog · Jan 19, 2010

Congratulations on a great find! Hope you find more. Your friend,Treasuredog

PAPPYGOL · Jan 19, 2010

HI DAVID. REMEMBER I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE 2 SILVER DIMES LAST YEAR? IM GOING TO PICK UP MY WOODEN DECK. I THINK THERE IS A FORTUNE UNDER IT. ILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN. YOU CAN COME OVER AND WE WILL GET RICH TOGETHER

treasuredog · Jan 19, 2010

Im ready,I cant wait to see what treasures 2010 brings!!! God Bless you,my friend!

PAPPYGOL · Jan 19, 2010

im gonna find a cache this year, i can feel it!!!!!

DigginThePast · Jan 19, 2010

PAPPYGOL said:
i got a new mower too. i cant wait to see what that brings

Probably some Barber coin. :laughing7:

Great find on the Morgan Dollar. :thumbsup:

Looks like the harvest was finally ready, you were picking them too early before. Continue to let them grow to full size.

bearbqd · Jan 19, 2010

That is freaking awesome. Wish I had a magical yard full of treasures.

Iron Patch · Jan 19, 2010

I think I seen my reflection off that picture.

Some elbow grease happening there!

PAPPYGOL · Jan 20, 2010

a little elbow grease. and a few drops of silvo . it really cleans and polishes without scratching. no abrasives. works really well

Iron Patch · Jan 20, 2010

PAPPYGOL said:
a little elbow grease. and a few drops of silvo . it really cleans and polishes without scratching. no abrasives. works really well

Even if there's different degrees of scratching collectors look at a polished coin just the same way as if you had used something else. I knew just seeing the picture it was polished and not just cleaned. In the future you can probably get the result you want using a coin silver dip and have neither deep scratches or a polished finish. It will still be a cleaned coin but a little more acceptable one. (to those that care-if you care)