Indiana Digger
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- Location
- E.C. Indiana
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- White's Eagle II SL90
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- All Treasure Hunting
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Hello Everyone,
This is a classic example of "they hit you when you least expect it".
I was digging with my buddy Kenny this morning. He had a spot in a neighboring county that he had hit before, but had come up empty-handed. We decided to give his spot a try and drove out there.
We drove up a very long lane that had wheat stubble and waist high weeds on one side and on the other side of the lane was a field that only had the outside rounds worked. (bare dirt)
We hit the weedy side first (that's where the old house and barns used to stand) and after 15 or so minutes of being unable to swing a coil in that mess, we decided to try the other side of the road and swing over bare dirt. Signals were few and far between - and when we did get a signal, it ended up being old shell casings.
Since we weren't having much success, I suggested we may have to go to the local park and settle for some coinshooting. Kenny agreed and said,"Let me dig this signal first." I was no more than 10 feet away from him and got a signal, too. Kenny said, "I've got a washer". I told him, "Let me dig this signal it's probably a washer, too."
Two and a half inches deep and caked with dirt, I pulled out what I was certain was a very large washer. However, the "center" didn't budge when I tried to poke it though. Keep in mind this thing was completely covered in dirt.
I've had my heart broken numerous times by large washers pretending to be something else. I asked Kenny, "What the hell is this?" Committing the cardinal sin, I carefully brush away a tiny bit of dirt and saw some writing. This is NOT a washer. This is NOT a big-assed token. This is a large coin. My heart skipped a beat when I realized how heavy it weighed in my hand. "Could it be? Have I found my very first large silver?"
Indeed, I had. An 1879 Morgan Silver Dollar. After a few war-whoops and a few expletives, I carefully wrapped it up and brought it home to share with my fellow T-Netters.
I think I owe my buddy Kenny a beer or two for allowing me to hunt this site.
And to think...we were just about ready to leave...
It's true...."they hit you when you least expect it".
HH Everyone,
~Indiana Digger~
Hello Everyone,
This is a classic example of "they hit you when you least expect it".
I was digging with my buddy Kenny this morning. He had a spot in a neighboring county that he had hit before, but had come up empty-handed. We decided to give his spot a try and drove out there.
We drove up a very long lane that had wheat stubble and waist high weeds on one side and on the other side of the lane was a field that only had the outside rounds worked. (bare dirt)
We hit the weedy side first (that's where the old house and barns used to stand) and after 15 or so minutes of being unable to swing a coil in that mess, we decided to try the other side of the road and swing over bare dirt. Signals were few and far between - and when we did get a signal, it ended up being old shell casings.
Since we weren't having much success, I suggested we may have to go to the local park and settle for some coinshooting. Kenny agreed and said,"Let me dig this signal first." I was no more than 10 feet away from him and got a signal, too. Kenny said, "I've got a washer". I told him, "Let me dig this signal it's probably a washer, too."
Two and a half inches deep and caked with dirt, I pulled out what I was certain was a very large washer. However, the "center" didn't budge when I tried to poke it though. Keep in mind this thing was completely covered in dirt.
I've had my heart broken numerous times by large washers pretending to be something else. I asked Kenny, "What the hell is this?" Committing the cardinal sin, I carefully brush away a tiny bit of dirt and saw some writing. This is NOT a washer. This is NOT a big-assed token. This is a large coin. My heart skipped a beat when I realized how heavy it weighed in my hand. "Could it be? Have I found my very first large silver?"
Indeed, I had. An 1879 Morgan Silver Dollar. After a few war-whoops and a few expletives, I carefully wrapped it up and brought it home to share with my fellow T-Netters.
I think I owe my buddy Kenny a beer or two for allowing me to hunt this site.
And to think...we were just about ready to leave...
It's true...."they hit you when you least expect it".
HH Everyone,
~Indiana Digger~
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#3-- The coin just doesn't look right. Too soft, numbers look funny, denticles, rim, reeded edge, and overall striking looks to be soft. No matter how much wear or damge is evident, the metal content looks TOO SOFT. By the amount of damage I see, the coin appears as though it wasn't made with high grade silver. Take a magnet to it. Especially where it is damaged. If there is ANY resistance or pull, NO MATTER HOW SLIGHT OR SMALL, coin is made with another metal besides 90% silver and 10% copper. If it were mine, I would take a toothbrush with warm soapy water, and clean,(NOT SCRUB), but lightly clean it. At this point, with condition, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HURT IT. It's only worth silver content anyways. All you want to do is find out whether it's real or not. Some well made Chinese CFT's were very hard to spot. Some have even made it into grading slabs. I think any coin collector, (or dealer epecially), with any experience, examining this thing in the metal, will have no problem telling you it's authenticity in about 10 seconds. Take it to someone reputable in your area and see what he says. I like this post! Can't wait to hear the outcome. Hogge
