Hello All,
Getting this quick post out before the hurricane and inevitable loss of power from the wind! I am absolutely in SHOCK about what I walked up on in a sugarcane field last hunt! The heat was awful--101, and 111-112 with the heat index. Brutal. But we did it, and I'm really happy I went (as always). Here's the video:
So I did a couple rows in the early, already hot, morning. All the rows had washed down from the heavy rains we had, so lots of finds were exposed. Native American artifact hunters will recognize these prime conditions. Well, right on top of a row I saw what I thought was an aluminum Mardi Gras doubloon. Looked too big to be anything else! (Also, I'd just dug one of those pesky things at a newer site we scouted a few days before). Then I swung over it with the F75 and it read 91. 91!!! I bent about halfway over to get a closer look and almost fainted--it was a freaking MORGAN DOLLAR perched up on a pedestal of dirt where it'd washed out of the mud!!! Folks, my last Morgan was dug back in 1993 or so, at a lumber camp in Virginia deep in the woods. My wife, diggergirl dug one in Indiana around 2008 or so at a one-room schoolhouse site. So they are VERY infrequent finds. I was just shocked at how this was sitting there staring up at me. We dug lots of other good finds, including some Civil War buttons, relics, a gorgeous civilian two-piece button, plantation tokens, two more shield nickels from "nickel field" which brings the total now to 11 shield nickels from 3 hunts, and even MORE silver! So if you aren't watching the videos on my channel hopefully that will motivate you to see all the rest of what we found. Below are some photos of the silver dollar exactly as I found it, before I touched it the first time, along with a few other photos. Ended up being a STUNNING 1900-O Morgan Dollar!!!
Now the hurricane is on us, so I'll sign off and save my cell battery. Stay safe, anyone who is in the path of this awful storm!
Best Wishes,
Buck
Getting this quick post out before the hurricane and inevitable loss of power from the wind! I am absolutely in SHOCK about what I walked up on in a sugarcane field last hunt! The heat was awful--101, and 111-112 with the heat index. Brutal. But we did it, and I'm really happy I went (as always). Here's the video:
So I did a couple rows in the early, already hot, morning. All the rows had washed down from the heavy rains we had, so lots of finds were exposed. Native American artifact hunters will recognize these prime conditions. Well, right on top of a row I saw what I thought was an aluminum Mardi Gras doubloon. Looked too big to be anything else! (Also, I'd just dug one of those pesky things at a newer site we scouted a few days before). Then I swung over it with the F75 and it read 91. 91!!! I bent about halfway over to get a closer look and almost fainted--it was a freaking MORGAN DOLLAR perched up on a pedestal of dirt where it'd washed out of the mud!!! Folks, my last Morgan was dug back in 1993 or so, at a lumber camp in Virginia deep in the woods. My wife, diggergirl dug one in Indiana around 2008 or so at a one-room schoolhouse site. So they are VERY infrequent finds. I was just shocked at how this was sitting there staring up at me. We dug lots of other good finds, including some Civil War buttons, relics, a gorgeous civilian two-piece button, plantation tokens, two more shield nickels from "nickel field" which brings the total now to 11 shield nickels from 3 hunts, and even MORE silver! So if you aren't watching the videos on my channel hopefully that will motivate you to see all the rest of what we found. Below are some photos of the silver dollar exactly as I found it, before I touched it the first time, along with a few other photos. Ended up being a STUNNING 1900-O Morgan Dollar!!!
Now the hurricane is on us, so I'll sign off and save my cell battery. Stay safe, anyone who is in the path of this awful storm!
Best Wishes,
Buck
Attachments
Upvote
66
