Cool Hand Fluke
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My wife and I were driving down the Pacific Coast Highway 1 and hit a few spots along the way. The first areas were
the cliff tops overlooking the ocean. I metal detected this area before several times over the years so I knew the finds were
going to be few. I lucked out today with a 1940-S mercury dime near the edge of a cliff. Exactly 7 days ago I dug another
1940 merc about 2 miles north of this today's spot. Further down the highway I accidentally discovered a small park that
I did not know existed. It looked good, so I gave it a try. After turning on my machine for only 5 minutes I get a sweet hit
at 5 inches and dig a 43-D merc! It has that typical dark gray look you get on silver coins found near the salt water beach.
About and hour later on the other side of this tiny park I get a solid coin hit at 3 inches and out pops a standing liberty quarter!
I now have dug 18 SLQ's, 7 have dates, 11 do not...Oh well, I'll still take one any time. They don't come up very often.
the cliff tops overlooking the ocean. I metal detected this area before several times over the years so I knew the finds were
going to be few. I lucked out today with a 1940-S mercury dime near the edge of a cliff. Exactly 7 days ago I dug another
1940 merc about 2 miles north of this today's spot. Further down the highway I accidentally discovered a small park that
I did not know existed. It looked good, so I gave it a try. After turning on my machine for only 5 minutes I get a sweet hit
at 5 inches and dig a 43-D merc! It has that typical dark gray look you get on silver coins found near the salt water beach.
About and hour later on the other side of this tiny park I get a solid coin hit at 3 inches and out pops a standing liberty quarter!
I now have dug 18 SLQ's, 7 have dates, 11 do not...Oh well, I'll still take one any time. They don't come up very often.
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