jgas
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My First 1800's Silver....I Guess!
Went out today on a quick trip that lasted about 5 hours. Man does time fly when you are out enjoying the weather and great friends. Don and I went to a home that was dated to the ealy 1900's. The owner said she had plat maps for the area dating to the mid 1800's. So with a warm welcome to come and check it out we did not hesitate. Started out with my very first signal and first plug and out pops my first 1800's silver...WOW....but too bad it got chopped by something. But either way it was our first silver coin from the 1800's...Barely squeaked by with it being an 1899 but what the heck. Don soon got on the board with a pristine 1943 Merc. The pictures don't do it justice. That has to be one of the nicest dug Mercs I have ever seen. Full banding and a cartwheel effect.
After drooling over that one
I went on to find another Merc. A 1937 in pretty decent shape. Then we had the slaughter of the all the wheats. We snagged 15 from the yard and might get more on a return trip. We also got an 1871 Patent suspender clip, or at least I think that's what it is. A dog tax tag and Don got the full harmonica reed. The usual spoon parts and some modern buttons ended this enjoyable day. The good part about this place is that we still have some ground to cover and the home was built by the owners parents who also built the house across the street. That one dates way back to the late 1800's. So we might be in business for a while 
. I hope so, and I hope you all are finding some great stuff out there. Goodluck and be safe. jgas
Went out today on a quick trip that lasted about 5 hours. Man does time fly when you are out enjoying the weather and great friends. Don and I went to a home that was dated to the ealy 1900's. The owner said she had plat maps for the area dating to the mid 1800's. So with a warm welcome to come and check it out we did not hesitate. Started out with my very first signal and first plug and out pops my first 1800's silver...WOW....but too bad it got chopped by something. But either way it was our first silver coin from the 1800's...Barely squeaked by with it being an 1899 but what the heck. Don soon got on the board with a pristine 1943 Merc. The pictures don't do it justice. That has to be one of the nicest dug Mercs I have ever seen. Full banding and a cartwheel effect.
After drooling over that one
I went on to find another Merc. A 1937 in pretty decent shape. Then we had the slaughter of the all the wheats. We snagged 15 from the yard and might get more on a return trip. We also got an 1871 Patent suspender clip, or at least I think that's what it is. A dog tax tag and Don got the full harmonica reed. The usual spoon parts and some modern buttons ended this enjoyable day. The good part about this place is that we still have some ground to cover and the home was built by the owners parents who also built the house across the street. That one dates way back to the late 1800's. So we might be in business for a while . I hope so, and I hope you all are finding some great stuff out there. Goodluck and be safe. jgasAttachments
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,,, looks like someone took a pair of shears to it for sure ,,, thanks for sharin your stuff.
Thanks again everyone. jgas
