Quest Completed! #100 Silvers FTY!

[Silvermonkey]

I never thought a 100 silver coin season would be possible, especially living in New England. The closest I have come was 88 in 2021. I'm happy to report that yesterday at 4:00 pm I dug silver # 100 for 2023, a 1945 mercury dime.

The last 5 coins were slow in coming. I was starting to believe that I would run out of time, or that the season would abruptly end due to a snowstorm. Thankfully, that didn't happen.
#96 - 1946 Rosie (dug 11/20)
# 97- 1942 Merc ( dug 11/27)
#98- 1914-D Barber dime (dug 11/28)
# 99- 1914-D Barber dime (dug 12/1)
#100-1945 Merc ( dug 12/6)

The 100 silvers include:


1901 Canadian " fish scale" 5 cent piece
1782 Carlos III 2 real
4 Walking Liberty Half Dollars
2 Franklin Half Dollars
1 Barber Quarter
5 Standing Liberty Quarters
12 Washington Quarters
1832 Capped Bust Dime
1891 Seated Liberty Dime
10 Barber Dimes
35 Mercury Dimes
19 Rosies
1847 Seated Liberty Half Dime
6 War Nickles
1853 Trime

Digging all of these coins represents 357 hours of detecting, and about 400 miles of hiking around in the woods. Gott'a say...I'm a little worn out!
Thanks for taking a look!

 

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[robertk]

That's a heck of a year alright ! Congratulations!

That 1914 Barber in the top of the photo looks to be in extremely good condition. That's a dug coin?

 

[pepperj]

I think you did really great in this years total.
Lots of detecting time-hiking/walking/fresh air.

Been a longtime since I have broken the 100 silver year-something like 15 yrs ago.
Homestead/cellar holes have a way of not producing a lot of silvers up here.

 

[Randy Combs]

I am so jealous

 

[mjb Mike]

wow thats alot.

 

[oldmxrat]

Congrats on hitting the big 100!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

An OUTSTANDING season - very well done !

 

[cudamark]

Those 14D Barber dimes are beauties!

 

[rayoh]

I never thought a 100 silver coin season would be possible, especially living in New England. The closest I have come was 88 in 2021. I'm happy to report that yesterday at 4:00 pm I dug silver # 100 for 2023, a 1945 mercury dime.

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The last 5 coins were slow in coming. I was starting to believe that I would run out of time, or that the season would abruptly end due to a snowstorm. Thankfully, that didn't happen.
#96 - 1946 Rosie (dug 11/20)
# 97- 1942 Merc ( dug 11/27)
#98- 1914-D Barber dime (dug 11/28)
# 99- 1914-D Barber dime (dug 12/1)
#100-1945 Merc ( dug 12/6)

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The 100 silvers include:


1901 Canadian " fish scale" 5 cent piece
1782 Carlos III 2 real
4 Walking Liberty Half Dollars
2 Franklin Half Dollars
1 Barber Quarter
5 Standing Liberty Quarters
12 Washington Quarters
1832 Capped Bust Dime
1891 Seated Liberty Dime
10 Barber Dimes
35 Mercury Dimes
19 Rosies
1847 Seated Liberty Half Dime
6 War Nickles
1853 Trime

Digging all of these coins represents 357 hours of detecting, and about 400 miles of hiking around in the woods. Gott'a say...I'm a little worn out!
Thanks for taking a look!

1oo silvers is quite an accomplishment with today's competition. You have had a great year and maybe you can add to that total in the next 3 and 1/2 weeks.

 

[mindcrime1988]

One hundred silvers for the year is an awesome achievement. Congrats.

 

[lenmac65]

Congrats on 100 … wow. Nice variety too, e.g., capped bust, trime, Reale, half dollars, etc.

 

[Silvermonkey]

That's a heck of a year alright ! Congratulations!

That 1914 Barber in the top of the photo looks to be in extremely good condition. That's a dug coin?

 

[Silvermonkey]

Thanks robertk! Yes...these were all dug coins...all on public land.

 

[robertk]

Thanks robertk! Yes...these were all dug coins...all on public land.

Wow. All the more amazing. Great year! And it’s not over yet!

 

[Silvermonkey]

Those 14D Barber dimes are beauties!

Yes...great looking coins. Odd that they were both 1914-D's...given that they were found 25 miles apart.
Weird.....

 

[Silvermonkey]

1oo silvers is quite an accomplishment with today's competition. You have had a great year and maybe you can add to that total in the next 3 and 1/2 weeks.

Thanks rayoh! Got out today with a new friend and found a 1945- S war nickel. So the total grows.

 

[Silvermonkey]

Congrats on 100 … wow. Nice variety too, e.g., capped bust, trime, Reale, half dollars, etc.

Thanks lenmac65! As a fellow Mass hunter, I know you understand how fickle our weather/ hunting conditions can be. I'm very tired...glad # 100 came when it did.

 

[Almy]

It's hard for me to imagine that many silver coins found! I go for years with none and have found less than a dozen in 40 years of detecting. Coppers are much more numerous here further north, but still only a dozen or so a year was the most I have found. !00 silvers, and in one season, amazing!

 

[lenmac65]

Thanks lenmac65! As a fellow Mass hunter, I know you understand how fickle our weather/ hunting conditions can be. I'm very tired...glad # 100 came when it did.

Absolutely. Good weather days sometimes seem few and far between around here, and normally on a day I am stuck working. I only get to detect a couple hours a week. Still a couple years away from retirement. Oh well. Good luck out there; maybe next year you’ll hit 150 silvers😁.

 

[BigWaveDave]

Waiting for the glamour group shot at end of year!