Rare 38/38 repeatable, small & tight pure sounding target, Coin silver

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

I get 37/38/39 signals on my Nox all the time at the old lost 1800’s farm sites I hunt. 99.9 percent of the time they are loud/overload signals from aluminum beer cans. If they are still loud when I lift the coil 18” I tend to pass and move on. On hunt a few years back I had the rare 38 pure small signal and I was hoping for the elusive silver dollar, but dug a Coin silver pocket watch case. This weekend I got that same signal and dug this.

Thought, darn, fooled again by a perfectly crushed Budweiser, but flipped it over and removed the dirt (pic after cleaning).

Another Coin silver 1800’s pocket watch case!

Here is the handful of coins and tags from the weekend.


Here are the relics.



Good luck out there!

 

[erfranks]

Nice Saves!!

 

[xr7ator]

Nice hunting, exellent saves, grats!

 

[JerV3]

Nice finds Thad.

I love turning up those old pocket watch backs especially silver.

I have a good bit of the cases in silver. I also have some complete pockets watches in silver.

Rare to get a high thirties signal though and turns out to be something good.

Jer

 

[Steve in PA]

Not a silver spur, but a coin silver pocket watch case is still silver. Wonder what type of silver coins were melted down to make that?

 

[jewelerguy]

good stuff!

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Nice finds Thad.

I love turning up those old pocket watch backs especially silver.

I have a good bit of the cases in silver. I also have some complete pockets watches in silver.

Rare to get a high thirties signal though and turns out to be something good.

Thx Jer! Yesterday was a fun hunt.

Jer

Not a silver spur, but a coin silver pocket watch case is still silver. Wonder what type of silver coins were melted down to make that?

Thx Steve! Most likely 8 Reales.. must be why I can’t find one...

 

[Steve in PA]

Thx Steve! Most likely 8 Reales.. must be why I can’t find one...

You gotta dig your share of one and two reales before you graduate to the big 8
Good chance there is some Spanish silver in that piece...,.

 

[islamoradamark]

Wow thats a big target and silver excellent find

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[pepperj]

Nice recovery on the pocket watch case.

Not sure if the case serial # and the movement # were the same or different. If the same it would date it to 1859
https://pocketwatchdatabase.com/search/result/waltham/23275

 

[Elvis]

Awesome saves!!!

 

[Florida Finder]

Beautiful digs!!!

 

[JeffInMass]

I'd call that a really successful weekend of hunting- Congrats!!

 

[Silvermonkey]

Beats the hell out of a beer can... Nicely done!

 

[crashbandicoot]

Love those tags too.

 

[smallfoot]

That was a good hunt...

 

[GoDeep]

Awesome find, how much does it weigh?

 

[Squirrel322]

Wow, that is awesome!

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Awesome find, how much does it weigh?

Thx! Probably an ounce or a little more, don’t have a scale. I think it is actually 2 layers of silver, outer and inner case from one side of pocket watch.