Seated Quarter on Edge of Cliff! And a Really Neat Relic!

[Cool Hand Fluke]

In the city of San Francisco there are at least a dozen of these high elevation parks with fantastic views of the city. I've been hunting them for years and have dug out some very nice finds. People from the
city have been coming up to these parks since the gold rush of the 1850's having picnics, and just walking to enjoy the views. My first good hit for the day was a buffalo nickel on the bottom of the hill in
a green grass area. Working my way to the top I got a shallow hit at 2 inches and out pops a 1859 seated liberty quarter! I was about 5 feet away from a cliff with a 50 foot drop!

Another awesome find for the day is this 1866 silver pin/badge from the Caledonian Club of San Francisco. A little research and I found out that it's a Scottish club that is still in existence.

Also dug out 3 buffalo nickels, a silver war nickel, a 1948 rosie dime, a silver brooch, and 2 Wheaties. These high elevation parks have paid off on numerous occasions, I'll still hunt them!

 

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[Garypederson]

Cool hand, this is by far the best presentation I have seen since joining Treasurenet. Question. May I ask which of those half dozeN detectors that you own were you using? Thanks. Stationed at the Presidio 61 years ago. Are you allowed to detect there. Gary

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Cool hand, this is by far the best presentation I have seen since joining Treasurenet. Question. May I ask which of those half dozeN detectors that you own were you using? Thanks. Stationed at the Presidio 61 years ago. Are you allowed to detect there. Gary

Hey Gary, I was using my trusty old Fisher CZ-6 that I purchase 25 years ago. I have 4 of these machines, 3 of them I use as back ups. I just prefer the older analogs, no EMI interference with the analogs and good depth. I would love to hunt the Presidio, before it was an army base it was a Spanish fort in the 1770's. If anyone tried to hunt there they would haul you off in handcuffs and put you in jail. That place is loaded with silver, it's just illegal to hunt there. My dad was stationed at the Presidio back in the 1950's, I spent most of my army time in Germany.

 

[Mackaydon]

The 1866 date on the Caledonian pin is the date the club was organized.
The club remains very active today.
Don........

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

The 1866 date on the Caledonian pin is the date the club was organized.
The club remains very active today.
Don........

I just went to ebay and google to look at Caledonian pins and they are all the modern enameled type, nothing in silver. My guess is that my example is of the older type, probably dated from the clubs introduction in 1866 and still issued until the 1920's?

 

[against the wind]

Congratulations on the Sweet Seated Silver.

 

[califteacher]

What a fantastic post! Thank you so much for taking the time to prepare the informative photos. It is a great example of how a very ordinary looking patch of dry grass and weeds can hold mysteries of long ago. Your effort in searching those hard to get to places is certainly paying off. Your post points out the many buried items that are just waiting for the right person to come along and discover them. Your perseverance is turning ordinary patches of dirt into "extraordinary."

 

[CoinFetcher]

The way you show the targets location has actually helped me.

Getting off the beaten path is the real lesson for us here!

Great great great post. And epic finds!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

What a fantastic bunch of finds - hunting on steep hillsides is tough - you earned those finds for sure !

 

[washingtonian]

What an amazing hunt!!!

 

[treblehunter]

Great hunt, great site but man that would kill my hip and knee hunting on that slope. Great pix also!

 

[Silvermonkey]

Congrats on a stellar hunt. I've yet to find a seated quarter so I'm a wee bit jealous...I think you deserve major credit for hunting on the side of a cliff. I'm a firm believer in detecting spots that no sane person would try...the more difficult, the less likely its been hunted in the past. You surely proved that today!

 

[Squirrel322]

Holy moly

That silver badge is amazing ! The seated quarter alone would have made my year!

 

[HuntH2002]

Wow, that some good work. Grats

 

[thrifty76now]

You covered a lot of territory,but the results were fantastic.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Really awesome set of finds. That quarter is something special.

 

[Randyg12]

Super finds and I love your pictures too WTG!

 

[Wildcat1750]

That hunt was a real Cliff Hanger!
Awesome variety of finds!

 

[billb]

In the city of San Francisco there are at least a dozen of these high elevation parks with fantastic views of the city. I've been hunting them for years and have dug out some very nice finds. People from the
city have been coming up to these parks since the gold rush of the 1850's having picnics, and just walking to enjoy the views. My first good hit for the day was a buffalo nickel on the bottom of the hill in
a green grass area. Working my way to the top I got a shallow hit at 2 inches and out pops a 1859 seated liberty quarter! I was about 5 feet away from a cliff with a 50 foot drop!

Another awesome find for the day is this 1866 silver pin/badge from the Caledonian Club of San Francisco. A little research and I found out that it's a Scottish club that is still in existence.

Also dug out 3 buffalo nickels, a silver war nickel, a 1948 rosie dime, a silver brooch, and 2 Wheaties. These high elevation parks have paid off on numerous occasions, I'll still hunt them!

Well Done Congratulations on your beautiful recoveries

 

[Digger RJ]

In the city of San Francisco there are at least a dozen of these high elevation parks with fantastic views of the city. I've been hunting them for years and have dug out some very nice finds. People from the
city have been coming up to these parks since the gold rush of the 1850's having picnics, and just walking to enjoy the views. My first good hit for the day was a buffalo nickel on the bottom of the hill in
a green grass area. Working my way to the top I got a shallow hit at 2 inches and out pops a 1859 seated liberty quarter! I was about 5 feet away from a cliff with a 50 foot drop!

Another awesome find for the day is this 1866 silver pin/badge from the Caledonian Club of San Francisco. A little research and I found out that it's a Scottish club that is still in existence.

Also dug out 3 buffalo nickels, a silver war nickel, a 1948 rosie dime, a silver brooch, and 2 Wheaties. These high elevation parks have paid off on numerous occasions, I'll still hunt them!

Very Nice!!!! Congrats!!!! Bucket Lister!!!