Silver Eagle

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How often do you go metal detecting and find a Silver Eagle before you start MDing. Lol
Headed out this afternoon to do some metal detecting but, first stopped at a convenient store for a pack of smokes.
Got my smokes and a 1990 Silver Dollar, can't beat that!!

 

[Argentium]

What ? does your girlfriend work there or something Nice Find ! (nice girlfriend !)

 

[Goldenplug]

Details!!

 

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The owner of the convenient store does keep an eye out for us for silver, she's Awesome!!
Went in for a pack of smokes and she pulls it out of the cash register. Says I waited for you to come in all day yesterday, do you want it? She's already snagged us a few halves, a couple quarters and a silver dime.
I think we might owe her a dinner for this one.

 

[DW Dirt Whisperer]

Holy Crap!!!! That freaking sweet. i have yet to find me a silver dollar of any sort let alone get one with my change from a store.. congrats

 

[Goldenplug]

If you got it for a dollar Im so jealous...

 

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Question? If I was on my to metal detecting and I found this, can I now say I found my first silver dollar metal detecting? Lol

 

[Goldenplug]

I say "technically yes".

 

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If you got it for a dollar Im so jealous...

Yes, just a dollar.

 

[cjon455]

Holy crap, that's beautiful, lucky dog

 

[UnderMiner]

I wonder how these bullion coins end up in such strange places. Just last year I found a 1991 Silver Eagle someone had just thrown in the garbage. Pains me to wonder how much treasure is lost in some landfill right now.
That coin has a beautiful patina by the way Amazing score!

 

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I think somebody was hard up for cash. At this same convenient store a couple days earlier someone spent a red seal $5.00 and then the next day a couple silver certificates.
Nothing new has showed up since the Silver Eagle.

 

[park pirate]

Sweet coin..

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice score. It pays to know the cashier people at the stores.

 

[Pointman]

It is worth a whole lot more than a dollar. Amazing that someone spent $1.00 face value silver bullion coin because they don't circulate like "normal coins" someone had to have purchased it for probably $5-6 at the time it was new.

 

[coinman123]

Very nice find, I would be 110% thrilled with that, in fact I do a happy dance if a teller has a single silver dime!

I have a similar story,

Back in September I went metal detecting and stepped on a Yellow Jacket's nest that was inside of a rotten log. The whole hive chased me and I got a sting to the leg. I stopped at the supermarket and saw a cashier was loading a self serve station and there was a silver quarter. She said she had some "silver dollars" and asked if I would want them? According to her, a few months ago some guy was annoyed because the Coinstar would not accept them and they have had them for a while, the cashiers were annoyed counting them every day and were about ready to throw them out a window. She has also set aside some 40% silver Kennedy halves for me too.

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Coinman123,

 

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It is worth a whole lot more than a dollar. Amazing that someone spent $1.00 face value silver bullion coin because they don't circulate like "normal coins" someone had to have purchased it for probably $5-6 at the time it was new.

I thought new straight from the mint they were like $20.00 ?

 

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That's Awesome Coinman123!!

Don't know if I could survive something like that. Lol It's hard to believe there's so many that have no clue.

 

[WNCsweeper]

Usually stolen from family collections or home breakins by adolescents and spent as clad.

 

[Old Dude]

Last year a coworker sold me a Morgan and a Peace dollar that he had for several years. He was working at a fast food restaurant and some little old guy came in and paid for a soda and fries with them. I guess it does happen. If I had a convenience store worker that was as good to me as she is to you, you better believe I'd take her to dinner.