Silver in a dirt pile

[ILseeker]

My son works construction and yesterday his job was to remove about 8 in. of dirt along the side of an old neighborhood market. The first scoop with the Bobcat he saw something shiny in the bucket. When he looked it was a 34 Merc. So he started looking through the dirt before he dumped it in the trailer. He found 79 coins without his MD. The dirt was hauled to another construction site where that evening He and I attacked it with our MD's. I found 75 more coins including 4 wheats. a 1912, 1951 ant 2 1948d's. He found 47 more coins inlcluding a 1919 Buffalo nickel and a 1919s wheat. This evening we went back at it by the time i got there he had allready found 36 coins. I quickly found a penny and my next signal found a 1944 Merc. after that it was all clad. between the 2 of us we found over 250 coins over the 2 evenings. About 5 hrs. total time hunting. I also found a cheap gold colored bracelet.

 

[waseeker]

Good job. No telling how much is going to be in that pile

 

[IndianaSmith]

Cool! Tell your son good eye! lol.....tell 'em to spread it thin when they dump & hit it with the MD's ASAP

Nice finds, looks like you guys hit the jackpot there.

Smitty

 

[Michiganne]

Sweet! Love the Merc! NIce haul and WTG on keeping your eyes open. Keep digging.

 

[piggman1]

Now that's the kind of dirt that we would all like to find. Way to go!!!

 

[Green1]

nice !!! the bracelet must've made ya stop for a sec !!

 

[goldencoin]

I would take a closer look at the big tag in the second pic, it looks like a coin.....possibly foreign or a large cent token

HH
-GC

 

[EDDE]

very nice 1919 wheat back 8)

 

[halfdime]

Nice haul! Opportunities like that don't come around often, though in that business it might.

 

[desertfox]

That boy has a sharp eye! Does he keep his MD in his tuck? Great batch of coins for a few hours of hunting. I wish my dirt was that rich.

Desretfox

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

250, neat.

Hope you have many more such experiences.
With your sons job, sounds like you could.

have a good un.........
SHERMANVILLE

 

[doozis]

Awesome !! grats on the good stuff
uhh.... does he deliver ? could I get 2 scoops in my back yard please

Doozis

 

[John (Ma)]

Nice haul with a couple gems in the mix.

 

[mastereagle22]

WOW!

What a story!

 

[waseeker]

That boy has a sharp eye! Does he keep his MD in his tuck? Great batch of coins for a few hours of hunting. I wish my dirt was that rich.

Desretfox

He is my nephew, and yes he does keep it in his truck at all times

 

[waseeker]

I would take a closer look at the big tag in the second pic, it looks like a coin.....possibly foreign or a large cent token

HH
-GC

ILseeker is my brother and I think he told me that one is a 5 franc coin from France

 

[willie d]

Nice bunch of finds. What an opportunity! I think I would of had to get the sifter box out on that one. Could you imagine multiple coins appearing as the dirt fell through the screen! Not only that, but any bottles or marbles as well. WTG

 

[randall61]

congrats ,gotta love those dirt piles.

 

[ILseeker]

Yes, that is a French 5 Franc coin, looks like someone might have had it on a chain at sometime, Yes he does keep his DFX with him at all times. After he dug out all the dirt, he went over the ground before they put the rock on it for the new driveway.

 

[weasel606]

now that would have been fun ! great story and finds, it pays to keep your eyes open