washingtonian
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Hey all!
Despite the bad weather here I decided to head up to my 1886 permission today to see if it was detectable. The good news is, a lot of it isn’t covered in too much snow.
Here’s a look:
Some areas were covered in 4 inches, others completely bare.
I started off finding some wheats and tax tokens which is always a good way to get rolling. Then, about halfway through the hunt I got a whispery signal down deep. I popped the plug and had to keep going. I stuck the shovel down again and saw a dark disc pop up to the top of the hole.
I immediately recognized that it was too big to be a quarter and was hoping I might have a cool token. Then I looked closely and saw that it’s an old Canadian Large Cent. Too cool! I’ve always wanted to find one. In fact, it’s on my list of 30 things this year I’m looking for so I’ve now found 2 of the 30 (aiming for 9).
Then I got to a place of the yard where there just weren’t many signals and those that were there were mostly trash. After 4 hours total of hunting I couldn’t feel my toes or fingers and the sun was setting so I figured it was time to head home.
I was detecting back to the car (always do this!) and got a 12-42 at 4 inches in the area of the yard where I found the wheats and tax tokens earlier. It sounded like a coin and I was just hoping I might get a silver dime. I’d been thinking in my head that this would be my first trip to that permission without a silver coin.
I dig down to 4 inches. Nothing. Remove one more inch of dirt and BAM! There’s a big, silver, reeded edge sticking straight up out of the hole. I was praying that it wouldn’t be one of those stupid General Mills Olympics tokens from the 90s (already got fooled by one of those in this yard) and was so pumped to see an Eagle when I pulled it out.
My brain temporarily broke when I saw the reverse and I thought “oh sick, a peace dollar”. Then I flipped it over and realized it was an 1883 Morgan! I started praying it would be CC and flipped it over to find an S. Still, no disappointment here. It’s now my oldest silver (still looking for that elusive Seated) and definitely the best looking of my 3 Morgans
Here are some photos of some of my better finds from the outing!
Thanks for looking and keep after it folks. You never know when you’re gonna find the next big one!
-W
Despite the bad weather here I decided to head up to my 1886 permission today to see if it was detectable. The good news is, a lot of it isn’t covered in too much snow.
Here’s a look:
Some areas were covered in 4 inches, others completely bare.
I started off finding some wheats and tax tokens which is always a good way to get rolling. Then, about halfway through the hunt I got a whispery signal down deep. I popped the plug and had to keep going. I stuck the shovel down again and saw a dark disc pop up to the top of the hole.
I immediately recognized that it was too big to be a quarter and was hoping I might have a cool token. Then I looked closely and saw that it’s an old Canadian Large Cent. Too cool! I’ve always wanted to find one. In fact, it’s on my list of 30 things this year I’m looking for so I’ve now found 2 of the 30 (aiming for 9).
Then I got to a place of the yard where there just weren’t many signals and those that were there were mostly trash. After 4 hours total of hunting I couldn’t feel my toes or fingers and the sun was setting so I figured it was time to head home.
I was detecting back to the car (always do this!) and got a 12-42 at 4 inches in the area of the yard where I found the wheats and tax tokens earlier. It sounded like a coin and I was just hoping I might get a silver dime. I’d been thinking in my head that this would be my first trip to that permission without a silver coin.
I dig down to 4 inches. Nothing. Remove one more inch of dirt and BAM! There’s a big, silver, reeded edge sticking straight up out of the hole. I was praying that it wouldn’t be one of those stupid General Mills Olympics tokens from the 90s (already got fooled by one of those in this yard) and was so pumped to see an Eagle when I pulled it out.
My brain temporarily broke when I saw the reverse and I thought “oh sick, a peace dollar”. Then I flipped it over and realized it was an 1883 Morgan! I started praying it would be CC and flipped it over to find an S. Still, no disappointment here. It’s now my oldest silver (still looking for that elusive Seated) and definitely the best looking of my 3 Morgans
Here are some photos of some of my better finds from the outing!
Thanks for looking and keep after it folks. You never know when you’re gonna find the next big one!
-W
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It was worth hunting in snow for that silver coin.
