Strange Silver in South Alabama

dlrwaitnonadime

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Oct 22, 2010
22
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Alabama
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Minelab Etrac, Garrett Pro-Pointer
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All Treasure Hunting
You never know what you will find. We got back out today for a few hours today, after hitting the four silver yesterday we had the fever. I got this at about five inches. Knew it was silver but had no idea what it was til I got it cleaned up. Dated 1874, makes it my oldest coin yet.


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JohnnyMac

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Mar 30, 2012
1,314
1,705
South Jersey
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Nox,,Whites Eagle Spectrum,Whites Coinmaster 6000 DI Pro
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Very cool find
 

birdman

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Jan 28, 2005
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2,393
Choctaw Beach Florida
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Equinox 800 and ORX, tesoro Cibola with garret,whites and minelab pinpointers
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Very nice! I dug one of those while stationed in Germany.
 

dig kzoo

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Jan 6, 2013
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Kalamazoo co. MI
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1 Minelab CTX3030, 2 Garrett AT Gold, Garrett ACE 350, 2 Bounty Hunter tracker IV,BH Junior, 2 Garrett pro pointers
a family adventure!!
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Great find!
 

Silver Worm

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Aug 26, 2012
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Columbus, Ms.
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Garrett AT Pro, Eurotek Pro, Fisher F11, Garrett Pro Pointer. AT, Lesche digging tool. 5x8 and 8.5x11 DD coils, 4.5 Super Sniper coil.
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Awesome find.
 

RPG

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Jan 10, 2009
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Alabama
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Silver Umax, Compadre, Vaquero
Nice silver. Where in South Alabama are you?
 

birdman

Gold Member
Jan 28, 2005
7,458
2,393
Choctaw Beach Florida
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Equinox 800 and ORX, tesoro Cibola with garret,whites and minelab pinpointers
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All Treasure Hunting
I am from Gulf Shores originally. Grew up close to Fort Morgan.
 

mr.meaner

Greenie
Jan 24, 2013
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I am new to metal detecting and I am in baldwin county , can you give me any advice on places to hunt around here?
 

WilliamBoyd

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Sep 22, 2007
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California
This coin has much more value as a novelty find than for the silver,
which is about as much as a silver US quarter.

The mint mark 'D' is Munich.

:)
 

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