Thought I found 1st silver dollar, But.......

[Diggin Dude]

Hello everyone, it's been a while since I have posted, my hunts lately have been pretty lean, a silver dime here an Indian there, etc. etc. ...... but today I got very excited when I saw what appeared to be a large silver coin in the hole! I saw what appeared to be the size of the Silver dollar with an eagle figure on the coin, I couldn't believe my eyes, and then when I picked it up it seemed awfully lightweight.

I very carefully brushed away some dirt and then I saw the words; Readers Digest, $100,000 Lucky Sweepstakes Coin. WTF !
Obviously a aluminum token.

No happy dance for me....... I did manage to find a silver Mercury Dime 1945 and a old beat up Buffalo Nickel.

Enjoy the photos

 

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[cjon455]

I dug a huge aluminum store token like that once, thought the same thing

still some good finds!!

 

[basque-man]

Bummer!! Still got a nice looking dime though!

 

[Davethejunky]

What's worse, I dug a Morgan Dollar with the entire front sanded smooth.

 

[Diggin Dude]

What's worse, I dug a Morgan Dollar with the entire front sanded smooth.

Why would someone do that?? Very strange!

 

[Worm-Slicer]

Wow, that's the best and worst of both worlds-extreme high and extreme low. I've found stuff I thought was something else, but nothing that convincing. I sure hope I don't either!

 

[Vino]

Still a cool find Dude.
I once flipped a plug and saw a gold eagle staring back at me..
I almost pooped myself, till I turned it over and saw it was a token..
Oh well, keep digging.
George

 

[Garrett424]

Cool find but I can imagine your disappointment.

Maybe next time right??'At least you got silver. I haven't found any since last August.

Congrats on your silver, your Buff and your almost silver dollar.

 

[Bob207]

I can see how the eagle got the heart pumpin. But a merc and buff in the same day is a great day in my book!

 

[Skippy SH13]

OH man, that is so funny. At lunch today I had almost the EXACT same thing happen... Rang up as silver dollar (which I've NEVER seen on my detector before). I dug down, and the plug came up with a silver dollar round thing looking at me! I was totally stoked... then picked up the coin, which weighed all of 6 grams at most... Instant disappointment. On mine, was some sort of prayer coin and religious saying. Definitely a token of sorts.


Still, too funny to see someone else with the same experience today. Funny in a bad way.

 

[Erik in NJ]

I've dug a few aluminum "play coin" dimes that I thought initially were trimes or 1/2 reals. It sucks, but funny at the same time. Sometimes they are worth more than the coin you thought you dug. Spanish silver and especially cut silver just isn't worth much

 

[mobile miner]

Come down to Mobile and dig a few Mardi gras tokens.

 

[Vonclemen29]

You are correct mobile miner. I live in central mississippi, I've found a few Mardi Gras tokens here. At least the tokens are dated. Lol

 

[g-olden years]

Ouch! But as a token, I wouldn't mind one that said $100,000.

Last week at beach I dug a half-dollar-size that I hoped was an old coin, but the light weight & a Biblical quote showed quickly it was a medal, not the old coin I'd hoped. Still, these finds of tokens & medals are usually interesting, after our disappointment ebbs away. Andi

 

[park pirate]

Man thats a kick in the butt, but still a cool find....

 

[Loco-Digger]

Haven't we all been on that big silver high to suddenly crash. Cool token though, you at least dug 3 keepers

 

[Carolina Tom]

I had the same thing happen, turned out to be a Nagano Olympics token... but for a couple of seconds, that reeded edge had me going.

 

[Ranger121]

My psych out was a Bahamas silver dollar.....was so disappointed I never bothered to research it....Imma go find it and check to see if it was silver. That was 10 years ago.

 

[Old Dude]

Man, the dirt shot sure looks like the reverse of a Morgan. I can only imagine the sudden realization was a huge bummer. I have dug a few junk tokens that gave me the same euphoria for a few seconds. Congrats on the silvers though. Hopefully they allowed you to laugh at the token.

 

[Fingerlakes119]

sorry to hear about the heartbreaker, to bad it was not a silver dollar.