Todays hunt - Found a first!

DirtfisherGabe · Sep 18, 2010

Got up early this morning and went detecting! Had a great time, and made some goods finds. Find of the day for me was my first ever Walking/Standing Liberty Quarter! Also found $2.49 in clad. All in all it was a great day!

Tnmountains · Sep 18, 2010

You dug a lot of targets :thumbsup:

Congratulations. Nice liberty a beautiful coin.
HH
TnMtns

Chug And Red · Sep 18, 2010

Great find still looking for one!!!!! Did not get to detect today Heavy rain which is not a bad thing Hopfully i will get out tomorrow!!!

Tattooguy67 · Sep 18, 2010

Nice find on the SLQ DFG! those are hard to come by with a detector I believe, Nice and HH!

Chuck.

goldencoin · Sep 19, 2010

Nice dig, next time, don't rub it straight out of the ground, it'll leave scratches- rinse it first to get all the sand off

HH
-GC

Tuberale · Sep 19, 2010

Congrats on the SLQ (Standing Liberty Quarter)! They are hard to find, especially with a complete date. Don't focus on the damage. Coin likely damaged before you saw it: rim damage obverse and reverse. Whether you want to wipe such a coin or not will have little effect on its final value. Enjoy the moment! HH and KOD (Keep On Detecting)!

Was this a coin you were hunting for? What do you hope to find next?

goldencoin · Sep 19, 2010

But if it was a key date coin, the scratches would definitely matter. Try taking a bottle of water with to rinse all the abrasive soil off first if getting a date off the coin is that imperative

HH
-GC

Woodland Detectors · Sep 19, 2010

What's up Gabe!

What a great coin buddy. Nice detail still. Congratulations.
Were coming into Knoxville today. (L.C) birthday party for Maggie and her cousin. No detecting today. We will get out soon.

cya

Tuberale · Sep 19, 2010

goldencoin said:
But if it was a key date coin, the scratches would definitely matter. Try taking a bottle of water with to rinse all the abrasive soil off first if getting a date off the coin is that imperative

HH
-GC

WHAT?

Back off, GC! Guy's a newbie (see # of posts?), or at least new to TNet.

Chances of coin in the ground being a key date as unlikely as getting a proof coin in pocket change IME (in my experience).

underdogger · Sep 19, 2010

Gabe first off welcome to t-net . I can tell you I have found alot of silver over 8 years . The slQ still eludes me . that a great find . I have found the barber 1903 . Just have not locked on to one of those yet Nice digs on the rest of your finds . Rob :coffee2:

goldencoin · Sep 19, 2010

No, I'm not trying to be mean! I just want to make sure that the newbies know that rubbing coins damages them. If I had known, I wouldn't have wrecked my only barber half and a whole slew of nice coins. I'm just trying to be helpful

HH
-GC

Diggin-N-Dumps · Sep 19, 2010

Nice Coin!!

Sofaman36 · Sep 19, 2010

You rubbed it... :'(

Goes4ever · Sep 19, 2010

Tuberale said:
Whether you want to wipe such a coin or not will have little effect on its final value.

please don't believe this advice!!! rubbing a silver coin will KILL its value!!!! if and when you dig a key date coin, and you WILL someday if you keep detecting, scratches will destroy the value. But I want to give you congrats for finding such an awesome coin!!!!
welcome to the forum, keep posting!

colorado14ers · Sep 19, 2010

wow!!! That is still on MY check list

!!! wtg!

treasurehound · Sep 19, 2010

Hey Gabe great find buddy. It has been a long time since I have found a SLQ with a date. I vote find of the month for coins at the next meeting.

Skelly607 · Sep 19, 2010

Congrats on your first!

Tuberale · Sep 19, 2010

goldencoin said:
No, I'm not trying to be mean! I just want to make sure that the newbies know that rubbing coins damages them. If I had known, I wouldn't have wrecked my only barber half and a whole slew of nice coins. I'm just trying to be helpful

HH
-GC

In that case, I apologize.

Damaging a good coin does pretty much insure you won't try that again, though.

It's only taken me 50 years to stop using a eraser on silver coins. Probably a little overdue, huh?

Tuberale · Sep 19, 2010

Goes4ever said:
Tuberale said:

Whether you want to wipe such a coin or not will have little effect on its final value.

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please don't believe this advice!!! rubbing a silver coin will KILL its value!!!! if and when you dig a key date coin, and you WILL someday if you keep detecting, scratches will destroy the value. But I want to give you congrats for finding such an awesome coin!!!!
welcome to the forum, keep posting!

So you're saying this coin shouldn't have been wiped? Or that it would have been worth more had it not been wiped?

IMO, probably worth the same amount either way: silver melt. If I found it, I'd be happy to get silver melt for it.

Rim damage alone kicks it out of serious collector consideration.

umrgolf · Sep 19, 2010

Hey Tuberale :hello:

Im gonna have to also disagree with you here.. I agree the coin isn't terribly valuable and rubbing this particular coin didnt matter much, but had it been a key date, it would have made a big difference. Also, key dates come out of the ground all the time. My old hunting buddy, Alan, rubbed a key date Barber half that he sold for $300 instead of $900. The collector told him he was lucky to get that only because he was filling a hole in his collection.. the point being this was a $900 coin in its condition minus the rubs.. People just trying to help a new guy out with constructive criticism :icon_thumleft: