WooHoo!! Pocket spill means my very first silver!!

[dtwilson3]

Last week I was at church camp. I took my metal detector along to get in some hunting between activities. Most of the week I just found bullets, clad, and junk. Up until Wednesday night my best find was a 1945 Wheat penny.

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That all changed Thursday morning, though. Right after breakfast I hit an area near where a few days earlier I had found a clad quarter. Almost immediately I got a penny signal and dug it up without much thought. Much to my surprise it was a 1916 Wheat penny (my oldest coin to date)!

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As I continued along, a thought I have heard many times on Tnet stuck with me. Where there are Wheats, there is silver. That thought ran through my head several times as I continued on the next few steps. All of a sudden I got a dime signal. Somehow I knew that this would not be a clad coin. Sure enough, when it came out of the ground, the date read "1961". Even though I had had a feeling about it, I still could not believe my eyes. My first silver! I almost did the happy dance right there. However, I am a pretty laid back person and was able to keep myself calm.

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As I began swinging the detector again, pretty much in a state of shock, I got another dime signal just a little further along. This time it took a little while to find it, but finally there it was. This time I could not help but do a little condensed happy dance. It was a 1944 Mercury dime!

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After that it was time for the morning church service and lunch, but as soon as that was over I went right back to that spot. It just got better and better. Within a 20 foot circle, I found a total of 10 Mercury and 8 Roosevelt dimes ranging in years from 1941 to 1961. A little beyond the circle I found 1 more Roosevelt dime for a grand total for the week of 19 silver dimes and 2 wheat pennies. For the rest of the week my face looked like this.

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[mlayers]

That was sure a great place to hunt. May sure you get back there and do some more hunting....Matt

 

[ohiograndpa]

Nice find.

 

[dtwilson3]

OMG......great finds. Did you find them with the 250? I have one and I haven't found any silver yet. How deep was the silver? Excellent finds.

Dustbuster,

I did find them with the 250. The silver was anywhere from 3 to 8 inches down.

dtw

 

[Dirty Knees McGee]

DT,

On a seperate note, love the truck in your avatar. What year is that econoline truck?

 

[Baggins]

That's a killer hunt!
WTG
Baggins

 

[Yarrum]

Congrats on some great silver finds

 

[jgas]

Hook, Line and Silver.....Wow great digs right there. That will keep ya going back for more..Nice Job. jgas

 

[jlb783]

That's awesome
Don't you wish that 1916 D wheatie was a merc.

 

[BandB1]

Wow congrats! That is a super silver hunt.

Good luck,
HH.

 

[dtwilson3]

DT,

On a seperate note, love the truck in your avatar. What year is that econoline truck?

DKM,

I don't know what year it is. I have tried to find one of these trucks for a long time, but since I don't have one I had to find a picture online.

dtw

 

[NUKE345KV]

i like the smilely face , nice finds

 

[crazyjarhead]

Outstanding find of silver coins

 

[dulac]

WOW!! What a way to break into the silver column! Congrats. And like the others have said .... Go back. there WILL be more.

 

[silverswede]

Hummm. Church camp site. Maybe Tent revival meeting years ago. Large tent set on grass, many people. Collection buckets passed. Way to go!

 

[wingmaster]

Very nice silver haul there congrats.

 

[jtshombre]

That's what it's all about for sure!!! Continued best of luck

 

[done dug it all up]

That is some good silver finds. Thats what gets my blood pumping is good silver. Are there any good parks in your area for silver?


done dugit

 

[time4me]

Holy cow!!!! (I can say that because you were at a church camp)

That is an amazing batch of dimes!!! Congratulations!

 

[PAUL2006]

COOL COOL

 

[spartacus53]

That is a great bunch of silver. Do you need any help on that site