Your First Big Silver or Gold Coin, did it surprise you?

[dirtlooter]

My first was a Walker and I was kind of in shock as it set in. My wife said that she heard me from over a hundred yards away say "HOLY COW!" After so many near misses with tokens and other things that had fooled me in the mud and dirt, I wasn't sure for a moment if it was even real or not. But it kicked in and boy was I a happy guy. I was beginning to wonder if I would ever find one.

 

[CoinHunterAZ]

My first "Big Silver" was also a Walker, and what really shocked me was the fact that I stabbed her dead center with my digger. I learned to be a lot more careful after that episode. But yeah, it was still exciting.

 

[SD51]

Good topic DL! Mine was also a Walker. I was detecting a park that was adjacent to a school yard in 1979. The park had never been detected. There were Mercs everywhere. I kind of took them for granted then and decided to walk over to the entrance to the school.

There was a large pine tree by the door and I thought maybe someone lost a coin when the tree was much smaller so I shoved the coil under the lowest branch towards the trunk and got a good signal on my Garrett Groundhog. It was a 42 Walker only down about two inches. Won't ever forget that one. It started to sleet so I headed for the picnic shelter in the park. The dirt under the shelter's roof was loaded with silver too.

I think I went home with over twenty silver coins that day and won't forget that day ever!

 

[GB1]

my first silver was 1942 D Washington. I flipped back the plug and saw the silver rim

 

[Whimsymaker]

about 11 years ago in Old Chico, Montana.
Late 1800s Morgan near an old schoolhouse.
was totally shocked. Gave it to the land owner. Did not have to but I wanted to.....He gave me permission to hunt there and I brought my kids. Thought that alone was well worth more than a Morgan.
prior to that, it has mainly been washington quarters and silver dimes.

 

[relic$hunter]

Been a very Long time ago but it is a 1857 Seated half dollar not sure on mint Mark had hole though it right where the bottom of the eagle is. Found it at a new debri spot at the time from Civil war period.
plowed Cain field that had been rained on the week before. It was sitting on top like a black Oreo.
picked it up wiped the tarnish off a little and the hair stood up on my arms. Great feeling that’s hard to explain! Liked to passed out! Lol
Its been around my neck ever since. I want to say around 2008?
I very rarely take it off ever unless I want to display the eagle instead of the seated side.
I really believe it has changed my luck for the better.
found a 1855 O half last week.
but for me finding seated half’s are like finding hens teeth.


AKA
La Relic Hunter

 

[Clad2Silver]

My First "BIG" silver coin was an 1879 Morgan Dollar because I don't consider quarters to be big. The Morgan was definitely a surprise. My first (and only) gold coin was the biggest surprise of my 37 years of metal detecting.

 

[dirtlooter]

When the wife found her Franklin, she suddenly got quiet as she stared at it. Then she slowly rubbed the dirt off of it and turned it over to see the other side. Then I heard her finally take a breath as she turned to me with huge eyes and held it out for me to see. She said that she had to make sure that it was a real coin but when she realized that it was real, she remembered to breath LOL. She couldn't shut up for a couple of days as she kept reliving the moment.

 

[Argentium]

My first large silver coin found was a 1923 -S Peace Dollar - I thought it was a smashed beer can and stuck it pretty good with a screwdriver !

 

[smokeythecat]

First gold - I literally sat down and cried like a baby!

 

[CoinFetcher]

I was digging everything, and had many many soda And beer cans

 

[old digger]

My first coin that I found was a 1882 Morgan just twenty minuets after picking up my detector. This was back in 1976.

 

[Trezurehunter]

My first Morgan surprised the heck out of me, as I was in a field and thought it was just going to be a big piece of junk metal. My first gold coin really surprised me, because it was a gold colored sweepstakes coin the same size as a $20.00 gold piece, that I found in a yard ! Boy that was a bummer

 

[Tpmetal]

first big silver was a 1841 seated half. Surprised the crap outta me, as well as because it came with 4 or 5 largies in a spill.....in an old logging camp.

 

[fistfulladirt]

I dug my first Morgan in a 4-acre field behind a large old Catholic Church, picnic area that had been used for well over 120 years.
This spot had been detected by others for decades. Was an odd trashy signal, coin was three inches deep. Came out of the ground a rusty brown, slightly pitted. There were doubts of authenticity when I posted pics...after a bit of harsh cleaning it was determined that the big dollar was scorched in the fire of 1905, the church had later been rebuilt.

This was about 2012. Strangely enough, the Priest there had given me permission to hunt the gated cemetery across the street. I politely declined.