A new site yields a few nice finds...

[fwcrawford]

I decided to try a new school site today to see if I could squeeze some silver out.... the first hour went by without much.. one clad dime
and a clad quarter, but things got much better when I went to another area to search.
I ended up with a silver quarter and a silver dime, two wheats, a nice count of clad and even a gold plated state quarter!!
May be worth another trip there..
Thanks for looking!

 

[JimmyCT]

I decided to try a new school site today to see if I could squeeze some silver out.... the first hour went by without much.. one clad dime
and a clad quarter, but things got much better when I went to another area to search.
I ended up with a silver quarter and a silver dime, two wheats, a nice count of clad and even a gold plated state quarter!!
May be worth another trip there..
Thanks for looking!

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No need to go back. I believe anything of value was found today

 

[fwcrawford]

No need to go back. I believe anything of value was found today

I bet you flagged that site before I left home this morning......

 

[JimmyCT]

I bet you flagged that site before I left home this morning......

As you were telling of the location, that pin was dropping

 

[fwcrawford]

As you were telling of the location, that pin was dropping

Oh.... I believe you!!

 

[carver]

GO back no site completely worked out. Go from all directions, go slow. Many times you will go over a site and find nothing. You go back and find good targets that you wonder how you ever missed them before.

Carver

 

[fwcrawford]

GO back no site completely worked out. Go from all directions, go slow. Many times you will go over a site and find nothing. You go back and find good targets that you wonder how you ever missed them before.

Carver

Oh, I plan on going back!!

 

[RLOH]

Felix, you got 2021 off to a great start.

 

[Ronstar]

Everybody concerned about the where and no one mentioned the what, WHAT???? A gold plated state quarter?? Quick look thru the RddBook shows no gold plated issues but plenty of silver issues. Could it be from a proof set and one of the finishes turned color????? Neat look and cool find so don't get me wrong.....

 

[fwcrawford]

Everybody concerned about the where and no one mentioned the what, WHAT???? A gold plated state quarter?? Quick look thru the RddBook shows no gold plated issues but plenty of silver issues. Could it be from a proof set and one of the finishes turned color????? Neat look and cool find so don't get me wrong.....

I was not sure myself, but read where another company plated the state quarters... according to what I read, it is only a very small amount of gold and does not increase the value above face.
Sure looked good coming out of the ground though!!

 

[still looking 52]

New sites are always exciting, even if they don't turn out as good as this one. This is like getting a stimulus check from your new site.

 

[fwcrawford]

New sites are always exciting, even if they don't turn out as good as this one. This is like getting a stimulus check from your new site.

Never thought of it like that, but sounds good to me!!

 

[calabash digger]

Congrats!

 

[JimmyCT]

Everybody concerned about the where and no one mentioned the what, WHAT???? A gold plated state quarter?? Quick look thru the RddBook shows no gold plated issues but plenty of silver issues. Could it be from a proof set and one of the finishes turned color????? Neat look and cool find so don't get me wrong.....

Mr. Ron,
The plating is done by a 3rd party

 

[Ronstar]

Brand new information!! Thank you!!

 

[Mark kus]

Nice finds!
Mark

 

[GeorgeinSC]

Can we shoot the despicable person that gold plated quarters? It should be justifiable homicide. Working an old school yard that had been a city park for quite a number of years. Digging a target and i see a yellow rim showing its pretty face. With trembling fingers i carefully extract the coin. Very gently got enough dirt off the coin to see it was a danged gold plated clad quarter. From an adrenalin rush high to the pits in seconds. Unlike your finds i did not find any silver to soothe my soul. Congratulations on the better finds.

 

[fwcrawford]

Can we shoot the despicable person that gold plated quarters? It should be justifiable homicide. Working an old school yard that had been a city park for quite a number of years. Digging a target and i see a yellow rim showing its pretty face. With trembling fingers i carefully extract the coin. Very gently got enough dirt off the coin to see it was a danged gold plated clad quarter. From an adrenalin rush high to the pits in seconds. Unlike your finds i did not find any silver to soothe my soul. Congratulations on the better finds.

Well, I was not expecting any gold coins from this site, so it did not hurt my feelings at all!!
I thought it was some kind of foreign coin as I have found others that looked gold too.
And to be honest, the way things started out, I was happy to finally get something interesting.
I was wondering if anyone else had found one.... now I know!

 

[az46]

Nice score.