FIRST SILVER

[moondog2000]

I'm going to camp at South Carlsbad state beach for a week so I was getting my scorp ready, new batterys and a wipe down. I took it out in my front yard which I have detected the heck out of just to see if I could find anything. I got a hit in the strip of dirt between the lawn and the hedge and at a solid 10" I dug up my first silver. yup , going to put this little beauty in a display case. Seeing that I will be keeping it forever I wonder if I should polish it ? I can hardly wait to get to the beach to start detecting, hope I find my first diamond ring. I'm planing on detecting at night when the tide goes out and exposes all that wet sand. I hope I can find a mode that will work, maybe TR disc. If not I have the dry sand during the day.hope I find some good loot to post pictures of.

 

[Exploreman]

Hi Mike,

That quarter in the picture is a 1967, and the last year for silver coins was 1964 !!!!!

Ed

 

[moondog2000]

Well, don't I feel real stupid right now, like a first class idiot. thank you for pointing this out to me.I wonder if there is a way to pull this post so I don't have to keep looking at how stupid I am. I don't do much with coins so I didn't know 1964 is the last year for silver. The brown patina on the coin hid the side so I did not see the copper. I need to stick to prospecting but then again maybe all my gold is fools gold. now to find a rock to crawl under.

 

[Salida]

Don't feel bad. I've been fooled more than a few times.
Salida

 

[moondog2000]

Thanks for the encouragement, I still cringe every time I look at the post.

 

[Electric Elvis]

Dont worry bro !! we ALL had to learn this fact !! when you DO find your first silver carefull how you clean it...you could de-value it ! ...Elvis

 

[moondog2000]

Thanks for the encouragement, I'll still be glad when this post gets buried. Mike

 

[croakersmoker78]

Same here I thought I had silver many times that was not.

 

[moondog2000]

The patina on the coin sure looked silver , I mostly prospect and relic hunt with the scorp so its going to be a long time before I coin hunt again. After our yearly caravel the people with detectors looked like ants all over the field. I did not know there were so many detectorists living in my small town.

 

[BigCatDaddy]

When you do fiand a silver coin, and you will, it will be silver, pretty much like the day it was lost, and not brown. That brown color is the nickle clad coat oxidizing.

 

[moondog2000]

Thanks, good info to know. Have a Merry Christmas. Mike

 

[banditicey]

Hello

It has happened to all of us

You will find your first Silver and almost always it comes out clean and shiny

My eyes need reading glasses now so I prefer finding Mercs to Rosey's and that makes it easy

When I found my special Silver coins (Seated, Barber and War Nickels) I did not know what they were

You will learn it as you go and be kind to yourself and Best Luck with your future hunts

 

[moondog2000]

Thanks for the encouragement,But here in So-Cal I don't think there is a lot of silver.