JASONSPAZ1
New member
I have been detecting close to 20 years, and have never been metal detecting in the water. After reading a Sovereign book by James Clynick, I gained the confidence to set up my Sovereign GT for water hunting. I went to a lake that I have fished in before and thought to myself " gee that large overhanging tree must have been a great rope swing back in the day".
It was a quick trial and error getting in the water for the first time with the sovereign GT, and everything went well equipment wise. It was one of those days that you go detecting with not to much optimism and you have to fight off the thoughts of errands, and priorities, that have to be done back home.
Well, I was shocked and elated to find these three great finds. Shocked that I found hardly any trash, and elated that this is my first silver dollar. I must tell you that I almost had a meltdown when I checked the red book back in the car for the value of the 1884 Morgan dollar. My eyes first glanced at the value of the 1884 ss Morgan dollar. Six hundred plus thousand! Mine was just a regular Philadelphia mint fetching around twenty something bucks. But that is besides the point! This is treasure and the rarity in the field and the first of its kind for me makes this dollar priceless to me. One gold ring was a 1922 class ring, and the other was a thin "wire gold" ring. I was happy to find the gold as well.
It was a good day of detecting.
Take care
Jason
It was a quick trial and error getting in the water for the first time with the sovereign GT, and everything went well equipment wise. It was one of those days that you go detecting with not to much optimism and you have to fight off the thoughts of errands, and priorities, that have to be done back home.
Well, I was shocked and elated to find these three great finds. Shocked that I found hardly any trash, and elated that this is my first silver dollar. I must tell you that I almost had a meltdown when I checked the red book back in the car for the value of the 1884 Morgan dollar. My eyes first glanced at the value of the 1884 ss Morgan dollar. Six hundred plus thousand! Mine was just a regular Philadelphia mint fetching around twenty something bucks. But that is besides the point! This is treasure and the rarity in the field and the first of its kind for me makes this dollar priceless to me. One gold ring was a 1922 class ring, and the other was a thin "wire gold" ring. I was happy to find the gold as well.
It was a good day of detecting.
Take care
Jason
