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Silver trifecta (sorta) this morning

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jim tn

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I hit the woods early this morning and although it was a little chilly starting off right at 7:30, all it took was my 1st silver right off to burn off the chill. Within fifteen minutes of starting out, I got a somewhat bouncy 80-85 reading. O.K., a clad quarter is alright, I thought, and dug a about a 5" deep clod. Looked down in the hole and saw the corner of a silver coin near the bottom of the hole and a little off to the side, partially on edge. A 44d Washington made for a good start. Being on edge made it bounce a little. I began working out in a circle from the Washington quarter find and about 10' away I got a lock on 90-91 reading. No way I thought, but fortunately, I was wrong. A nice 43d Walking Lady half came to light. Worked out a little further and got a nice sounding lock on 74 reading and dug my 3rd silver, a 35 Mercury dime. It has been a while since my first 3 dug targets were all silver and while I have dug a goodly number of halves over the years, never in my now 39 years of detecting have I recovered 2 silver halves in one week. Earlier this week I got the 1907d Barber half. That ended up being all the silver for my outing, but did recover a nice 1911 Wheat cent, a piece of something that says Memphis Tenn with a 1936 date on it and also dug a 3 Merry Widows condom container. These are some of the earliest 20th century condoms made and while the container did contain 3 condoms, the "3 Merry Widows" actually stands for the the ladies, Agnes, Mabel and Beckie, that mad them. Some containers have their names on the front, but mine doesn't. One of my hunting buddies found the same container last month. The LTD was set up in B P mode, sen. of 85, 4 disc. and 3h tones. HH jim tn
 
Great finds Jim---you must be livin right!!----Being good at what you do ("tectin), ain't hurtin you any either! :thumbup: -------Del
 
Nice finds. Love the history on the condom container. Next time I find/see another condom wrapper I will realize that tossing these things on the ground is not a modern phenomena:)
 
n/t
 
Jmtn as always you done great:thumbup: darn that is soo cool,what gauge is the shot casing??
 
great finds ..jim!..whouda thunk used condoms would have historical significance!
silver's "busted" $30.00 the ounce!,,onward and upward!..(hot damn!)

(h.h.!)
j.t.
 
good going.Was the "woods" formerly a park or town or something to have coinage lost there? Ive yet to get a walker, came close this year when the fellow i was with detected a beaut, ten feet away from me, right where I was heading next.
 
Thanks all. Any silver is good, but the bigger silver coins are just plain special.

osgood, the woods are one part of a very huge park. Although there are a few trails angling around through the woods that people hike and walk, the woods are not maintained in any fashion and have seen activity since before the Civli War. The winter months are the only viable time they can be hunted from the standpoint of underbrush growth and being a "wood tic" haven for many months out of the year. It is tough area to hunt.

rick, on the shot shell casing, I can just make out a 12. It is pretty corroded and I can't see a brand.

The condom container was a fun recovery as well as learning a little about the "3 Merry Widows."

Isn't this a great and interesting hobby?

HH jim tn
 
fascinating!,,..you just never really know what's comin' up out of the ground!
sweet mystery of life!..yeah!..jim!...try to stay away from those "nasty" little buggers!
i got bit a long time ago,and if i didn't get antibiotics right away,i would be even "nuttier"
than i am today!..sounds hard to believe,but true!..nevertheless!..(lol!)
great week for ya!..jim!

(h.h.!)
j.t.
 
Way to go wish I could start the day off like that. Snow flying and wind howling here this morning cancelled my plans for the sleddin hill for now . HH
 
Jim, good going....thanks for sharing.......hh
Dan
 
Yeah, the humble outlook shows through in the (sorta) but that much silver that quick always could get me howling!

Nice hunt and yep, them three merry widows were some gals alright. Dug quite a few of them around here, they were doing good business up in these parts.
 
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