The Joy and Agony of Silver

[DirtFlipper]

Howdy,

I continued to work the same site today. Picture perfect weather, which is always a bonus. But it made for more folks out to work around too. Not too bad though.

More of the same. Starting to have to work a bit harder for the signals, but still a lot of ground to cover. Some spots seem more productive than others though, but we'll see. I manage a Merc then a Roosie, so spent some extra time trying to find a Barber, but just couldn't sneak up on one today. I did manage to scratch not one, but TWO silvers today. That really bummed me out. The Washington was on edge, up somewhere along the sidewall I think, and I caught it getting a larger wedge opened up. The worn out Merc was tangled in some roots, which I slipped the Lesche off trying to get an angle. Both could have been avoided I think. And they're just the lightest surface scrapes, but they really pop out. Maybe for Halloween I'll be the Silver Slasher or something...

Four Indians and nine Wheats rounded out the finds. One Wheat has a D mintmark, is early, and has the last two digits of the date strategically nicked out. Not sure I did that one though, as there wasn't any shine to the scratch. I might have though, given my handling skills for the day. Would've liked to have gotten a date off that one.

That brings the finds from this site to 59 Wheats, 12 Indians, and 14 silvers.

Thanks for looking!

HH,
DirtFlipper

 

[captn_se]

Yeah, I feel bad when I rice any of my old coins too!! But that's just part of the recovery. If my ground were more soft to dig in, I'd have less mishaps. I just can't wait for the ground to get softer over here.

Your spot is still kicking out the oldies....that's great!! Have you found any old silver jewelry there? Seems like that spot would have some with all that coinage you have dug so far!

Congrats, DF!!

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[TokenDigger]

Nice load of coins. Don't worry about the scratches - it happens (I did it to a dated Standing Liberty quarter). I hope you keep finding more at that site. HH

 

[Hotcz70]

Nice finds D-Flip.

That's been a great site for you.

 

[born2hunt]

Flipper, I tell this to anyone who will listen, instead of a screw driver I use a piece of deer antler. It's almost as strong but not nearly hard enough to scratch a coin. Since I couldn't find one long enough I took a four or five inch piece and epoxied it into a wooden handle. I haven't scratched a silver since. Unless you're hitting them when you cut the plug but that comes with the territory I guess. Just a thought.

Steve

 

[niterider_58]

Great place to hunt, nice totals

 

[DoughBoyDoug]

wtg on all the finds dirtflippr.

 

[Dave-IL]

Nice batch of coins. I wouldn't worry about the scratches because they are still good finds.

 

[deeponedge]

wtg on the silver bud. Dont let the "agony" get to ya'. It just happens now and then.