I finally got some of the crud off the coins I found at my sister-in-laws house, so here is the story and the pictures.
I finally got permission to hunt my sister-in-laws yard, an 1860's farm house. I started out by hunting under some huge trees. The first thing I found was a coin from the united Arab Emerates. It is about the size of a half dollar. Then I got my first wheatie of the day. I took this as a good sign. Then another wheatie, then four wheaties in the same hole. Then came the first indian and I could read the date, 1899, very exciting for me. Another wheatie, a couple memorials and then 2 Indians in the same hole. I was having a blast, by far the best day detecting ever.
I had been at it for about four hours and had managed to collect 13 wheaties and 5 Indians, but where was the silver? Sure enough I got a strong and deep 28 on my SE and I had found the '35 Mercury dime. I was working my way back to the car and I got another signal and it was deep but strong. 10" later I found this coin that at first glance appeared to be a silver dollar. On closer inspection I noticed it was a British coin, but from 1844. After getting home and doing some searching I found out that it is a Victoria Silver Crown, 1844. 28 grams of silver.
I only covered the side yard, there is plenty of ground left to cover and my sister-in-law said I could come back anytime. Something else I noticed was that the soil was slightly dry, so I am going to go over the area I covered already when we get more moisture in the ground.
Sorry for the qaulity of pictures, I am still learning how to edit photos. Thanks for looking.
I finally got permission to hunt my sister-in-laws yard, an 1860's farm house. I started out by hunting under some huge trees. The first thing I found was a coin from the united Arab Emerates. It is about the size of a half dollar. Then I got my first wheatie of the day. I took this as a good sign. Then another wheatie, then four wheaties in the same hole. Then came the first indian and I could read the date, 1899, very exciting for me. Another wheatie, a couple memorials and then 2 Indians in the same hole. I was having a blast, by far the best day detecting ever.
I had been at it for about four hours and had managed to collect 13 wheaties and 5 Indians, but where was the silver? Sure enough I got a strong and deep 28 on my SE and I had found the '35 Mercury dime. I was working my way back to the car and I got another signal and it was deep but strong. 10" later I found this coin that at first glance appeared to be a silver dollar. On closer inspection I noticed it was a British coin, but from 1844. After getting home and doing some searching I found out that it is a Victoria Silver Crown, 1844. 28 grams of silver.
I only covered the side yard, there is plenty of ground left to cover and my sister-in-law said I could come back anytime. Something else I noticed was that the soil was slightly dry, so I am going to go over the area I covered already when we get more moisture in the ground.
Sorry for the qaulity of pictures, I am still learning how to edit photos. Thanks for looking.
Ma Betty