Ed (Upstate NY)
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I alway live by the credo that if you're digging wheat cents,you're gonna dig silver. After digging 8 wheaties yesterday at a pounded city park, I returned today bound and determined to dig some silver. First signal I dug after exiting the car this morning was a 1920-S mercury dime. Dug about a half dozen wheat cents before striking silver again with a 1940 mercury dime. Found a few more wheats along with a 1905 Indian head cent and Buffalo nickel before deciding to hit a small hill where Charles found a nice ring a few years ago. Got a deep signal which I expected to be another silver dime and was quite surprised to pull the 1899 Barber quarter from a depth of about 8 inches. These days, three silvers in one hunt is quite an accomplishment around here.
Silver is getting tougher and tougher to find.
Silver is getting tougher and tougher to find.