jkress
09-23-2010, 05:46 PM
With Dave in Iowa hitting some nice silver lately around here and more importantly catching up to my silver count :poke: lol ... I just had to get out and find some myself.
Got out for a little bit this morning before work for a couple of hours of swinging at the yard that has been giving up some nice Indian Heads but no silver.
I found an IH, 1886, right out of the gate and a little bit later I pulled a plug and removed a scoop of dirt and there it was... a shinny disk showing through a clump of dirt. One of my goals this year was to hit a silver coin in the 1800's. The closest I've come was a quarter dated 1900.
When I picked up the dime out of the hole, I could see it was a Barber and was hoping to finally break through the barrier into the 1800's.... not this time, 1914.
A little while later I pulled a very rough shape Merc dated 1919. As you can see the Merc had plenty of nasty on it. I used Angel's method for cleaning silver. It works well. (The pitting on the dime was there before I cleaned it.)
Not sure what the jewelry type item is. It has a small stone mounted in it.
On the way home, I stopped by a new spot and got the '57 quarter. I wished I could have stayed longer there, but unfortunately I had to get to work. :ticked:
Before cleaning...
http://homepage.mac.com/j.kress/AmericanDetectorist/pictures/picture-26.jpg
After, still rough but not as nasty...
http://homepage.mac.com/j.kress/AmericanDetectorist/pictures/picture-27.jpg
Got out for a little bit this morning before work for a couple of hours of swinging at the yard that has been giving up some nice Indian Heads but no silver.
I found an IH, 1886, right out of the gate and a little bit later I pulled a plug and removed a scoop of dirt and there it was... a shinny disk showing through a clump of dirt. One of my goals this year was to hit a silver coin in the 1800's. The closest I've come was a quarter dated 1900.
When I picked up the dime out of the hole, I could see it was a Barber and was hoping to finally break through the barrier into the 1800's.... not this time, 1914.
A little while later I pulled a very rough shape Merc dated 1919. As you can see the Merc had plenty of nasty on it. I used Angel's method for cleaning silver. It works well. (The pitting on the dime was there before I cleaned it.)
Not sure what the jewelry type item is. It has a small stone mounted in it.
On the way home, I stopped by a new spot and got the '57 quarter. I wished I could have stayed longer there, but unfortunately I had to get to work. :ticked:
Before cleaning...
http://homepage.mac.com/j.kress/AmericanDetectorist/pictures/picture-26.jpg
After, still rough but not as nasty...
http://homepage.mac.com/j.kress/AmericanDetectorist/pictures/picture-27.jpg