Trashy Ground Yields Silver

[angellionel]

I hit two local parks today, and both yielded silver. The first park I hit is one I had worked early last year. It had yielded silver then too. This time I slowly worked the very trashy ground around a large tree. Then ten minutes into the hunt I hit on a good tone among the noise of the trash. I dug a hole about seven inches deep scooping some soil when out pops a beautiful 1916 Barber quarter.

http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2010/March/1916barberquarter_031710.jpg


I wanted to see what type of trash was right around the hole so I dug them up - five of them were aluminum screw caps. This is typically the type of trash I deal with when hunting the trashy areas for silver. They sound slightly different from silver - with somewhat of an uneven warble whereas silver is more fluty and even.

http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2010/March/trash_031710.jpg


I picked up three silver coins from around the tree - the Barber quarter, a 1911 Barber dime, and a 1941 mercury dime. I then worked the edge of a wooded section of the park and found an Infantry insignia, a toy car, and a few wheat cents. Soon after those finds I headed to the second park and there I found the two Roosevelt dimes.

http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2010/March/silvercoins_031710.jpg


A WWI US Army Rifle Infantry Insignia, I believe.

http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2010/March/infantryrfleinsignia_031710.jpg


Both parks also yielded a few wheat cents.

http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2010/March/wheatcents_031710.jpg


A religious pendant and a toy car.

http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2010/March/pendant_031710.jpg

http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2010/March/toycar_031710.jpg


My 'workhorse' at rest.

http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2010/March/etrac_031710.jpg


HH!

[coinnut]

Whew!!! Thank God you didn't get any coppers :lol: I would have found that quarter, that is after I dug every other target out first :rolleyes: Nice haul of silver. Gotta love them Barbers. Gotta love the summer weather today too :lol: More for the silver pile :thumbsup01:

[z118]

That quarter is amazing! Congrats!

[Ill Digger]

What a nice way to start the day!!
That Barber IS a danddy!!!
Nice !
Congrats :grin:

[Epi-hunter]

Beautiful quarter :) And the dimes too. :)

My new goal for you is 500 silver by the end of May. :grin: :grin: :lipssealed:

Thanks for sharing them with me my friend. :thumbsup01:

[hoser]

Big congrats on all the silver bud. You are right about the infantry button. It's from WW-I. I found one just like it last year . By the way, I do believe your car needs a bath. :lol: Good going on the finds.

[angellionel]

Beautiful quarter :) And the dimes too. :)

My new goal for you is 500 silver by the end of May. :grin: :grin: :lipssealed:

Thanks for sharing them with me my friend. :thumbsup01:


:shocked04: :shocked04: :huh: :crying02:

I'm just shooting for 400 this year. :shocked02: That's hard enough. :lol:

[tanacat]

Great silver finds! :yes: And on a beautiful sunny day...

So do you save your Hotwheels? I'd like to do a poll on who collects what- marbles, keys, locks, buttons, bullets, buckles, the list is prob never ending! I'm sure we're all overflowing with our little/big collections :lol:

[Cheap Thrills]

Those are some great finds and very nice pictures . It's been quite a while since I've pulled anything good out of the trash but seeing your also pulling out very flat bottlecaps like I've been doing a lot of lately gives me hope .

Thanks,
Baba

[SeabeeRon]

Some beautiful coins coming out of your ground around there Angel!! :shocked04: The Qtr looks like it was dropped not to long after it was minted!! :yes: :yes: