Down South Huntin' w/ DaddyDigger & Tony Two-Cent

Dave sent me a text just as I was getting up at 6 am Sunday morning . The text was letting me know where they would be huntng for the day. It was 3 hours away! :shocked01: With in 20 mins I was in my truck heading south!:thumbsup01: I arrived at 9 am just in time to see Dave filming a Mercury dime he just dug for one of his YouTube videos! After some quick hellos , handshakes, and a up-date on all good finds I jumped right in. In a few minutes I had my first wheat. I popped 3 wheats right off the bat. Then I got a 36, 37 Co. at the same depth as the nearby wheats. I dug down to find a 1900 IH penny! :happydance01:Nice start! Got a few more wheats as a hour or so pasted. Tony and Dave walked up to me to say they were walking to their cars for a cool drink and a break in the shade. As they were talking I was getting another 12-32 at 6 inches.:huh: As they walked away I started to dig the signal. I miss pinpointed it, so I had to do some tunneling. Finally the pinpointer pointed out a this thin, nickle sized disk in my pile of dirt. :shocked04: At first I thought it would be an aluminum token of some sort. But when I started to rub some of the caked on dirt off, I started to see writing. :shocked02: Then lottsa writing! :drool: Then I seen wheat looked like a date! The date said 1842!!!:happy::yahoo: But what is it? :confused: I've never see one of these before.:dontknow: Soon Dave returned from his break. We showed Tony. Dave then tells us it's a "Thaler" from Germany. I still can't find one on line. :dontknow: Things slowed down for me after that. We then took a short lunch break and went and checked out a local park. It wasn't very productive.:thumbsdown: Thats when Dave took off for home. We said our goodbyes and Tony and I headed back to the old school. We hunted there for a few more hours. In that time I picked up my second silver ring of the day and what looks like a 1913 Buff. The only old non-Jefferson nickle found there over the weekend.

Here's the goodies for the day. Including the 13 wheaties.
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Here's a look at the 1842 15 EINEN THALER
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The other side.
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2 silver rings. I've been wanting to find a Claddagh ring!!
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The other ring tuns out to be quite collectable. It's a sterling "Kiddiegem" ring from the 20's to the 40's!
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As Miss Bell-Two puts it.... here's my "choice junk". :lol:
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Here's the keepers cleaned up. Also found part of a silver bracelet with some native American type markings on it.
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Thanks for letting me tag along fellas! It was a blast as always!
Can't wait to do it again!

Thanks for lookin' & HH everyone!! :peace:

As always, it was a pleasure hunting with you, Tim! You definitely had the find of the day with that 1842 Thaler! And you got two silver rings as well! I really like the claddagh ring, I'm still looking for my first.

Next time we'll find a spot that isn't so far away from you! :yes:

Congrats on your great finds! :clapping:

It was SO fun to meet up with you Tim! We had a great time and you really knocked it out of the park with the 1842 silver and the claddagh ring! Here's some info on the coin: Groschen was the German way to say Shilling. 1 groschen was worth 1/30th of a Thaler so 2 Groschen is worth 1/15th of a Thaler. Here's a link: http://colnect.com/en/coins/coin/601...-German_States

Man, you guys were on some kind of hunt! Congrats on some sweet digs.

Way to go Tim, it looks like it was well worth the drive. That Thaler is really cool.
Great Job on all your finds. Sounds like you guys had a ball.

Fantastic finds! I wish my bride would let me go that far from home just to move dirt around. The rings are sweet and I especially like Buffalo and Indians. Not too much of a chance of finding German coins here in East Texas. Maybe someday.

Tim, very nice 1842 Thaler you got there. I know it was the oldest silver of the day. :congrats:on all your keepers.

Super stuff Timmy ! Big congrats on the awesome finds !