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    water main,,,,,

    broke across the road from me and the city was digging it up to fix it,it was right next to an old brick sidewalk,so I thought I would be nosey and go over and see what they were doing,I was looking at the dirt and mud pile and seen a round disk
    nice to find things without lol . I took befor and after pic's and it was a nice one, 1879-S morgan dollar,, thanks for looking and HH out there.
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    Re: water main,,,,,

    talk about being in the right place you certainly was happydance02 happydance02 congrats on your eyeball find dennis

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    Re: water main,,,,,

    From the land of the Bluenose.....sum sweet youz! <
    From the land of the Bluenose.....life is a beach at least till the tide comes in and the Bud is all gone. Swish and dig at the drop of a dime!

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    Re: water main,,,,,

    nice eyeball find! way to look where the oldies are hiding.good job.

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    Should have asked them to dig some more holes for you lol Maybe following the DPW isn't a bad idea after all Nice BIG silver.
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    Re: water main,,,,,

    wow, i had to dig up the only one i found , good scaore
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    Re: water main,,,,,

    great eye-ball find JT | |
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    Re: water main,,,,,

    and you didn't even need the detector......
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    That is just a spectacular find (obviously). Your luck is just amazing. Have you thought of buying lottery tickets?

    for sure

    and a lot of
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    ......what a great find...eyeball or not
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    Re: water main,,,,,

    That's awesome! Just sayin' you got sniff out old dirt whenever/wherever you can!
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