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    Found an old park and had my best silver day ever.

    My first double digit silver day!

    Yesterday I spent a lot of time on Google maps trying to find some new spots to hunt. I ended up with a list of over 25 parks that I have never been to. Most of them are about 60-90 minutes away from my house.

    Today I decided to try out one of my new spots. My plan was to try hunting at a park for awhile and if I didn't find much move on to the next site. I ended up staying at the first park all day. I hunted there for about five hours. This park turned out to be a real honey hole.

    My finds for the day:
    4 Indian Head Cents: 1889, 1899, 1902, 1903
    14 Wheat Cents including a 1909
    1 Buffalo Nickel: 1929
    1 War Nickel: 1944-D
    2 Jefferson Nickels: 1941, 1954
    4 Barber Dimes: 1893, 1898, 1904, 1913
    4 Mercury Dimes: 1917, 1919, 1926, 1944
    1 Roosevelt Dime: 1952-D

    The keepers before cleaning:
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    Ten silver coins today! My previous best was 8 in one day.
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    Indian Head Cents 1889, 1899, 1902, 1903
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    Barber Dimes 1893, 1898, 1904, 1913
    I had to look at the 1893 with a magnifying glass to get the date. I've never found a Barber Dime that's worn so bad. Who knows if it ever had a mint mark or not.
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    Mercury Dimes 1917, 1919, 1926, 1944
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    Thanks for looking and happy hunting!
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    Re: Found an old park and had my best silver day ever.

    great hunt Tony you did very well with the research and only scratched the surface by hitting a homer on your first park . well done sir |) |)
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    Wow Tony!!! Great research and superb detecting! What a great bunch of silver!

    Did you record the silver dance?

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    Re: Found an old park and had my best silver day ever.

    Hey Tony,

    You forgot to mention the address of the park! rofl

    A big on the 10 silver day. That's a dream hunt!

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    Fantastic Tony, Congrats on a awesome outing !

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    It was good to talk to you again today Tony. Congrats on a nice assortment of early coins. 2 of those barbers look to have full LIBERTY. The 1898 sure looks nice. After some heavy rain I'll bet that park gives up a bunch more. Maybe a seated or two also! Best wishes and HH, Dave.
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    Re: Found an old park and had my best silver day ever.

    Wow!!!!!!!!!!! what a fantastic day you had for some really nice old coins, a huge congrats on that hunt!!




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    |) |) My gosh, Tony you never disappoint. What a great variety of old coins and you still have all the other parks to hit.

    Can't wait to see what the other parks give up.

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    Re: Found an old park and had my best silver day ever.

    I agree. Awesome finds there Tony. You make it look so easy sometimes. .
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    Re: Found an old park and had my best silver day ever.

    great bunch of finds sounds like your research payed off i know any more that if you want to keep finding the old stufff that you have to travel my group we do the same great hunt and congrats on finding new spots dennis

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    Re: Found an old park and had my best silver day ever.

    Wow Tony! What a day! Anytime you get a 10 silver day I'm very impressed! I would proudly be your caddy and carry your equipment any day! Your one of the best! Congrats to you on your great day! Keep in touch on an up and coming hunt in October. Joe and I are looking forward to it. Ron

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    Re: Found an old park and had my best silver day ever.

    Holy cow ! That's a lot of silver treasure thumbsup01
    Always looking for that next ring !!

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    Re: Found an old park and had my best silver day ever.

    Wow, great hunt Tony! I hope all of those parks end up with keepers like those, congrats!!
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    Re: Found an old park and had my best silver day ever.

    What a day!
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    Re: Found an old park and had my best silver day ever.

    Bet theres a lot more there , good luck next time
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    Re: Found an old park and had my best silver day ever.

    Wow what a great hunt! Also thanks for the awesome video.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Epi-hunter link=topic=14262.msg149921#msg149921 date=1379814622
    Did you record the silver dance?
    Trust me, Angie, the world isn't ready for that! \:[ lol

    Quote Originally Posted by Rgorman link=topic=14262.msg149961#msg149961 date=1379859168
    Wow Tony! What a day! Anytime you get a 10 silver day I'm very impressed! I would proudly be your caddy and carry your equipment any day! Your one of the best! Congrats to you on your great day! Keep in touch on an up and coming hunt in October. Joe and I are looking forward to it. Ron
    Thanks, Ron! I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to hunting with you and Joe! I have every weekend open in October except for the weekend of the 19th. Let's make it happen!

    Quote Originally Posted by AmxFred link=topic=14262.msg150046#msg150046 date=1379970716
    Wow what a great hunt! Also thanks for the awesome video.
    Thanks, Fred! The video ended up being almost too long, but I wanted to show all of the silver being recovered as well as the Indian Heads. I actually left out a lot of the footage like the wheat cents, buffalo nickel and the Jefferson nickels.
    Lifetime totals:
    10 Large Cents, 415 Indian Heads, 2 Two Cent Pieces, 1 Capped Bust Half Dime, 1 Seated Half Dime, 10 Shield Nickels, 68 V Nickels, 124 Buffalo Nickels, 31 War Nickels, 16 Seated Dimes, 131 Barber Dimes, 405 Mercury Dimes, 249 Rosies, 4 Seated Quarters, 18 Barber Quarters, 20 Standing Liberty Quarters, 89 Silver Washingtons, 1 Seated Half, 3 Barber Halves, 16 Walking Liberty Halves

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    Re: Found an old park and had my best silver day ever.

    Tony, that '04 has nice color! Hey, how far do you drive on normal hunts? Great hunt
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    Re: Found an old park and had my best silver day ever.

    Quote Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew link=topic=14262.msg150049#msg150049 date=1379973030
    Tony, that '04 has nice color! Hey, how far do you drive on normal hunts? Great hunt
    This site is further away than usual. It is 95 miles away from my house, it took about 90 minutes to get there.
    Lifetime totals:
    10 Large Cents, 415 Indian Heads, 2 Two Cent Pieces, 1 Capped Bust Half Dime, 1 Seated Half Dime, 10 Shield Nickels, 68 V Nickels, 124 Buffalo Nickels, 31 War Nickels, 16 Seated Dimes, 131 Barber Dimes, 405 Mercury Dimes, 249 Rosies, 4 Seated Quarters, 18 Barber Quarters, 20 Standing Liberty Quarters, 89 Silver Washingtons, 1 Seated Half, 3 Barber Halves, 16 Walking Liberty Halves

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    Re: Found an old park and had my best silver day ever.

    Tony,congrats on hitting a homer in the first park you tried! You got some good keepers there. Hope the rest of them will be as good as the two barbers were,good luck on the rest of this year's searches and HH.....

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