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    Big Silver in the Woods

    It's getting harder to get out for evening hunts after dinner now that it is dark by 7 or so. So today I got in a quick hunt before dinner on my way home from work. I stopped at a wooded spot that gave up a great silver spill earlier this summer. No old coins today, but it was all worth it when what I was sure was another can top signal proved to be a nice sterling fork. According to the link below the pattern is from the 1930's. It's always nice to dig a big piece of silver like this!

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    Re: Big Silver in the Woods

    Congrats on the big silver. Always makes for a good hunt. Happy Hunting!!
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    Re: Big Silver in the Woods

    I was hoping that you would try that site again. Interesting how the utensils that you find are silver and the ones that I find are only silver plated. You must live in a better neighborhood then I do lol

    Glad to see that you managed to get some hunting after work as it gets dark so quickly now there's not much time to do it after dinner.

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    Re: Big Silver in the Woods

    looks like a silver quarter too?

    z, what part of upstate NY?

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    Re: Big Silver in the Woods

    Congrats on the big piece of silver, WTG |


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    Re: Big Silver in the Woods

    Quote Originally Posted by chief5709 link=topic=14344.msg150621#msg150621 date=1380801702
    looks like a silver quarter too?

    z, what part of upstate NY?
    Nope, just clad, it had me going for a second when I dug it though.

    I'm in the Rochester area.

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    Re: Big Silver in the Woods

    Quote Originally Posted by z118 link=topic=14344.msg150660#msg150660 date=1380815925
    Nope, just clad, it had me going for a second when I dug it though.
    I have noticed that quarters from 1965 to maybe 1967 or 1968 take on the same look as silver in some sites. At first I thought it was just my imagination but it's happened too many times with just those dates. I don't know if they were doing something different to mint those coins so I have no real proof to back my observation.

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    Re: Big Silver in the Woods

    i love seeing silver , no matter what shape its in . congrats | |
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    Re: Big Silver in the Woods

    Very nice big hunk of silver you found there thumbsup01


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    Re: Big Silver in the Woods

    Very nice hunk of silver. Sure would of put a smile on my face.
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    Re: Big Silver in the Woods

    That's like 10 dimes worth of silver lol I'd take that any day. It's an older than I would have guessed it to be. Glad you dug them large signals, not all of them are cans.
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    Re: Big Silver in the Woods

    Silver is silver, nice find!

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