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    Found my oldest coin yet, 162 years old

    Alec and I went out this morning and hunted an old park for the first time. Alec had the E-trac first, of course, and withing 5 minutes found himself a VERY toasted Indian Head. After that I decided it's my turn. Got a nice 12-31 at about 6 inches deep, and thought I had my first Indian, but when I pulled it out I thought I had a button because of it was so small, but when I got it out and saw the 1852 on the front and Alec told me it was a 3 cent silver. I have never even seen one, let alone dig one. That made my day.

    After a while we decided to try a church that we saw on the way to the park. When we got there the owner of the property was there and we asked if we could detect and he said yes. He said somebody has been there before but feel free to try, so we did. In a span of about 2 hours Alec found a 1904 barber quarter in the same hole as a 1918 buffalo nickel (first silver quarter ever), a SLQ with no date, and a 1940 Merc. I found a 1908 Barber quarter, 1 wheat penny, and a pocket watch about a foot deep.

    All this in one day, and we still have 2 days of the weekend left.

    Sorry the 3 cent piece picture is sideways, I can't seem to fix it, even if I rotate the file.
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    Don, you are lighting it up! Trimes are hard to come by. What detector are you using when Alec has the etrac? Congrats!
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    Quote Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew View Post
    Don, you are lighting it up! Trimes are hard to come by. What detector are you using when Alec has the etrac? Congrats!
    Sometimes the AT-Pro, sometimes just resting my back and watching. All the coins today were with the E-Trac except for the wheatie.
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    Those trimes are hard to come by! Stellar hunt!
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    Wow and early trime , Great coin Don the 1908 is a stunner of a coin too.
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    Great Coins! Thanks for Sharing!

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    Great finds!! Congrats!! It's going to be hard to out do that kind of day. Safe & HH

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    Amazing hunt

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    Wow!!!!!! you guys made a bunch of great finds for sure and congrats on the trime, they're a tough one to find

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    Wonderful 3 cents piece other too of course! That was a great hunt.
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    Great finds Don. Looks like you're getting the hang of it now!

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    Sweet trime! I've never dug one and always wanted to. Congrats!

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    Thanks all, I never new they were called Trimes. My son thought they were called 3 cent nickels. I never expected to find a coin like that. Pretty Cool

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    Most outstanding hunt! Congrats on a great day.
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    Congrats on the Trime Don! And some really great other silvers as well... even the Buffalo has a nice clean early date. That has got to be one of your best hunts
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    Some great digs Don I'd love to find a three center some day.
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    Quote Originally Posted by coinnut View Post
    Congrats on the Trime Don! And some really great other silvers as well... even the Buffalo has a nice clean early date. That has got to be one of your best hunts
    Thank you and yes, by far our best hunt ever. This was the first time we dug more than one silver at one site.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Digger Don View Post
    Thanks all, I never new they were called Trimes. My son thought they were called 3 cent nickels. I never expected to find a coin like that. Pretty Cool
    He was close. They started making 3 cent pieces out of the copper /nickel composition in1865 till 1889. Before that they were silver, like yours! Those are called "trimes".
    Sweet find Don! That's one that's eluded me so far in my searches .
    Congrats to both of you guys on some outstanding finds!!
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    Nice! tiny lil fella!

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    Very nice trime and other silvers. How soon before you both have Etrac's? Waiting for the next post.
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