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    Washington Quarter Spill, Skeleton Key and more

    We started out this afternoon at a house built in the 1890s. I dug a pretty cool skeleton key with nice green patina and a 1952 Rosie. Alec dug a 1917 Merc. We did a couple more small houses, but got nothing but clad and Wheats.

    Just as we were leaving town, we spotted a gorgeous old house with a pretty large lawn. We stopped, got permission and started to hunt. I wasn't on the lawn more than 2 minutes, and I got a 12-41 at 8" . I thought I was digging a wheat but out pops a 1964 Washington. I re-swept the the plug and got another 12-41. Ok, now I'll dig the wheat. So I open up the plug, scoop some more dirt out and out pops another 1964 Washington. That's the first Silver quarter spill for me.

    About 20 minutes later, Alec got a nice high tone and dug a 1951 Washington quarter. We dug 12 wheats today as well.

    It seems like we both got a little reckless with our diggers today.
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    That's a awful good silver day. If your going to scratch coins '64 washingtons are the ones to knick. Nice Hunts. WD
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    That skeleton key is a beauty! Congrats on all the silvers also!!!
    I <3 colonial relics!

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    Nice silver spill Don 5 silvers in one day between two of you is not to shabby.....Nice looking skeleton key
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    Great bunch of silvers but that key was the "key" to the hunt....love it.
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    Don, would that key have been a "blank?" I remember as a kid our house still used those. Not that I'm old Nice going!
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    you are really of to a great start looks like a great hunt 5 silvers are hard to top for one hunt

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    Wow! Love that key Don. And nice job blasting some silver too.
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    A couple of seasons ago it took me till December to get a silver quarter. And it was a '64 at that!
    And here you guys bang out 3 in one hunt!
    It just go's to show how unpredictable this hobby can be.
    Nice finds guys!
    Congrats!
    And I love the key!
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    Great silver haul Gents, congrats on the quarter spill! That key is sweet!
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    I love when silver looks like the back to that '51. You been gettin a bunch of silver lately. I wouldn't mind if I am being fooled by the reading and out pops a few silvers, but those fooling signals are usually junk.

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    Congrats on the spill and all the silver. Cool looking key, WTG.


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    Way to go Don. Silver quarter spill...I can't say I've come anywhere close to digging something like that!

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