Not much to show, but it's probably going to be a while before I get out again.
My first find of the year was a 1926 buff that I dug just before the freeze.
My second was a 1903 V nickel that I chiseled out of the ground in a wooded area that I hunted yesterday.
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Oldest Coin: 1699 William III Halfpenny
2024
Silver 5
Indian 3, Buff 1, V Nik 1, Rosie 2, Barber Dime, SLQ 1, barber qtr 1,
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Congrats on those nickles, both look to be in nice shape! Hope we get the thaw this week as predicted.
Equipment:
Minelab: CTX 3030, GPX 4800, X-Terra 705. Whites TDI SL.
2024: Silver 1, Gold 0
Best finds: 28 silver dime spill, 1800s Dutch customs seal.
Oldest/best coins: Late 1700's Chinese Cash Coin, 1837 Upper Canada large cent, 1877 Seated Dime
Oldest Relic find: 1800 Sailors Luck token
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Quote: Treasures are like potato chips, you can never have just one!
Congrats on these findings! Do you have any tips to share with everyone! I just bought a metal detector and I'm about to start my journey of discovery.
Hey your "officially" on the board for 2017 plus those coins aren't nothing to sneeze at ! well done Don
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so don't expect it from cheap people"
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Nice finds, congrats!
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Oldest coin: Roman Silver Denarius (Titus) 79-81 AD / Oldest US coin: 1786-1788 NJ Copper (x4)
Best relics: Medieval lead seal matrix (1200s) / 1789 George Washington Inaugural Button (x2)
Deus II / Equinox 900 - Personal website: www.Detectorist.com
Very nice!! I bet with this warm spell you can get out again over the next few days. I have been able to get out but have not found much. Anything we find this time of year is just a bonus.
Detectors I use: Minelab Equinox 900 & Manticore
Favorite finds I have made:
1,000+ silver coins
92pcs of 1700's Trade Era Silver
Copper Culture Indian Artifacts
125+ War of 1812 Era buttons and relics
My wife (probably should have started with that one)
Way to go! Congrats
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Two good looking nickels Don. A soak in some Worchester sauce will probably do them some good. HH, Dave.
Oldest Coin: 100-60 BC Gallic bronze coin (Sequani Tribe)
Oldest Silver Coin: 1156 hammered Pfennig from (now) Bavaria
Oldest U.S. coin: 1805 Draped Bust Large Cent
Best Coins EVER: 1625 4 Sols from Kingdom of Chateau Renaud, France
1662 15 Kreuzers, Leopold I, Austria
Best Relics: Bronze Age Arrowheads & Spearhead, 2c Roman silver ring, complete medieval knight's spur (x6)
YouTube Channel: Full Metal Digger
I'm jealous as I don't think I'll see any thwed ground anytime soon. Did catch a bunch of small perch on some frozen water last Saturday though. Great finds Don. WD
Total silver 3 - Goal 50 (2024 Finds) - 1 Washington - 0 Barber Dimes - 0 Mercury Dimes- - 3 Roosevelt Dimes - 0 V Nickels - 0 Buffalos - 1 War Nickels - 1 Indian - 14 Wheats - $ 5.71 in clad
Relics: MILESTONES since 2012: 1700 silver coins - 8000 Clad Quarters - 500 Roosevelts - 750 Mercury Dimes
Hope the cabin fever isn't setting in yet. Nice score on the nickels, tho. Ground is off an on freezing here.
Future goals: Capped bust coin, Flowing hair LC, Classic head LC, VT copper, MA copper, Pistareen, Two-cent pc, SLQ, GW inaugural button, Excelsior button, Civil war token, and a gold ring.
Two very impressive nickels, great start to 2017.
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2020 GOAL: Any Flowing Hair coin
TOTAL 100 YEAR OLD COINS - -280
2020:
Silver: 11
Oldest U.S. Copper - 1795 Liberty Cap
Oldest U.S. Silver - 1829 Capped Bust Dime extra large 10C
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Gud way to start...a First Nation bouy and his game. More to come from you ....right? Take care.
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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