It was early morning and I was still half asleep, so I picked up a hot cup of coffee to perk me up and headed to the park for some relaxing detecting time. And hopefully to dig up a silver coin or two.
I have been hitting the trashier parts of this particular park and have been doing well with the silver. Still, I had no expectation of reaching the 400 silver coin mark today. But, though it took me the better part of the day, I did meet my goal! I picked up the seven silver coins I still needed to reach the 400 silver coin mark.
This was my first silver coin, a 1940-S mercury dime.
After covering the hole I dropped my towel to mark the spot and began to circle outward around it. Doing this allowed me to pick up a few wheat cents and two more mercury dimes, dated 1925 and 1942.
Satisfied that I had covered that section well, I grabbed my towel and began walking toward one of the large trees near one of the paths. When close to it I locked on to another good tone from among the noisy trash and dug up another mercury dime, dated 1941-D. That made four silver coins within the first 50 minutes.
Here is the 1941-D mercury dime while in the hole.
It would be another 90 minutes before I would hit on another silver coin, a 1945 mercury dime.
The 1945 merc.
More than an hour later I dug up a 1944 Washington quarter and, just before calling it quits, I hit on a 1946 Roosevelt dime, making it my 400th silver coin of the year!
Here is today's silver.
The park also yielded several wheat cents.
Here is a sampling of the type of trash littering the area I was covering.
HH!
I have been hitting the trashier parts of this particular park and have been doing well with the silver. Still, I had no expectation of reaching the 400 silver coin mark today. But, though it took me the better part of the day, I did meet my goal! I picked up the seven silver coins I still needed to reach the 400 silver coin mark.
This was my first silver coin, a 1940-S mercury dime.
After covering the hole I dropped my towel to mark the spot and began to circle outward around it. Doing this allowed me to pick up a few wheat cents and two more mercury dimes, dated 1925 and 1942.
Satisfied that I had covered that section well, I grabbed my towel and began walking toward one of the large trees near one of the paths. When close to it I locked on to another good tone from among the noisy trash and dug up another mercury dime, dated 1941-D. That made four silver coins within the first 50 minutes.
Here is the 1941-D mercury dime while in the hole.
It would be another 90 minutes before I would hit on another silver coin, a 1945 mercury dime.
The 1945 merc.
More than an hour later I dug up a 1944 Washington quarter and, just before calling it quits, I hit on a 1946 Roosevelt dime, making it my 400th silver coin of the year!
Here is today's silver.
The park also yielded several wheat cents.
Here is a sampling of the type of trash littering the area I was covering.
HH!
If you remember, I did predict that you would hit that mark today 
