Silver #13 for the year is SWEET!!!

Carver

New member
Hi all!
Some of you may remember a few weeks ago I posted a topic about an old fairgrounds that I have permission to hunt. I am very good friends with the guy that owns it and currently am building cabinets and doing all the trim in some new apartments for him. This complex sits right on the old fairgrounds that was used from about 1880 to roughly the 1930s I think.
Houses and apartments now sit on roughly 2/3rds of the old grounds,,but this place is still huge. The oval track was about a half mile long. They used to race trotter horses there. The owner told me when he bought the ground in the early 70s and started to level the banked corners of the track down,,,a lot of guys detected it and he said they found lots of coins including many silver dollars. :shocked04: :shocked04: :shocked04: What is left now is an open farm field , currently chisel plowed awaiting seeding.
The field has been nothing but a muddy mess the whole time I've been working at the apartments,,until today I looked out and it looked detectable!!! As luck would have it ,,I had the M6 in the truck as I was going to a spot after work,,,which I did,,,that's another story :grin: :grin: :grin:
Anyway,,,about break time I thought I would try and swing out in back of the apartments where they took some dirt out to let the water drain quickly. I was just bouncing around trying to get a decent signal,,,no rhyme or reason to what I was doing. Then I got a bouncy , scratchy,,,dollar signal at 4 I dug a plug,,,popped it out and it broke into chunks,,,In one of the chunks I saw a silvery thing looking back at me and saw a BIG reeded edge :shocked04: :shocked04: :shocked04: I thought NO WAY!!! Someone in the 70s missed a nice 1883 O Morgan dollar!!! <: <: <: <: Now I was pumped!!!!! happydance02 happydance02 happydance02 I heard all the stories about guys finding a lot of silver there,,,now I know they are true!!!
Well,,,,hard as it was to do,,,I had to get back to work :ticked: :ticked: :ticked: :ticked: :ticked:
But, believe me,,,,I will be back very soon!!!! I'm pretty sure I will be the only with permission 8) 8) 8)
This is still a huge field,,,,,wish I had a few of you guys a little closer,,,,I know there's gotta be a bunch of coins still there!!!! This is only the second silver dollar I've found,,,both Morgans. I hope to find more there!!!!
#13 silver coin for the year was definitely a lucky one!!!!!!!! :happydance01: :happydance01: happydance02 happydance02 <: <: :beerbuddy: :beerbuddy:

Thanks for looking folks!!
Dan
 

Attachments

  • 000_0395.jpg
    000_0395.jpg
    62.5 KB · Views: 149
  • 000_0398.jpg
    000_0398.jpg
    53.6 KB · Views: 150
  • 000_0399.jpg
    000_0399.jpg
    58.8 KB · Views: 143
  • 000_0400.jpg
    000_0400.jpg
    45.6 KB · Views: 147
  • 000_0401.jpg
    000_0401.jpg
    25.8 KB · Views: 150
  • 000_0402.jpg
    000_0402.jpg
    27.3 KB · Views: 140
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CARVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :happydance01: :happydance01: :happydance01: :happydance01: :happydance01: :happydance01: |:confused:) |:confused:) |:confused:)
 
:shocked04: :shocked04: :shocked04:
The holy grail of silver coins! <: I can only imagine your excitement when you caught first glimpse of that baby.
Sounds like you are going to have a lot of fun there. I'm looking forward to your finds.
A great big silver dollar congrats to you Dan. :clapping:
 
Very nice! Congrats on that one and hope you find a lot more silver there, sounds like a lot of potential!!
 
:omg: Congratulations My Friend !! :clapping: happydance02 :happydance01: :happydance01: happydance02 :clapping:
Outstanding Find Dan ..Get back out there :grin:!!
Hope You find a lot more Silver there Dan thumbsup01 thumbsup01
I'll bet that Baby sounded great in the headphones thumbsup01 thumbsup01
 
Awesome score on your second Morgan Carver thumbsup01 I would like to find another myself, I'm still on #1.
 
Dan, Congrats on the BIG silver...What a beaut of a coin.... I am so excited for you and the excitement of knowing that the spot can yield even more quality goodies for you. Looking foward to seeing pics of each one you find!!
 
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATS, shes a beauty tha definately would get the heart pumping wtg. :clapping: :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:
 
:envious: :envious: :envious:
I've been detecting for more than 2 decades, and I have still not found one of those beauties
Congrats on a great find :clapping: :clapping:
 
What a beauty big congrats !! :clapping: thumbsup01 thumbsup01I've only found one in 19yrs. but everytime I think about it I relive the thrill of that moment . :smitten:
 
just like your old school site that you pulled all that silver from Dan <: <: hit that site again before they cover up for the next century of detectorist , AWESOME COIN DAN!! :peace: :peace:
 
Super recovery Dan,I remember finding my first morgan,it took a week to get rid of the smile on my face lol ,I hope that place gives up lots of them before you are done...I put down a laminate floor in a basement remodel today,the temp was in the 60's here,sure was hard to work inside :hairpulling: ,Can't wait to see your next adventure there,keep them coming,Dave
 

Forum statistics

Threads
23,586
Messages
238,158
Members
3,792
Latest member
sibbley
Back
Top