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Coinshooting? ZZZZZzzzzzzzz....
Silver surfing OTOH, Yeaaaahhhh baaaaby!!!
Silver surfing OTOH, Yeaaaahhhh baaaaby!!!
I am a coin shooter ... but as I practice I tend to have a lot of collateral damage
HH ,Dew
Hey, those Coinstar threads made me think that we need a new "terminology" called "Coinstarring"
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Holy !!!! that is awesome! That early 19th century handmade rosehead hidden in all that junk makes your effort worthwhile.
Thanks dirt ! I always keep all my pocket knives but have not taken the time to learn much about them.
,Dew
I don't know any coinshooters who would not prefer to hunt pre-65 sites hoping for silver. I know I would but what do you do when you don't have that available to you, just stay home? To say that someone is only a coinshooter if they are only hunting for silver seems a little arrogant to me. Some people have the time and means to hunt every day but for one reason or the other do not always have the ability to get on a pre-65 site every day and so they go to a newer park or school to get their coin fix. Does that mean they are not a coinshooter because they only find clad that day and actually enjoy themselves? Give me a break !!! I have been detecting a long time and have been lucky enough to find some really nice silver finds. Heck, I have even found some of those silver coins when I was hunting areas that really shouldn't be holding coins that old. A few years back when I was hunting a lot I rarely passed up an opportunity to hunt with friends whether we were going to a modern site or a pre-65 site looking for older coins. I just enjoyed the hunt and what turned up, turned up. A little competition among friends is also a lot of fun. To me, hunting primarily for coins and having that mindset when you leave the house, makes you a coinshooter. I will not judge you or ridicule you if all you bring home is a pouch full of clad. Just my thoughts !!!!
I was not referring to your post at all and I also prefer finding silver coins. Sorry if you thought I was referring to you because I wasn't. Not trying to start a controversy here but just believe that the name in itself depicts someone who primarily hunts for coins of any kind.Did someone write your only a coinshooter if you hunt only silver? I think I started this pre 65 thing with my post. I consider myself a coinshooter. My primary/favorite coin type is silver. I always thought that was the goal most of us are hunting. I mentioned I also like digging brass and lead, I've found some cool old brass and like musket balls and bullets. I dig clad and if someones gos out to target clad I'd say he/she is coinshooting. I'd also say here in Ct this whole small state has been tromped on since colonial times making the entire state a pre 65 area. It's just which areas have had the dust pounded out of it by other hunters and what spot may still hold a reasonable amount of silver coins left. If that's your favorite target like me. Ct is pretty small and between NY City and Mass. Probably every square meters been stepped on from early on. I also refer to myself as a treasure hunter, detectorist, sometimes Idiot and my wife has a few more.
Hey clad ads up. I just bought a 2 barell tumbler.
HH Pesc
Its ok, I get itI was not referring to your post at all and I also prefer finding silver coins. Sorry if you thought I was referring to you because I wasn't. Not trying to start a controversy here but just believe that the name in itself depicts someone who primarily hunts for coins of any kind.
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Thanks for the kind words. I have no problem (or want one) with anyone here. I shouldn't have been so pointed with my remarks. I regret making the statement about arrogance. I always enjoy it when a new person post their first find and it's a handful of clad. I remember when I first started, silver coins were abundant but not the case anymore around here and I just don't want to discourage anyone.Its ok, I get it
First, I like you pesc. Been reading and writing to your posts long time. Your one of the guys here that helped me a lot Starting out. I have been known to be way too self conscience and thought I poked at something. Thought maybe I sounded arogant writing I hunt silver. I wish I had a quarter for everytime I dug a quarter. Dime, nickels, pennies. No probs here. HH