Buellride
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I have to consider myself extremely lucky and "blessed" to have found the finds I have over the past 13+ years of doing this hobby. Morgans, 20 cent'ers, very rare Barbers, Halves, etc. most of which has been catalogued on this forum. But a few of my "White Whales" are a Standing Liberty Quarter and a Seated Half or Quarter, Dime (I already have the 20 Cent seated ).
Anyway......
As of late I have been working too much, weather hasn't been cooperative and when I have gone out with Cruiserkev or RainorShine as of late they seem to be pulling MY White Whales!! And I haven't pulled much silver for this month.
Today I decided to go to what we "coin" the Giving Beach. This Giving Beach is located "somewhere" in the PNW and we have absolutely POUNDED this stretch of beach between Cruiserkev and myself. As of late we have been getting some pretty good storms up here and I was praying to the Metal Detecting Gods as well as Mother Nature that someone had "stirred up the beach" and history has "deposited" some goodness in the rocks for me.
Well, both of those gods must have been listening.
From the first instant I put my coil over the ground I found a clad quarter, then another clad quarter...heck I was pulling so much clad out of this little stretch I was wondering "WHERE IS THE SILVER!!!" (mind you we have probably pulled at least 20+ silver coins out of here in the past).
Well I adjusted my britches, tightened up the belt strap, re-seated my gloves and continued to plow through the beach.
After about 1 hour I finally got the 1942S Washington! Wahoo! Silver in a model bigger than 5 or 10 cents. A couple of Buffalo Nickels later, BAM! My White Whale decided to beach himself under my coil. A "no date" Variety 1 Standing Liberty Quarter!! Finally that monkey was off my back!
Oh and the "Big Silver"!? That came after I decided to plunder some more the area where the SQL came out of.
That would be the 1936 '5 Reichsmark'. Even though it is from Nazi Germany, it is 13.9 grams of .900 Silver. About the size of a Half Dollar (actually that was what I though it was when I came out). The history of this particular coin is very, very interesting. The edge is smooth with inscription
Lettering: GEMEINNUTZ GEHT VOR EIGENNUTZ or Translation: common good takes priority over self-interest .
I am enclosing a picture of what it looks like un-sea water damaged.
So 3 silvers, 2 Buffs (1926 and a 1936S), and 4 Wheaties that are just toasted.
I finally got an SQL, and a BIG SILVER to boot!!
HH all and GL out there!!
Anyway......
As of late I have been working too much, weather hasn't been cooperative and when I have gone out with Cruiserkev or RainorShine as of late they seem to be pulling MY White Whales!! And I haven't pulled much silver for this month.
Today I decided to go to what we "coin" the Giving Beach. This Giving Beach is located "somewhere" in the PNW and we have absolutely POUNDED this stretch of beach between Cruiserkev and myself. As of late we have been getting some pretty good storms up here and I was praying to the Metal Detecting Gods as well as Mother Nature that someone had "stirred up the beach" and history has "deposited" some goodness in the rocks for me.
Well, both of those gods must have been listening.
From the first instant I put my coil over the ground I found a clad quarter, then another clad quarter...heck I was pulling so much clad out of this little stretch I was wondering "WHERE IS THE SILVER!!!" (mind you we have probably pulled at least 20+ silver coins out of here in the past).
Well I adjusted my britches, tightened up the belt strap, re-seated my gloves and continued to plow through the beach.
After about 1 hour I finally got the 1942S Washington! Wahoo! Silver in a model bigger than 5 or 10 cents. A couple of Buffalo Nickels later, BAM! My White Whale decided to beach himself under my coil. A "no date" Variety 1 Standing Liberty Quarter!! Finally that monkey was off my back!
Oh and the "Big Silver"!? That came after I decided to plunder some more the area where the SQL came out of.
That would be the 1936 '5 Reichsmark'. Even though it is from Nazi Germany, it is 13.9 grams of .900 Silver. About the size of a Half Dollar (actually that was what I though it was when I came out). The history of this particular coin is very, very interesting. The edge is smooth with inscription
Lettering: GEMEINNUTZ GEHT VOR EIGENNUTZ or Translation: common good takes priority over self-interest .
I am enclosing a picture of what it looks like un-sea water damaged.
So 3 silvers, 2 Buffs (1926 and a 1936S), and 4 Wheaties that are just toasted.
I finally got an SQL, and a BIG SILVER to boot!!
HH all and GL out there!!
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