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For two years I've been hunting old schools, parks, home sites, and farm fields with hopes of finding my first silver coin. Yesterday silver finally appeared!
It was the fourth trip with friends to a 40 acre permission with known history back to 1828. Approximately 50 yards downstream from a spring, the Equinox sounded off a solid 24 just at the edge of the creek. Any solid signal on this property is a welcome sound because of all the grunts and false highs from areas of rusty iron. This signal certainly had my attention because the shotgun shells had been ringing in at 16 to 18. However, silver was the last thing in mind because I always envisioned silver coins as ranging in the 30s on the Equinox.
As I broke apart the plug, a shiny disc about the size of a nickel fell out. It could not have been more than two inches deep. It felt so light I thought it was aluminum. Fortunately, a design was visible, so out came the water bottle for a bath. It looked like Spanish silver! Back at the house I was able to confirm (with the help of a friend), that it is indeed Spanish colonial silver; a 1769 one real minted in Mexico City!
Shout out to waltr for photography tips. They're certainly not perfect, but getting much better.
It was the fourth trip with friends to a 40 acre permission with known history back to 1828. Approximately 50 yards downstream from a spring, the Equinox sounded off a solid 24 just at the edge of the creek. Any solid signal on this property is a welcome sound because of all the grunts and false highs from areas of rusty iron. This signal certainly had my attention because the shotgun shells had been ringing in at 16 to 18. However, silver was the last thing in mind because I always envisioned silver coins as ranging in the 30s on the Equinox.
As I broke apart the plug, a shiny disc about the size of a nickel fell out. It could not have been more than two inches deep. It felt so light I thought it was aluminum. Fortunately, a design was visible, so out came the water bottle for a bath. It looked like Spanish silver! Back at the house I was able to confirm (with the help of a friend), that it is indeed Spanish colonial silver; a 1769 one real minted in Mexico City!
Shout out to waltr for photography tips. They're certainly not perfect, but getting much better.