The Jersey Digger
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I originally posted this find in the coinshooters section. A few people commented it should have been here and a half a dozen people sent that to me in a pm as well. So I figured I would post it here. I was at a new permission at a house from around 1880. The first day there after a couple hours I found a 1905S barber dime, 1882 & 1898 Indians a bunch of wheats and clad. The next day went over for a 45 minute lunch hunt. First awesome target was a Civil War belt plate you can see in the war artifacts section. Then I got a 12-44 on my Etrac fully expecting a memorial penny which is what it was. Rescanned the hole and got a 2-44 signal. Dug down a few more scoops then put my hand in the hole and felt a large round disc. Brought it to the surface and knew I had my first silver dollar. Little did I know at first but I saw after washing with water is an 1878S US Trade Dollar shot by a bullet. A silver dollar was so high on the bucket list but being a trade dollar was the icing on the cake since they are rare to dig up. Sorry if you feel as if I should not have double posted. Others said they thought it belonged here...