A Dream Come True!! 12 Silvers (3 Morgans!)

Todd S · May 2, 2011

Heh All!

Long time since my last post, but the Etrac came through in a very big way this weekend! Sorry I have no pics, but I have to tell the tale! I was so excited this weekend I almost cried! I never dreamed that I would have a weekend like this in Washington State, or in any State for that matter! For starters, I have been detecting for three or four years, and in total I have never found more than one silver coin in a day, and they are very rare here (I have only found 19 silver coins total since I started detecting).

Saturday I found 9 silver coins...and you won't believe it but it's true. Here goes:

1 1943 War nickel
4 1964 Kennedy Half dollars
1 1971 Silver Eisenhower "Proof" Dollar in the US Mint plastic case package (Perfect Uncirculated condition)
1 1889 Morgan "O" Dollar-Circulated condition
1 1890 Morgan "S" Dollar Excellent condition maybe AU 50
1 1921 Morgan Ver good condition

I also got 19 Wheaties (40's-50"s)

Sunday I found two more wheaties, 1 more war nickel and 2 1964 Kennedy Halves

For good measure I also got about 8 1950's nickels.

I was stunned and shocked. The coins were all in a 10 by 10 foot area 1 inch to about 8 inches down in dirt torn up from a bulldozer, and obviously they were from a coin collection (plastic degraded coin packages). I suppose this may qualify as a cashe.

I am one happy camper. I never thought I would find anything like this, and I never thought I'd find one Morgan let alone three!

I will attempt to post pictures sometime later if I can figure out how (I'm tech illiterate)

Thanks for reading.

TerryEastTexas · May 2, 2011

Man that is sweet. Congratulatons on a great hunt.

Yukon76 · May 2, 2011

Thats outstanding, Im just starting out and have only been able to find 1 silver coin here in the tacoma area. But have hit gold 2 times lol. Nice job.

bazeball7 · May 2, 2011

That is fantastic. Can't wait to see the pics! Super Congrats!!

Blueonceagain · May 2, 2011

Brilliant for you.Got to get me one of those M6s.Looking forward to the pics.

cfuller3 · May 2, 2011

Excellent finds. Pretty special that you pulled that stuff out of the ground that would otherwise be there until it just rotted away. Worthy of a display by itself. Hope to see the pictures of it. Thanks for sharing the experience.

M-scope · May 2, 2011

Sounds Awesome....Gotta post some pic's!!!...(in Mind-Blowing Eye-Popping)

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Bonesquat · May 2, 2011

Please let us know where you found them - school, home? :?:

FreedomUIC · May 2, 2011

Yukon76 said:
Thats outstanding, Im just starting out and have only been able to find 1 silver coin here in the tacoma area. But have hit gold 2 times lol. Nice job.

Have you tried the beach at the "Clay Banks"? That always produced for
me when I lived there. I was stationed at Fort Lewis for four years and ended up staying there after I got out. Lived on South Hill (152nd & Meridian).

Another hot spot was the beach on the post on American lake, also the park on the other side of the lake which is owned by the county. I can't remember the specific name of the park but there is an A6 on a pedistal at
the entrance. I found alot of neat items there as well and a couple of gold
rings.

Banemorth · May 2, 2011

Cmon you can't make a post like this without pictures! Hurry up already! :lol:

Greek2Me · May 2, 2011

Congrats on the awesome finds! I can tell, just by reading that you are super excited about your finds! Way to go!

G2M

Mike1961 · May 2, 2011

Excellent! Congrats on the great find.

Yukon76 · May 2, 2011

FreedomUIC said:
Have you tried the beach at the "Clay Banks"? That always produced for
me when I lived there. I was stationed at Fort Lewis for four years and ended up staying there after I got out. Lived on South Hill (152nd & Meridian).

Another hot spot was the beach on the post on American lake, also the park on the other side of the lake which is owned by the county. I can't remember the specific name of the park but there is an A6 on a pedistal at
the entrance. I found alot of neat items there as well and a couple of gold
rings.

Is clay banks out by point defiance somewhere?

Todd S · May 2, 2011

Found the coins at an old home site. I'm not sure where the clay banks are at that were mentioned?

John W.H. · May 2, 2011

An amazing find!! Cant wait to see pics! HH

fred sanford · May 2, 2011

Congrats

Wtg! That is a nice stash you found. This is what makes this hobby fun. Never know whats out there.

MoBob · May 2, 2011

Thats a nice load of silver !

RyanChappell · May 2, 2011

If it is a coin collection, I bet there are more on that site! Sound like a small collection so far.

midwest · May 2, 2011

Once you have pics this should be on the Featured threads....just Awesome!

Todd S · May 3, 2011

I will try and get pics posted in the next couple of days

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