Rizar33 and I got out for a hunt today and little did I know what kind of hunt it would be. Within the first couple of plugs I scored a worn 1904 Barber dime. Figured this was going to be a good day with a start like that, but the good finds did not keep coming. I dug my fair share of deep trash and a few pieces of clad. I did manage to dig what looks like a button with LX or LK on it. Maybe someone here can tell me what it is.
What came next was totally unexpected and I am sure I will never forget. It had been about four hours of not much excitement and I was about ready to call it a day. I was working the ridgeline of a corn field in the middle of nowhere when I got a quarter signal on my V3I at four inches. Earlier in the day Rick had dug a Mason jar lid, so I was assuming this would be what was under my coil. I cut the plug and flipped it over and took one more shovel full from inside the hole. There in that clump of dirt is a big thin piece of shiny silver! I picked it up and tried to see what was on it through all the dirt, knowing not to rub it. I had to put it down and run over to Rick as I didn’t know yet what I had. I was sure it had to be great! I remember telling him he had to see it but not to rub it because I knew that it was silver. Rick picked it up and looked he was able to see the word “liberty” on it. I knew I had to take it over to a puddle and wash it off. What I had found was an 1807 Draped Bust quarter!!! I still did not know what this coin was even after I washed it off. Honestly, I had to google it to find out. This coin is one of the first series the United States Minted and was made from 1796 to 1807! I can’t put into words how excited I am to have dug this coin! The coin has great detail but is a little bent and beat up from being in the ground, but its mine and I like it just the way it is. This coin is one that you just have to hold to see the detail as my phone doesn’t take the best pictures. What a hunt and what an experience!
What came next was totally unexpected and I am sure I will never forget. It had been about four hours of not much excitement and I was about ready to call it a day. I was working the ridgeline of a corn field in the middle of nowhere when I got a quarter signal on my V3I at four inches. Earlier in the day Rick had dug a Mason jar lid, so I was assuming this would be what was under my coil. I cut the plug and flipped it over and took one more shovel full from inside the hole. There in that clump of dirt is a big thin piece of shiny silver! I picked it up and tried to see what was on it through all the dirt, knowing not to rub it. I had to put it down and run over to Rick as I didn’t know yet what I had. I was sure it had to be great! I remember telling him he had to see it but not to rub it because I knew that it was silver. Rick picked it up and looked he was able to see the word “liberty” on it. I knew I had to take it over to a puddle and wash it off. What I had found was an 1807 Draped Bust quarter!!! I still did not know what this coin was even after I washed it off. Honestly, I had to google it to find out. This coin is one of the first series the United States Minted and was made from 1796 to 1807! I can’t put into words how excited I am to have dug this coin! The coin has great detail but is a little bent and beat up from being in the ground, but its mine and I like it just the way it is. This coin is one that you just have to hold to see the detail as my phone doesn’t take the best pictures. What a hunt and what an experience!
