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Old 09-26-2011, 08:19 PM
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me and Keith hit a couple of spots today didnt find much a bunch of trash
the little bottle was an eyeball find
second silver of my new year
thanks for looking
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Old 09-26-2011, 08:20 PM
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That's one of the worst I've seen......OUCH!!!

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Old 09-26-2011, 09:16 PM
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Nice silver...

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Old 09-27-2011, 07:52 AM
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Nice one - at least it's just a Washington, and a common date. Congrats.

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Old 09-27-2011, 08:04 AM
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Well it happens! Still a nice piece of silver.

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Old 09-27-2011, 08:14 AM
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nice find, it could have been worse

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Old 09-27-2011, 01:16 PM
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Once it melts, you won't even see the scratch

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Old 09-27-2011, 02:32 PM
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Could have been a Morgan. Nice finds. I'm liking the bottle.

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Old 09-27-2011, 03:08 PM
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Well, silver is still silver scratched up or not.

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Old 09-27-2011, 03:33 PM
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ouch
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Great silver. You oughta see my franklin half...It really got hit hard. That's nothing.

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Great silver. You oughta see my franklin half...It really got hit hard. That's nothing.
LOL, he's right. He did his scratch right!

I've done way worse myself. Just use it as a reminder to be more careful digging. Not all the big signals are trash!
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Old 09-27-2011, 09:34 PM
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Great silver. You oughta see my franklin half...It really got hit hard. That's nothing.
i did see that

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Scratched or not, it's more silver than I found. WTG!!!

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We have all done that. Congrats on a good start to you next year.

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Yep, got to agree...You are one up on the King when it comes to a silver coin!

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