A look back at 2018

[Jodo_Kast501]

2018 has definitely been a year with a lot of advancement for me, though maybe not as much as I might have wanted, largely because private permissions weren't what they could have been. But I am still happy overall with the year in detecting. Got my first V nickles, a good number of Barbers, and went from no non-junk rings last year to 14 silver rings this year. I'm also up over 200 total grams of silver coins and jewelry for this year and last year, so not a bad pile.

Silver coins: 26 (25 pictured, one given to homeowner)

Sterling: 14 (13 pictured, one given to family friend)

Wheats: 127

My clad count is a little nebulous. My recordkeeping for my detecting in general wasn't great – I know exactly how much and how many I've dug at my university permission, but didn't really keep track elsewhere. The university total was $215.70 with 2,717 coins, but everything together has be $350 or more. I also got around $70 from scrap aluminum, copper, and brass found detecting. I netted enough through this to buy a $5 gold piece and $10 face value of silver quarters.

My proudest find from this year is also my oldest coin of all time: 1835 Capped Bust Half Dime. It's in rough shape, but I love everything about it.

My goals for 2019: find my first gold and my first large cent.

 

[sandgroper]

You sure had a great year! You've got some pretty cool silver rings in there, that National Champions ring looks especially cool!

 

[Jodo_Kast501]

Thank you! The rubies in that ring also turned out to be real. I love the one to the right of it. Beautiful and definitely handmade by the unevenness of some of the decoration.

 

[jack&jill]

A very impressive year indeed. Not only a nice take of Silver but a few bucket listers along the way. Hope the new year is even better. I want also to say thank you for the info you passed on to me in acquiring your Gold Coin. I used the same company and got a very nice Coin but will not pass that info on as I had a very bad experience with them with the purchase. Trapper

 

[Mud-puppy]

Yeah! You killed it! Not only on the coins but you got yerself some nice looking silver jewelry! Good on ya Buddy! Heres to your 2019 GOLD!

 

[Jodo_Kast501]

Thanks to all for the encouragement! Here's to a great 2019 for all.

Trapper, really sorry to hear you didn't have a good experience with them. I've ordered from them a couple times without issue, but their customer service may be inconsistent. Glad you ended up with a beautiful coin, though!

 

[arw40]

Congrats on a successful 2018 ! A great mix of coins and jewelry....Some nice finds there for sure....Good luck this season...HH