Posts: 29
Greenwood, Mississippi
Detector used Detector(s) Used - ACE 250
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Posted Nov 25, 2009, 06:53:45 pm |
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I am 12 years old, my brother and I got an Ace 250 last year for Christmas. During the summer, I found my first silver (a '46 quarter pictured here). I have been on a silver dry spell for months now. I broke that dry spell today! I was hunting in a little park today (Indianola, MS) down from my grandmothers house and popped out a 1952 quarter. When I saw that silver I got pumped and QUICK! After I cleaned my precious silver, I had recognized I had chipped it with my digger (notice George's face  ). The silver I found today will make my 2nd for the year. P.S. I am anxiously waiting on your replies  Happy Hunting, Rain |
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Posts: 906
Illinois
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Radio Shack Discovery 3000
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Reply To This Topic #1 Posted Nov 25, 2009, 07:13:10 pm |
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Great find. Don't give up. There still out there somewhere, just finding the right spot. I've yet to find big silver the past 2 years since I got back to detecting after not for 20 years. I found 5 silver dimes this year. 3 Mercery and 2 Rosevelts.
May I say the scratch does hurt. You might try like I did this year and start using a sharpened piece of a fishing pole. I cut mine around 2 1/2 foot. I was using a screw driver last year and lucky all I was finding was clad, scratches here and there. I did find a few Wheatbacks.
HH
Ron
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Posts: 211
sioux city ,iowa
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Minelab Explorer SE Pro, Minelab E-trac
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Reply To This Topic #2 Posted Nov 25, 2009, 07:23:14 pm |
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Hey good job, I don't think you did the damage to that coin, if you did it would be clean and shiney. It looks like an old scar to me but never the less keep looking theres plenty more out there.
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There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life that he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure-Mark Twain
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Posts: 984
in the stix of NY
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Whites Eagle Spectrum, Fisher CZ-3D
Primary Interest: All Types Of Treasure Hunting
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Reply To This Topic #4 Posted Nov 25, 2009, 07:36:55 pm |
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12 yrs old? ....wow, i wish i was doing this at age 12, my best tip to you would be "learn about your area" ...research on your towns local history will give you many options and more places to hunt.
good job on the silver,
Pro-
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every minute not detecting, is a wasted minute.
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Posts: 874
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Reply To This Topic #5 Posted Nov 25, 2009, 08:02:48 pm |
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Nice diggin buddy! Im 27 now and I started when I was 15, you have so many good years of detecting ahead of you... I promise it will never get old. Jeff
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Posts: 381
Staint Cloud area, Minnesota
Detector used Detector(s) Used - White's DFX
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Reply To This Topic #6 Posted Nov 25, 2009, 08:14:42 pm |
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Slayer, it does look like an old scratch, but don't worry about that. Today the silver value of that quarter is $3.40 for its silver content.....nice find!
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Posts: 167
yelm wa.
Detector used Detector(s) Used - xlt
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Reply To This Topic #7 Posted Nov 25, 2009, 08:20:14 pm |
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good job  |
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Reply To This Topic #8 Posted Nov 25, 2009, 08:25:08 pm |
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 Great job finding your second silver. I am sure you will find many more. This hobby is called by many as dirt fishing. You never know what you will find or when. You will have a ball with your Detector for many years.
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Posts: 266
Texas
Detector used Detector(s) Used - E-trac, Ace 250, Pro Pointer
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Reply To This Topic #9 Posted Nov 25, 2009, 08:25:56 pm |
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Hey good job, I don't think you did the damage to that coin, if you did it would be clean and shiney. It looks like an old scar to me but never the less keep looking theres plenty more out there.
I agree. Here is what a fresh scratch looks like on a 1919 wheatie I dug the other day.  Good job on the silver quarter! |
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Posts: 350
Illinois
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Tesoro Cibola, Minelab Safari
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Reply To This Topic #10 Posted Nov 25, 2009, 08:33:16 pm |
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Nice job on the silver. Looks like we've got another young detector out here (I'm only a couple years older than you). Careful about giving away your location though. Good luck and happy hunting
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Posts: 336
Kalamazoo MI
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Whites MXT & Fisher 1280x Aquanaut
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Reply To This Topic #11 Posted Nov 25, 2009, 08:34:12 pm |
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Nice work on the silver Rain! and i would also tend to think those are old scratches, but even if not be thankful that it was a Washington and not a Barber or Seated, and don't feel to bad, I would be willing to bet that not to many on here can claim to have never scratched a coin, keep at it and if you think you did that then do some practice pinpointing so when you find the next one you will be more sure! HH and good luck!
Chuck.
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Posts: 29
Greenwood, Mississippi
Detector used Detector(s) Used - ACE 250
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Reply To This Topic #12 Posted Nov 25, 2009, 08:37:23 pm |
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Thanks to everyone who left me a post. I greatly appreciate it.
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Posts: 1268
ILLINIOS
Detector used Detector(s) Used - MINELAB ETRAC , TESORO VAQUERO and ACE 250
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Primary Interest: All Types Of Treasure Hunting
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Reply To This Topic #13 Posted Nov 25, 2009, 08:39:51 pm |
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congrats
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Posts: 1268
ILLINIOS
Detector used Detector(s) Used - MINELAB ETRAC , TESORO VAQUERO and ACE 250
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Primary Interest: All Types Of Treasure Hunting
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Reply To This Topic #14 Posted Nov 25, 2009, 08:42:02 pm |
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congrats ON A GREAT FIND , KEEP DIGGING! |
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Posts: 172
Mena Arkansas
Detector used Detector(s) Used - Garrett Ace 250
Primary Interest: All Types Of Treasure Hunting
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Reply To This Topic #15 Posted Nov 26, 2009, 12:46:29 am |
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Good going on the silver...wish I could make a find like that....I hope you keep at it and make even better finds.....off to a good start....I agree with the gentleman on research...you cant do it enough....ask some old timers around that area.....they know of old places and events and things that will give you lots of good places to hunt....pretty soon you will have so many places to hunt......I hope you enjoy your Ace 250 as much as I do....good machine....see ya later...
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Posts: 1950
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Reply To This Topic #16 Posted Nov 26, 2009, 01:03:27 am |
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way to go there young tecter dude!! i got my first detecter when i was about your age and found a big old snap on wrench. i didnt see silver till many years later. so you done good. just follow the advice on this thread and you will produce more silver and maby gold. there wasnt computers when i was young. good luck!! willy
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Reply To This Topic #17 Posted Nov 26, 2009, 12:42:11 pm |
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Hey good job, I don't think you did the damage to that coin, if you did it would be clean and shiney. It looks like an old scar to me but never the less keep looking theres plenty more out there.
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TOO BUSY TO DETECT, YOU'RE TOO BUSY!!!
'No good comes from thinking about how much time we waste detecting, as wasted time is good soul time' - me 25/06/08
How do you find Gold coins? Reply: 'By finding lots of Silver ones..'
A real man thinks about detecting every 6 seconds
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Reply To This Topic #18 Posted Nov 26, 2009, 12:56:23 pm |
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nice finds ---more will come--keep digging |
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Posts: 168
Buckley, Flintshire, North Wales.
Detector used Detector(s) Used - XP adx 250.
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Reply To This Topic #19 Posted Nov 26, 2009, 01:08:05 pm |
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Well done slayer7... and good luck in finding more before the end of the year.
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"I like pigs. Dogs look up to us... cats look down on us. But pigs treat us as equals". Quote by Sir Winston Churchill.
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Posts: 2789
Ankh-Morpork
Detector used Detector(s) Used - GTI 1500 and Goldmaxx Power
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Primary Interest: Metal Detecting
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Reply To This Topic #20 Posted Nov 26, 2009, 04:15:58 pm |
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Well done slayer7  . I agree with the general concensus on here and that is you didn't damage the coin. Great finds and many more years digging . hammered |
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