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Damaged Silver Coin With My Shovel !!! :rant:

I was at a house that was built in 1902. I got a half dollar hit under a tree. I cut my usual 4 inch flap. Down about 5 inches was a SL Half! I should have been expecting a big silver like that but just thought it was probably some big aluminum. When I finally saw it in the hole my heart dropped! Before I recovered it I made a quick wish that it wasn't damaged. I then pulled it out of the hole and checked it out very carefully. My wish came true! It was perfect! From there on I started digging 8 inch flaps real slowly being careful no to damage and nice finds. I went on to pull two more SL Halves, Franklin, One IH and a late 1800 Mexican coin!
 
How would you feel if you damaged this 1916d Mercury dime like I did a number of years ago? I was younger, then, and used a screw driver to probe a lot. I have learned a lot in later years. It was a beautiful find.[attachment 86129 1916DMercside1.jpg][attachment 86130 1916DMercside2.jpg]
 
[quote Goes4ever]yeah I have done it, but after getting my pinpointer it has not happened to me, it allows me to know where the target is and therefore I don't hit it[/quote]
 
I BOUGHT A MILITARY SHOVEL AT A SURPLUS STORE AND I USE IT LIKE A HOE.. AFTER PINPOINTING THE TARGET I SWING THE SHOVEL OFF CENTER OF TARGET AND THEN USE MY PINPOINTER TO FIND THE OBJECT IN THE CLUMP OF DIRT..
 
That dime is still worth a fortune. At very least 10 grand. Probably more.

Chris
 
I love my ice pick probe as well. It does the job and makes a nice slit in the grass to retreive the coins I find. I usually take into consideration where I am hunting as to how careful I am about retreiving the coins. New areas I don't worry about scratching something(so far have not ruined any nice old coins using this thought pattern). Older areas I probe and when I touch it and it is 3 or more inches down then I will dig. After years of experience I am pretty good with it, and yes I to have broken them off at the handle prying out a rock. I only use the older ones that had real steel shafts, the new junk ones bend like crazy.
 
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