Missouri Battlefield Gives Up Silver

[jimmyk]

Hi, all:

Hit my favorite spot for a few days and culled a few more relics for the trash. Been hunting a feed lot that's about three fourths the size of a football field. Bare ground with lots of cow pies and horse biscuits. On one corner, along the road is where after the War a stage coach stop and hotel were located. Found a few pistol bullets, a broken spur, a toe tap, a suspender clip and a decorative brass piece. The biggest find was an 1877 quarter. I've hunted every square foot of this feed lot years before, but with new detector technology (Garrett AT Gold) and a smaller coil, I re hunted the whole area again. Actually, the area where the stage coach stop was, I've hunted it at least two other times before. The interesting thing about the silver find was it is almost exactly where I found an 1876 quarter thirty years ago. Lightning can strike twice in the same spot.

Thanks for looking and keep on diggin'

jimmyk in Missouri

 

[John-Edmonton]

That quarter's in pretty nice shape! Great find.

 

[Dancer]

Ya know Jimmy, makes you wonder about that coin waiting for you to come back after all them years. Now it's up in the day light again. 30 years laying there thinking. "Why not me" ! You maybe had a gut feeling, maybe?

 

[jimmyk]

Always thought that a better machine with better separation capabilities and a smaller coil could pull out a few more goodies. Pays to re work those hot spots as new technologies come available.

jimmyk in Missouri

 

[christopher_exp]

I wish I had gotten a metal detector in my childhood (the 1980s) so that I could have been searching the areas I was exploring.
Thats a great coin.

 

[copper kidd]

Jimmyk , very nice quarter there congratz . All the relics are sweet, I love finding old relics. And the history behind those CW bullets......makes you think what happened here.

 

[jimmyk]

Thanks. I often get a little thrill knowing the last person to touch a CW relic was a CW soldier. That's why we hunt and dig.

jimmyk in Missouri

 

[Dekeyser68]

Nice quar doll

 

[lasergod]

Awesome

 

[fongu]

Excellent finds and that quarter is in great shape. HH. Perseverance pays off.