My first standing liberty quarter.

[texastreasures]

I found my first standing liberty quarter today! [attachment 117100 slq.jpg]

In fact, this is my very first silver quarter find and I have yet to uncover a silver Washington quarter.

I just started detecting in December '08 and I'm hunting with a Whites M6.

Since starting, I have also found 5 silver rosies, one mercury dime, 32 wheat pennies (7 of which are 1944 by some odd coincidence), and a bunch of clad.

I notice that the harder the soil, the easier it is to find old coins. I never find old coins in very soft soil, and I also never find old coins in grass that doesn't lay very flat.

I've also noticed that it's tough to find old coins under trees that shed a lot. Do any of you have luck digging up old stuff in soft soil or under trees that like to shed or is observation generally true?

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

Congrats on your silver find ...

 

[steelheadfever]

Cool find. Hope you find a lot more. HH Dennis in Idaho

 

[Nancy-IL]

BIG congrats to you texastreasures!!! I've found silver in all kinds of soil conditions. Soft or hard, doesn't matter. Even in sandy dirt. When there's an old pine tree, etc. we've found many wonderful coins, old toy cars, lead toys, etc. under it. We wish that they were all cut back so we could get underneath them better! HH and thanks for sharing, Nancy

 

[Hillbilly Bob]

Fantastic finds.........................

 

[Dale-IL]

n/t

 

[Monte]

I notice that the harder the soil, the easier it is to find old coins. I never find old coins in very soft soil, and I also never find old coins in grass that doesn't lay very flat.

I've also noticed that it's tough to find old coins under trees that shed a lot. Do any of you have luck digging up old stuff in soft soil or under trees that like to shed or is observation generally true?

First, congrats on the Standing Liberty 25

 

[jcooking]

Way to go! Thats where it all starts!

 

[texastreasures]

Indeed, that is where it all started! I didn't think I'd top my SLQ so quickly but today, I just got my first barber dime and It's from 1897!

The cool part is I dug it up at a public park in central Houston! No silver in the wide open grass areas of the park, but when I cut through the trashy areas near picnic benches and trash cans with my 6x10 coil, I'm pulling silver. It's all about looking where other people don't want to or have the patience to look. The popular and obvious places to look seem to have been cleaned out, minus a few wheat pennies coming out each time I hunt.

When you guys go out for a hunt, do you also usually find wheat pennies?

 

[texastreasures]

I hear what some of you are saying about hard/soft soil not making a difference, but in my experience, I can almost guarantee any penny four to five inches deep in very hard soil is a wheat penny, but four to five inches down in very soft soil is rarely a wheat penny, so soil density is absolutely a factor in how old a coin of a certain depth is likely to be.

I also notice hard soil with many bits of crushed shells or gravel also help keep old coins nearer to the surface!

 

[Nancy-IL]

Hi Texastreasures, It's been our experience if we find wheat cents, we usually find silver too. There's been a time or two when we haven't found any silver, but very few times. It's still fun to find an old wheat cent. I'm wishing we could be out there hunting with the rest, but for now, the ground is still quite froze. Larry stuck a screwdriver in the ground yesterday and it only went in 1". Just not enough thawing yet. Congrats on your 1800's silver dime. HH and I wish you many more wonderful finds, Nancy