New digging tool...and some finds...FIRST SILVER!!!

[steamer70]

Hey guys,
Since I dont have much to spend on MD'ing,I am always looking for a deal.....I found this digger at a certain home improvement store for the whopping price of $12.98.......it is built like a tank,12 inches long,saw blade on one side and knife sharp blade on the other,it beats the little hand trowel I was using...
Tonight I went to a old house(built in the mid 1800s),partially burnt down back in the 50s and the family is fighting over the property,but my wife is a nurse and she was helping this old dude(89),and he said he knew the family,he said he would call them and see if I could go scan the place,well he called me tonight and said long as I dont mess around in the storage shed,and filled the holes up after I had free access when ever I wanted,welllll... I couldnt wait and went over there about midnight for about 30 min with the ace 250,and one of those flashlight that you strap to your noggin,lmao....and I FOUND SILVER!!!!! not only that I found two of the oldest coins I ever held...1866 3 cent piece and a 1863 Indian head,both have seen better days,but that will happen when your 140+ years old...I dont care anyway,I am thrilled...

 

[metalhead]

Totally awesome dude!Congrats on the terrific finds!Happy Hunting!

 

[Adrian SS]

G/Day steamer70,
I managed to snag one of those diggers a few months back, works real well and dosn't seem to wear out. good value.
Adrian SS

 

[flash5153]

Sweeet finds, the three cent is a super great find.Looks like a full Liberty too. They have eluded me to date.Thats going to be a great place to hunt it seems.
Good Luck

Where you get that digger?Home depot? I need one.

 

[cwilk]

but that three cent piece is copper-nickel, not silver. Still it is a very rare find and in great condition. I bet most treasure hunters never find one and if I did it would be more precious than silver in my eyes.

Chris

 

[jasper12]

Sweet finds you have there.I have the exact same digger myself but had to grind the forked tongue off.(Didn't like it) but it is pretty tough

 

[flash5153]

cwilk.... you are wrong about that. It is .900 silver and .100 copper.

 

[SandCat]

Nice finds

I like that digger...I need me one.

 

[steamer70]

thanks guys...It dosent matter to me if it silver or not,it is awesome regardless...

 

[jcooking]

Great find, way to go!!

 

[Wolfdog]

I would be in heaven if I found one of those,great finds

 

[flash5153]

Well,,, my bad. Sry, I just looked again. .750 copper and .250 nickle

That coin is in super shape for being in the ground.

 

[steamer70]

funny thing is I almost didnt even dig it,it kept bouncing from peny...dime...penny dime....so just in case I dug,6 inches down,pulled out the dirt and scan the hole and nothing,tried the pinpointer...nothin, check the dirt out of the hole...bingo!!!! found the penny,filled the hole and scanned it again before I put the plug back and got another beep again,this time just penny????pinpointed the dirt in the hole and bingo!!!! the 3 cent piece...crazy ...
I cant wait to go back this weekend

 

[TURNMASTER]

That 3c is awsome! Congrats

I have the some digger. I did not like the fork either. Don't grind it off though. I filled mine with a diamond shaped piece of stainless steel and had our welder weld it together. Works even better than it did and has about another 3/4 inch of depth!

Find ya a guy with a TIG and trade him a couple of Wheats or a 6 pack

HH
Jeff

 

[Stix]

That 3 cent peice is awesome WTG great finds!!!!!

 

[garthbfan]

WTG steamer awesome finds!!

 

[RickIowa2009]

Great finds my friend

 

[RickIowa2009]

You did really did well, I wish I had an old coin like that, m y oldest so far is a 1904 indian head! congratulations

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

n/t

 

[jimmy jam]

i would dig everything. great finds.