pulltabfreak
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finally found my first silver ,1959 Roosevelt
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silver
- Thread starter pulltabfreak
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PF,great find,as we all know a Silver coin is always nice.HH Ron
Critterhunter
New member
Off to a great start! I see you only registered days ago. If you are new to the hobby then you are coming up to speed nicely. Many guys, especially in this day and age where sites have been hit hard, take months to finally start popping silver. I'm just glad I got into the hobby back when it was still rather easy to pop those "easy" 6 or 7" silvers with no trash even around them. Those coins are pretty much gone these days for the most part, but luckily the Sovereign will find much deeper ones, and also ones badly masked by trash that aren't even all that deep.
IMO the worst thing a newbie can do is hunt a "dead" park site to cut their teeth. That might frustrate them real quick. Instead, I always recommend they hunt modern parks where clad is all over the place to learn the machine, or of course private property where the pickings are easy. After they get up to speed and sharpen their skills those "dead" old parks will give up the silver and other old coins thanks to their better skills and also the ability of the Sovereign to bring a spot back to life that others have long since given up on.
IMO the worst thing a newbie can do is hunt a "dead" park site to cut their teeth. That might frustrate them real quick. Instead, I always recommend they hunt modern parks where clad is all over the place to learn the machine, or of course private property where the pickings are easy. After they get up to speed and sharpen their skills those "dead" old parks will give up the silver and other old coins thanks to their better skills and also the ability of the Sovereign to bring a spot back to life that others have long since given up on.
GeorgeinSC
Well-known member
I found my first silver coin shortly after I purchased my GT. It was a 1939 quarter and it came out of the ground as pretty as the day that it was lost. My second silver coin was a 1906 quarter and it came out of the ground quite black. I don't know why one would turn color like that in the soil. Any thoughts on the color change? It was in a sandy area lying on a layer of clay. OH but it sounded so good on my GT.
Critterhunter
New member
I've dug silvers with not a speck of tarnish on them, and I've dug them so black you'd swear they were clad or worse. All depends on the soil. Part of it too I think is that if the coin is not exposed to much in the way of oxygen it will stay shiney. I've even read stories of silver on the beach coming out of always wet sand that was shiney, and within minutes turned purple due to the air exposure.
pulltabfreak
New member
Man, i have to say, i have always wanted to get into this Hobby since i was very young, just never really had the opportunity, . Also, the people , that enjoy this Hobby are some of the nicest ive ever met, always encouraging and willing to help out a new guy, So here is a big THANK YOU , i am so looking forward to some more hunts, Who knows what is out there to find? I am very fortunate to be able to hunt the high school grounds where i graduated , and to my knowledge no one has hunted here before me, or maybe they didnt have the right equipment, ! 
) Any how, thanks again , R
) Any how, thanks again , RCritterhunter
New member
Just remember, no spot is EVER hunted out. If any shallower metal object is anywhere in the coil's detection field you'll never even know a deeper old coin was there. That's the limits of VLF technology. Also, plenty of great finds that read lower on the scale then coins which 99% of hunters won't ever bother with. Even old silver can read as junk due to orientation in the ground, depth, minerals, masking, etc.