Sooper Dave
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So I went back last night to the new spot I got permission for on Saturday. I was still on a rush from all the awesome relics I dug then and was excited to get back there. I started out in a field next to the house and didn't get much but a fired Williams cleaner. So I went over to check out the back yard and it was the same just with more trash. Decided to hit the big front yard again but I went on a diagonal from the straight lines I did on Saturday. I dug a nice little horse bridal piece that is lead backed, a couple more bullets and a neat old button. I was digging any repeatable signal but was only coming up with trash. I got a mid tone and was expecting it to be another headstamp but looked more like a flat button. After a little cleaning it turns out to be an 1865 Farthing. That was a nice surprise but now it's getting dark. I worked the second half of the yard and the signals just stopped. I went over to the far left side of the yard where there is fill dirt and you can tell where a new drain line was put in. I got a great signal showing 12-47 9-47 on the Etrac but shallow. I cut my plug and sure enough the target pinpoints in the plug so I tear into the roots expecting another piece of trash when a big silver coin rolls out. I got excited when I saw that eagle and I knew I had just dug my first Seated Half Dollar! I took a bunch a pics the best I could with what little light I still had. I get up grinning from ear to ear and worked my way up the line when I got a nice 12-46 showing down about 5". I thought I just might have another silver but was probably a clad quarter. I dug a nice big plug and this time it pinpoints down deeper in the hole. Sure enough out rolls a silver quarter and the excitement grows as I can tell it's my first Seated quarter! Just in shock as I took pics in the dark and I could see the date of 1876. As I was driving home I was thinking how cool it would be if the quarter was a Carson City mint and you can just make out the CC. Both these coins are worn thin but they are amazing to me. I've been detecting off and on for over 25 years and to get a first is still a big deal to me as it was when I was starting out at 15. You get these coins or relics in your mind to dig and when it happens it's the best feeling. I never would have thought I would cross these two off my list on back to back holes. You just never know! HH-David
