Rattlehead
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My buddy James (DiggerDug) and I were out looking for some new places to hunt and he suggested that we go try an old park that was nearby. We weren't really expecting to find much but after only about 10 minutes of detecting James yells out that he got big silver.. A 1909 Barber half! So after seeing that, I was pretty excited about hunting there. Sure enough, the place was loaded with plenty more silver coins, some jewelry and even a couple of Civil War relics. I ended up with 8 silvers including a sterling ring. James got 8 silvers as well. A fun place to hunt for sure!
Anyway, one of my digs was pretty interesting.. Got a signal in the IHP range on my CTX (12-35) and popped out a thin silver disc about the diameter of a dime. It was paper thin, which explains why it was reading so low. I've found plenty of worn out dimes over the years but none of them looked like this. I think the coin had to be fairly thin to begin with, so maybe it's a Spanish silver? Its worn so bad that I can't find any identifying marks on it, so I guess I'll never know for sure.
Here's a few pics and a video for those who care to watch. You can see me live dig the coin at about 6:03.
Anyway, one of my digs was pretty interesting.. Got a signal in the IHP range on my CTX (12-35) and popped out a thin silver disc about the diameter of a dime. It was paper thin, which explains why it was reading so low. I've found plenty of worn out dimes over the years but none of them looked like this. I think the coin had to be fairly thin to begin with, so maybe it's a Spanish silver? Its worn so bad that I can't find any identifying marks on it, so I guess I'll never know for sure.
Here's a few pics and a video for those who care to watch. You can see me live dig the coin at about 6:03.
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