I am going into my third season of detecting and yesterday found my first ever silver coin, a 1964 quarter. In the same hole with it was a 1965 quarter and the difference in condition was considerable. The silver quarter shines like new while the other is quite dingy.I see on the forum that a lot of people find a good number of silver coins and I envy that and hope to find more in the future now that I've broken the curse.