Big Boys Hobbies

First 45 minutes of the day a once in a lifetime find…. Then nothing but junk all day.

I know it isn’t that important to have it restored or even sent to pcgs but I want it to look good in my burgeoning collection.
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It's a very nice coin, I would do the same. Congrats!
 
cellrdwellr said:
Apparently if I ever want to dig a morgan, I need to move to WA :laughing: seems like almost every week someone out there finds one. I often wonder why that is? Settlers cashed in their small silvers for a bunch of big ones to save space possibly? I've only heard of one being found in my state, that's it. Obviously there has to have been more, but they are scarce to say the least. HUGE congrats!!!!!
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Yeah, what's up with Washington?
 
cellrdwellr said:
Apparently if I ever want to dig a morgan, I need to move to WA :laughing: seems like almost every week someone out there finds one. I often wonder why that is? Settlers cashed in their small silvers for a bunch of big ones to save space possibly? I've only heard of one being found in my state, that's it. Obviously there has to have been more, but they are scarce to say the least. HUGE congrats!!!!!
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There was more used of silver dollars west of the Mississippi. In the east the paper money was for dollars by the citizens.

Not sure why.

To the Original poster. That would have made my day, week, month. So you didn't find any other goodies. Probably to excited to concentrate on the rest of the hunt.
 
DiggingThePNW said:
Not on Facebook so Dan did show it excellent. I will never beat this. Would love to meet up with you guys maybe on a trip east of the mountains this coming summer.
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“I will never beat this”….yes, you will. As ASTRONOMICALLY unlikely as it seems….it just sure as hell doesn’t seem like it right now. As much as you guys hunt, SOMETHING will come up that will trump the Morgan. It ain’t gonna be easy! But it’ll happen. For NOW….it’s just one hell of a find.
 
DiggingThePNW said:
Was a solid 38. However I have had a half ring as high. So initially I thought half until we both passed over it again. And Dan has detected five times as long as me so after he confirmed I wasn’t shocked he was right.
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Awesome Morgan! Super stoked for you. Thanks for the target ID you shared. Your right about the halves... In my test garden, Walker halves also seem to be 38s. Hopefully some day I can get my coil over something like that in the real field!
 
maxxkatt said:
There was more used of silver dollars west of the Mississippi. In the east the paper money was for dollars by the citizens.

Not sure why.

To the Original poster. That would have made my day, week, month. So you didn't find any other goodies. Probably to excited to concentrate on the rest of the hunt.
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Yeah I definitely stopped for a bit. It was hard to focus after. Glad DirtFishingDan got silver too though. And his dog tax tag is awesome.
 
metaladdict said:
Oops, Welcome to the silver dollar club. :lol:
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Thanks I did find a barber half in same town earlier this summer with DirtFishingDan and another at a seeded hunt. Been an amazing year. I almost quit a year ago out of frustration but the seated half in January kept me going and I sure am glad it did.

Most of my goals I hit, some I increased and won’t hit like my 100 wheat goal. But been a great year. This spring or summer I am hitting some old spots in eastern Washington. I am currently researching that area
 
IDXMonster said:
“I will never beat this”….yes, you will. As ASTRONOMICALLY unlikely as it seems….it just sure as hell doesn’t seem like it right now. As much as you guys hunt, SOMETHING will come up that will trump the Morgan. It ain’t gonna be easy! But it’ll happen. For NOW….it’s just one hell of a find.
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I hope I do. Just really hard here. The history is not very old but people did bring old stuff with them on the trail and such. Hopefully my other bucket listers will be found once we head east. This was a huge bucket lister for me actually two in one. I wanted any silver dollar or any Carson City. I’m mainly hunting coins but there’s some relics out there I really want also. Having a hunting partner is definitely very key. About 2/3 I have found while with Dan. Without him this would of not been found by me.
 
CallMeGrey said:
Congrats on a HUGE bucket-lister!! I can only imagine finding one of those.
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Well if I found one anyone can if you just find some old spots. Gaia, historical aerials, books of local history all have been very helpful.
markinswpa said:
OUTSTANDING ! Dream find for sure. Congrats on the Morgan, can't get much better than that. Good luck, Mark
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Thanks mark it is my best and favorite find yet.
Foragist said:
Congrats on the big slab-o-silver coinage! ...and welcome to the club. Looking forward to seeing it "restored" and cased.
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A club I never thought I would join. I am sending in middle of this month then having a two sided frame made to Mount on my wall. Was gonna put it above our bed but wife wasn’t having that lol.
Bajanick said:
Nice Find, Congrats :thumbsup:
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Thank you.
Gimmie The Loot said:
Awesome Morgan! Super stoked for you. Thanks for the target ID you shared. Your right about the halves... In my test garden, Walker halves also seem to be 38s. Hopefully some day I can get my coil over something like that in the real field!
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No problem Dan called it. I thought half or can. But it was so tight I called him over as can was unlikely.
 
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