Tons of Silver! 19th Century Gold! Victorian Gold! What a Month So Far!

[The Rebel]

WOW! Amazing Year for sure & off to an awesome start as well!

 

[Briman05]

that is a nice pile of silver

 

[John W.H.]

Oh man, Killer finds!! Congrats! HH

 

[BUZZ WILSON]

Dang bud, thats a nice haul.

 

[jack&jill]

For what is to be a relaxing year Dan you have not lost the touch. Congrats on all the Gold and Silver on a super first report of 2016. Jack

 

[Raphis]

Wowzers!!!

Thanks, Joe! Appreciate the reply!

Dang great haul Dan love the old gold! HH

Thanks, Jeff!

Holy Moly, it just keeps getting better........

Next time you pillage down near San Diego, you should give a holler. I promise I can't get anywhere close to your 18" depth, so your gold is safe.....

Thanks, Sean! I'll be sure to give you a heads up if I make the drive down South!

I need to move to the Left Coast It's simply outrageous, Dan...the amount of silver and vintage gold you've recovered already this season...congrats and keep it up!

Thanks, Bruce! Yeah, it has been a truly epic start for me. My buddies, Jason and John, are having epic/unprecedented starts to the year also.

Insane hunting!! Great finds as always! Congrats!

Thank, Metal, for the reply! Continued success to you! Stay safe if you're in the path of this epic East coast storm!

 

[Raphis]

Congrats on an epic start to 2016 Dan! Congrats on all the finds especially the gold. I am still surprised on those to hunts we had and couldn't believe all the oldies we were pulling from those two pounded spots. Looking forward to another fun year of hunting.
Jason

Thanks, Jason! The surprises keep coming this year, huh? I'm sure you're adrenaline is still flowing after last night's hunt!

Wow! Love the Gold! Congrats on one heck of a start to 2016!

Thanks, John! Stay safe with the historic winter storm coming your way!

I'll say it once and I'll say it again, you are the man Dan!

and that's a rhyme!

Holy crapola your gold is insane! those are all super beautiful rings buddy. almost 10 grams in that one ring... wow! that's like $200 Melt. that one ring is so yellow I thought it might be 18k.

as for having no goal, man. that's gotta be a relief after chasing your record.(as soon as you realized how close you were.)

I also decided on not having a goal, in my first 4 1/2ish months(of educated hunting) I did 140 Silver coins, so that gives me plenty of time to relax and easily push past 140. Perhaps Quality over quantity will be my focus, either way, the good life.

Shame you didn't find the other piece of that Walker. Someone else probably got it shortly after it was chopped by a lawn-mower.

Great thread, amazing job Dan, looking forward to seeing some more of your finds.

Mike

Thanks for the reply, Mike! Over the past 9 hunting years, I Usually have a downer year after a previous major quantity silver year, but this year has so far been the exception. I'm sure it will get much harder once the high grasses show up after this rainy season. The hunting conditions in the parks/beaches this month have been at their best, since I can remember for the past decade.

Congrats on some fantastic finds & a greater start for 2016!

Thanks for the reply, and continued success with your new machine!

Between you and Jason, you guys are going to cause the next big California Quake, what with all the silver you guys are sucking out of the ground!!

I think we are, Ron!! Jason and I have combined for 103 silver coins in the past 21 days! I'm still racking my brain, trying to figure out what just happened!

 

[Raphis]

Nice work indeed, keep up the good work, will be looking at your year total, super, Earl

Thanks for the reply, Earl! Best of luck to you this year!

That is one of the coolest rings with the blue stone!

Thanks, Metal! Yeah, it is one of my coolest of my ring finds. I'm certain I'll never find another one like it.

Picking up where you left off l see! Congrats.


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Thanks, Jerry! Yeah, I can't believe this month so far. Lights out hunting!

Wholey eff enn sheet man....

Wow

Omg

Wow

Congrats!

Speechless

6th photo, bottom right looks like a bolo tie end?

Man, holy smokes that's in incredible! Congrats!!!

Thanks for the reply, GS! I'm not sure what that piece is you were talking about (bolo tie end). I thought it was a cool piece of brass when I found it.

Fantastic finds to start up the year, that looks like a high quallity aquamarine stone, congrats, super nice photography also, what lighting technic do you use to get those results? Looking forward to your next post.

Thanks for the reply, Alex! Look for my PM.

Congrats on an awesome start to the new year that is a bunch of great looking stuff u recovered their awesome just awesome

Thanks for the reply donny d! Yeah, this year couldn't have gotten off to a better start for me.

 

[Raphis]

Woo hooo! Great to see your post Raph. Congrats on those Indians and what a gold haul . well all the silver and goodies also.
As a member of the frozen tundra team your post has been anxiously awaited.
I'm thinking we need to wait for a monsoon to hit your area for you to get a day off from hunting to post your piles of loot .
Just a curious question as I sit here pouring hot coffee into my thermose before I head out and drive 2 miles out onto the frozen lake with my truck in search of a walleye dinner.
I was wondering on a typical hunt for the day with Jam n the boys , what kind of clad totals your picking up ? Got to be any amaizing total year end on clad also. Don't worry I don't work for the IRS . just comparing my mere mortal numbers to your masterful hunting reports.
Please include a photo of some soft fluffy sand or nice green grass in your next report for those of us living in a black and white and grey world this time of year.
thanks and great report, Dew

Thanks for the reply, Dew! I didn't count my clad amount from last year. My yearly clad totals are pretty high, even though I'm not digging every "clad" target when I go hunting. I don't pass up any quarter signals, so I usually dig 20-40 quarters on an all day hunt. Some rare hunts at schoolyards, I have dug 100 quarters in a day, but that is usually not the norm. Also, at some super heavily hunted parks, there's little clad, and I would be lucky to find a few quarters, so it varies....but I'm usually finding well over 20 quarters for an all day hunt.

good night dude! hey can i just say that in late octpber/early november i said you would hit 800 silver coins

Thanks, Donnybrook! Yes, you did, and I wasn't thinking I would get that close to that number, but I did! Thanks for believing in me!

Jeeezzz man, 20 days and you beat many peoples year long haul... Keep it up!

Thanks, Zee! Yeah, it's just amazing the amount of old coinage that was lost in my area during the 40's-50's, and even more amazing how many old coins are still left in the ground here.

 

[Raphis]

WOW! Amazing Year for sure & off to an awesome start as well!

Thanks, Rebel, for the reply! Hope the finds keep coming!

that is a nice pile of silver

Thanks, Briman! Good luck to you this year!

Oh man, Killer finds!! Congrats! HH

Thanks, John! Appreciate the reply!

Dang bud, thats a nice haul.

Thanks for the reply, Buzz! Hope you're still finding some good stuff up North!

For what is to be a relaxing year Dan you have not lost the touch. Congrats on all the Gold and Silver on a super first report of 2016. Jack

Thanks, Jack! So far, I still have the magic touch! I'm finding it hard to relax, especially when the silver is committing suicide!

 

[Silver_Seeker]

Are you and Jamflicker the only two guys in SoCal with detectors?

 

[Raphis]

^ Jason and I are 2 out of a thousand So Cal hunters, but there's not 2 guys like us.