Beginner's luck-Silver Cache !!

[Digger_O'Dell]

After having only purchased my X-Terra 705 a few days before and getting a little practice in the grass outside my door I was chomping at the bit to try someplace a bit more promising. So it was out to an old abandoned farm where only some field-stone barn walls and partially exposed home foundation were left. After ground balancing and trying to figure out how to navigate the detector through some tall grass I started finding a lot of old junk-nails, door hinges, rusty pipe, etc. But once I hit an area just outside one corner of the house I picked up what I now know as a great signal. First dig and I popped up a Barber dime!
Now with the excitement going I started looking more carefully and looking for those "good" tones. It wasn't long, or very far from where I found the Barber that I came upon another spot where it seemed to give off another good signal, but in rapid succession around a fairly large area-a circle maybe 4 foot in diameter. So I started digging carefully thinking maybe I found some coiled fence wire when suddenly I exposed a Mercury dime. Checking the area again and pinpointed another spot an inch or so away up pops another Merc! Then another, and another....eventually pulling out a total of 26 Mercs and another Barber. Many of the Mercs were encased in air tight damp red clay and were perfectly preserved-looking uncirculated and shiny as the day they came out of the mint.
That's what I call beginner's luck!

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[Skamaniac]

Wow! Not much else I can say. That pretty much covers it! A big congrats on your beginners luck!

[The Rebel]

That's an awesome hunt that many of us dream of. Go back & hit that place even harder. There will be more coins from that cache!

[aloldstuff]

:shocked05::wow: Yup you gotta go back.

[del]

that is a very unexpected but exciting find , congrats on the dime cache :cheering:

Dan

[freemindstuck]

Wow, :perfect10: very cool! What is the range of dates on the coins? I've always wanted to find a cache but it is still on my bucket list.
:congrats:

[Pacivilwarluke]

No kidding!! That's awesome, yep, now you're hooked!!

[Bucknut]

What a dream! Maybe there are other caches there?

[RIdirtdigger]

Wow, great cache. Still looking to find one lol. Awesome finds!!!!!!

[Digger_O'Dell]

I searched that place over spending maybe 8 hours there and as far as I can tell nothing left but junk-lots of old pipe, nails, etc. But I have hope that some of the other places I'm looking at going to soon will produce some even better finds!

[Restoring Your Finds]

Very nice !!!! Keep us posted on your next hunts ;)

[CyberSage]

Just Fantastic! A 28 Silver Day 1st time out with the new detector! :shocked05: Congratulations Digger_O'Dell !!!

[Digger_O'Dell]

Thanks everyone!
Think I located the site of what was a saw mill and grist mill circa 1840, along with the site of the original stage coach stop/tavern nearby. Hoping I can find something there-lots of potential if I'm the first on those sites.

[MIKE54]

Welcome to the forum. That's a great start and a fabulous hunt!!

[Dan]

Congrats on a amazing group of ladies! You need to go over that site again..and again!:grin:

Dan

[wisconsin digger]

WOW that's going to be a tough one to beat. Great find. Maybe we'll cross paths down the way Wisconsin Digger

[Dime-O-Mite]

Wow...just wow!:notworthy:

[Isaac]

Thanks everyone!
Think I located the site of what was a saw mill and grist mill circa 1840, along with the site of the original stage coach stop/tavern nearby. Hoping I can find something there-lots of potential if I'm the first on those sites.


Sounds like a honey hole to me. NICEEE!

[donald sutphin]

The mercs are coming the mercs are coming ,no dummy it was the british oh well i still say the mercs where.

[Snapolson]

26 silvers in one hunt!! Freakin' amazing! Congrats man!

[Digger_O'Dell]

26 silvers in one hunt!! Freakin' amazing! Congrats man!

Thanks much, very lucky find for sure. Though it was actually 28 silvers: 26 Mercs and 2 Barbers

[BKM]

Wow, 28 silvers is a good YEAR for a lot of people.

What a hunt, big congrats!

[Digger_O'Dell]

Thanks everyone! Lots of firsts to have now that I'm back into detecting and now with something that detects things other than nails-lol. Recently got first wheatie, first silver rosie, first ring, first 19th century relic...list is expanding fast!

[leslie(nova scotia)]

That is a super intro into the hobby!