Congratulations my new friend.
My favorite coin that I have ever pulled out of the ground was a "Half Dime" from 1858" I am sure that you can see it through my pictures stored on this site if they are still there. I am sure that your quarter is on the seated liberty type. We Americans don't have the opportunity to find coins older than three or four hundred years old unless it is loot from pirates, etc. These kinds of coins can make my year for me.
I know that my half dime was sold for $22,000 US in perfect condition but mine was so messed up that it's edges were nearly sharp and I had to take two, not just one, bends out of it.
It is still my favorite coin by far. I don't know what you used to find your silver but if your unit is as cheap (relatively) as mine, you would have registered this little half dime as more than one target and might have passed it up for trash. I strongly recommend that if you are finding coins in that time range that you dig up things that don't show a constant target because of that very coin. More expensive detectors might not have had that issue though.
Posted on: March 03, 2012, 10:20:12 PM
"Yea, some places have little to no trace of past activities but did at one time or another."
Homefire, that is one of the most intrigueing things about our hobby. I live in an area that has swamps where things change so constantly that research is just the beginning of what I do to find new spots.l Sometimes I actually google earth the cane field to find clumps of trees where once stood houses. Other times, an out of place huge Oak tree might tell me that an old house may have been there.
Our hobby goes very deep so to speak.
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