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2020 was a forgettable year but, strangely enough, it was my best year of metal detecting finds in 50 years despite taking 2 months off for Covid restrictions. Being fully retired now has given me time to go detecting more often and time to learn how to better use my favorite detectors- Equinox 800 and TDI Beachhunter. I don't remember a year when it seemed that the finds just kept on getting better and better culminating with the find of a lifetime at the year's end. I did my yearly summary a bit early since I don't know if I'll get out again this year. Hope you enjoy it! Happy Holidays! GL&HH!

I had one standout deep hole, it was also my largest nugget! In Gold Basin I was walking back to to truck to meet up with my buddy Dave. Moving quick but still detecting. I had done pretty well already with a few nuggets, but more is always better lol. I decided to hit a bench in a wash where we had found a few good nuggets. I run my GPZ very hot so I am used to a bunch of noise. I heard something I thought was ground noise, so I ran the coil over again. Nothing convincing. I almost walked away but did a boot scrape, still wasn't convinced. Another boot scrape, and I almost walked away again, but the bench looked good, a bit behind some raised bedrock. It wasn't till the 2nd dig with my pick that I was convinced it was a repeatable signal. After a couple of digs, it started getting really loud, so now I was convinced it was trash lol. Already down about 18 inches i figured I might as well finish up. Around the 2ft+ mark I hit a hard pack, and started getting a little excited. Absolutely screaming now, the next dig got it out of the hole. I could immediately feel the weight in my scoup. It was a 1.4 Oz specimen, mostly gold.!! Got to dig all targets!! Thats a bunks large pick in hole, not sure it was even in bottom of the hole! Thanks Chris

Hello Everyone, First, wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New year, it's less than a week away. I haven't been out much, nor doing any videos. I figured I probably need to toss something on my YouTube Channel before I lost all my Subscribers.... LOL This spot a friend and I have been working on and off for over a year. It's a dry wash bottom and we are placering it. We are removing the large boulders and gravel and trying to work the bedrock for nuggets. In some spots we have attempted to vacuum up the gravels on bedrock and dry wash them, but to be honest the results were not hot. Sometimes when you're into large gold nuggets, you don't have a ton of fine gold. I'm not honestly sure if it was to do with the particular mining district and geology, but over the years we never found a lot of fine gold or small flakes/pickers to make it worth all the effort of Dry washing. It's seems more productive for the time we have to work it, to just expose as much bedrock as possible and metal detect it very well. We normally use the GPZ 7000 or GPX 5000 as the primary detectors to cover the bedrock, but will pass back over the same areas much slower with the Minelab Gold Monster 1000. That being said, we normally don't miss much, as the small gold is just not there and the Gold Monster really don't clean up much. Well enough of the chit chat, here is the video. Hope you enjoy, if so, Subscribe to our YouTube Channel after watching to follow us. P.S. Nugget ended up being just shy of 1/4 ounce. Very dense, sluggy nugget gold is this area.

Today was short and good. While reading about the geology of rattlesnake mountain and getting sidetracked on the census report for the population of Virginia City and 1860 versus 1870, I came across the fact that there was like 11 Chinese people in 1860 recorded, and 711 or something in 1870. How long ago that was, and how bustling those streets must have been as it was as great as paris? Well today, not too far from Virginia City three new kids, half Chinese, could be added to that number. We were really only supposed to go out to deliver some Uber eats. However, sometimes it's really hard to focus when you have the GPC 7000 and Fisher 75 in the car for easy access. Telling adventures of the mountain climb yesterday with their brave mother, we tried to go through the glorious spectacular Christmas lights decorated neighborhood, combing for that place we just visited. We found the park, which was much closer to the mountains then we parked yesterday, however the official park for some strange reason closed at 5:00. Anybody that knows the real power of the GPZ knows that it's very hard to turn off before 5:00. Rather than be trapped on the inside, we elected to park near the street within hiking distance. The full hearty at simple plan, was to run as fast as we could to the closest Mount ravine and just grab nuggets by the fistful. The children were good grabbing things they practiced on their great American Halloween for 2 years now. They had shovels and by other kids might be grabbing a pickaxe on minecraft, they had the real deal. They might have a lollipop in their mouth but their eye said they were hungry for gold. We quickly gathered the gear from the car grab the dog and sprinted across the meadow much like that famous guy Chevy Chase from National Lampoon's doing his wallet world Sprint. Unfortunately we had to slow down, my wife was sore from yesterday it was somewhat lagging behind, and my youngest son Apollo forgot to put his belt on and his pants were falling down almost, while he was wearing his brother's hiking shoes which were two and a half sizes too big. I had intended to take him out to buy some new shoes, however he will for Lee volunteered the shoe money to help us get that shiny GPz.... So, with the sun going down, the wife and dog crawling, and the pants that could barely stay up, I had no choice. We quickly raised the detector in the air right there on the spot and did the noise cancellation and Ferris Middle ground balancing magical gold dance. After reading last night post after post after post in this forum, I finally came across the post that Steve wrote about the firmware upgrade containing the couple new functions which I completely did not operate correctly the first day. The one function in particular, allows you to cover more ground quickly... I guess that's the something your other something your other option. Thank God they use little graphical icons cuz I can't think of the exact name off the top of my head. So slowly walking through this field, remembering that the Basque people who live there once before and I guess in 1950 or something or sometime after there was a great flood that flooded the whole valley which is somewhat perplexing to me because it seems to be a desert so I have a hard time imagining a flood there Well I let my kids know that even though we couldn't make it to the ravine,there was a probability we collect nuggets, all the way back to the car before the sun went down. So in that rushed hour and a half, we hit and Dug three targets. And I didn't even I have to explain to the kids that each Target could be the largest nugget in Nevada history. I can tell they already knew. Well of course, it was rather fine display of used ammunition... The kids had a great time learning the siren calls of the GPZ 7000, how to do the silencing and ground balancing dance.. and that there's way more suspense digging in the ground than waiting at home to watch a new Netflix series. I can't wait to get out again, there's so many places that we're learning about. The recent episode of Jeff Williams taught us about the Oriental and thule canyon and gold point.... And after their first day out... They won't think of reading this form and the other gold prospecting forms as tough homework assignments, but rather a road to get their own goals. Because they all know they get to keep whatever gold they find. 2020 was pretty bad, 2021 is probably going to be a little bit worse, but I think the GPz s going to make it a lot better.. The fisher f75 will play its part, and hopefully we'll be able to pick up a used gold monster 1000... Eating the elephant bite by bite https://photos.app.goo.gl/SMvFJM5PDib7Vc7o6

This is my second time out with the AQ. Still getting to know it. My guess the ring was 8 to 10 inches. I hit it pretty easy. I also hit quarter, a lot of can slaw and hot rocks. I was running the unit in TONE mode most of the time. I really do like it.

Gerry, even though I'm ineligible to win the hat, I'm posting some ornaments that I like to deck the halls with anyway. Merry Xmas all!

Gerry and oneguy, you both have some outstanding specimens. Thanks for sharing! Merry Christmas to everyone else on the forum! Here's my 12 days of Christmas:

Kac .... you did a very educative test on three different detection situations ... Thanks.. If you specify the exact weight of rust, magnetite, and coal..and also the test conditions, then this test could be very easily standardized. And I was glad .. if you could standardize this test ..👍 Now to the test ... 1. Test - Masking with iron, rust .. or Hematite .. can strongly reduce the ID of a non-ferrous object and from the lower level of the ID limit .... at the lower limit of discrimination between iron and non-ferrous metals ... In this case, the high frequency can strongly help in such a detection situation ... 2. Test -Strongly mineralized mineralized in this case strongly increases the ID of the object ... and where medium and highly conductive objects in the small depths of the sea to pass into the iron zone ... it also applies to small less deep objects .. which you at VLF detectors will be displayed, for example, under the high ID 97-99 at the upper limit ... Non-iron zone, alo even go to the iron zone .. Some detectors are better built on such detection conditions .. and allow stable detection ... even if * the object ID will still be very high .. 3. ..Test ..Terain containing coke, coal, but also simulate saline strongly conductive detection field, where we can count the most terrain that contains a strong proportion of salt from agricultural fertilizers .. since this terrain is partially conductive / strongly similar to very fine Aluminum foil / in this case the object ID is averaged and the "ID" terrain "is averaged. In this case, high frequencies are much more prone to such a reduction in ID. On the contrary, low frequencies will be more resistant to such an ID shift ... The fact that these tests had an increased complexity compared to normal conditions is only a plus ... because this is how they will manifest themselves in a certain way ... and less well known detection characteristics of various detectors in situations that are very demanding ... This allows you to get to know the detector you are working with better ..., or they will allow you to find reliable settings of the detector for such detection situations. ........................................................................................................................................................................ Etrac and 1 gram gold brick at 15cm= 6" in Black Sand.. / 4.4% Magnetite /

Rust was 18g, magnetite, 17g and crushed coal 44 grams with fine to small pieces. I just happened to have a good chunk of coal I broke up and stuff in a baggie for the test and didn't worry too much as long as it didn't pick up on the detector and did it's job masking. Very good idea to standardize this and I agree will help people learn their machines and settings to best suit the conditions. Thanks

Been meaning to do this test for a while. I used 3 machines that have VDI. Multi Kruzer, AT Pro and Gold Racer. Test was done as follows: Plastic bin 5" high with masking materials above and targets placed directly below. 3 different masks were used: 1 rust, 2 magnetite, 3 crushed coal. All 3 placed into baggies to avoid miserable cleanup after and bags were layed flat with material distributed as even as possible within the bag. All machines set at 80% gain/sensitivity. the Multi Kruzer had the Super Fly coil which I kept on as it is most likely similar to the Simplex 11" and Amphibio stock 11" in performance and separation. AT Pro had stock 8 1/2 x 11 dd and the Gold Racer had the stock 5 1/2 x 10. The Multi Kruzer was run in 3 tone mode, AT Pro in Zero mode, and the Gold Racer in disc 1 with imask 1. I indicated "- -" where there was no ID on display but often especially on the Multi Kruzer there was clear audio of the object below. Targets were: Beaver Tail, US Nickel, 14k Gold Wedding Band, Square Tab, Pull Ring, Copper Penny, Silver Dime and Silver Quarter. This test is much more extreme than what you would typically run into in actual occurances but gives an idea on how machines respond. The masked materials gave little or no audio response but the mineral meters on the Kruzer and Racer were really high. This is important when out in the real world detecting to pay attention to the mineral meter if your machine has it then double check those targets as possibly being of value. Don't move on if you hear an iron grunt. Be nice to see similar tests with an Apex, Nox and Vanquish line up.

Thanks for the good info. I was aware of store and airport detectors and know not to linger around them. Just wonder about using a detector all day. Also was told not to keep my cell phone in my front left pocket. That leads me to wonder about Minelab batteries worn close to the pacemaker. I have mine on my back which will put it too close. Joe D. , Good to hear your 85 y. o. Dad gets along fine with his pacer. Does he metal detect? Steve, thanks for giving us this great forum resource. Much appreciated.

Ferrous range on the AT Pro and Gold Racer are 0-40. The Multi Kruzer is 0-15. I just used a 5" deep plastic parts bin but any ole plastic container should do fine. The parts bin just made it easier to swap targets out as it was open on one end. Nothing fancy just a means for me to try to be as consistant as I could. I'm sore the brains here on this forum can improve and make it more standardized. Targets I chose were as common as I could and as accessable as I could. I however didn't include the Chucky Cheeze token :), I'll save that for another day hehe

I still wonder though why a 12 in coil was chosen as the first model and not a 10 in one. It appears from all the feedback that a significantly smaller coil is the biggest need for GPZ users. Next to weight reduction and a bit more sensitivity, this would be the biggest buying reason for many. The 14 in stock already is a very good coil, so perhaps something that you absolutely can't do with that size coil would convince most to pay top dollar.

Hence the reason why I deliberately went to some quiet ground. 😕 It is a lot of money I agree and if unsure people should wait for more feedback from a greater variety of sources. Shouldn't be too long, there's 200 of them out there now. JP

I like it Caleb!👍👍 Welcome to the forum Charlie! This is the right place to learn about detectors, as well as all other forms of "treasure" hunting! Your detector is most likely a Chinese knockoff! But if it detects metal, use it and see what you can find! If you stay interested in the hobby, consult the detector recommendations on this forum for a more mainstream unit! There are plenty in all different price ranges and configurations! And we are all able to help you in that direction, if and when you are ready! This hobby can be a great adventure into much of the history that surrounds you in London! It should be fun and relaxing, not frustrating! Your equipment is a key part of that! Also, there should be several detecting clubs in your area to hook up and tag along with for permission hunts and such! They are also a great way to pick up used detectors and equipment, when the other members upgrade, etc...! Plus your learning will increase expidentially being in the field with experienced people! Wherever you go with this hobby, enjoy the ride! And all the people you will meet along the way! Good Luck! And keep us posted!!👍👍

Sorry, all the ones but the S mint coins and the 1877.I even got the 1864- L .There was one older park that gave up a good number and having a explorer in 2000 gave me an edge. I also got my only silver dollar in this park and over a 100 civil war mini balls plus a a US belt plate.I thought I would get a gold coin here put that did not pan out.

Sorry. They are open, but Felix is on vacation. If you want an RMA to return it let me know and I will get someone to send you on. I am raising the whole issue directly with Tom Walsh - the boss. This needs attention.

OneGuy - Snow pic is beautiful and so are some of those slugs.

Your body conducts electricity and as a conductive item your body can cause a detector to signal. The most sensitive detectors will pick up your empty hand waved under the coil. The detector you linked to appears to be a no name clone however, and it is impossible for me to say what is normal or not for a detector like that. But for now I'd say it sounds normal.

The number of failures in the field have been a disappointment. My theory (I have no inside info on how Fisher accounts for it) is that almost everything about this design is totally new to Fisher. That includes the components and the production process. They don’t have the long “learning curve” which they have with their other products behind them to find all the critical points in the device. Having trotted out my theory, I can add a fact that I know. They are treating every failure as an “escape” in their Quality System. Quality Management is well aware of each of the failures and they are being tracked and worked through the system to identify causes, effects and remedies.

It’s my understanding there were some coils sent to the US. A lot of dealers have only ordered small amounts and even then they didn’t get all they’d ordered because there was only so many to go around. (We only got a portion of our orders) NF have said on their web site there will be more models made in the future so if the 12” doesn’t meet your requirements hold off till a coil size they make does. COVID19, crazy world wide demand for coils during our winter and then crunch time leading up to Xmas have all added up to what was made available on the first production run. Bring on 2021 and a hopefully brighter future for all of us when the pall of COVID19 starts to loose its grip.😷😇 JP

Hello Mtron, Welcome to the forum! As with any medical device, or medication interactions, always consult your doctor! Now that we have that out of the way; Generally, only strong magnetic fields have the potential for causing issues with your pacemaker! Keep magnets, and metal detector coils away from your chest! It's the strength and proximity that is the issue! No more MRI's at the doctor either, more than likely! If you go through airport type security, inform TSA, or security of your pacemaker! They deal with this every day, and know the routine! You walk through magnetic fields all the time without even being aware they are there! Most big stores have them at their entry's and exits! Overhead power lines, appliances, etc... and they will have no effect on you! My father has had no issues at all with his; he's now 85! I'm sure there are at least a few on this forum that can verify what I've said! If all else fails, call your cardiologist(s) for definitive advice! He/they will be the final word! (I beleve in second opinions, when it comes to doctors)! Good Luck! And may you live long and prosper!👍👍

I agree with Mike H's opinion that this test has the major flaw that you're increasing air-gap to mimic a deeper coin. Problem number one is that it's not realistic, as you don't normally sweep your coil 6 inches off the ground. Problem number two is you're not being consistent - you've got one coil 6 inches above the ground, one close to it, so you've made multiple differences between tests, making a comparison almost impossible. And problem number 3 is the real flaw: adding air-depth plus coin depth together, and assuming this is equivalent to a deeper-buried coin, when it's not. When you hold a coil 6 inches above the ground, not only are you reducing the target signal, you're also reducing the ground signal. Your target signal may be reduced 20-fold, but your ground signal is reduced 5-fold as well. So you are proportionally-speaking making it easier for your detector. The ground signal a detector picks up is significant, and finding a deep coin can involve finding a target that's one-fiftieth the strength of the ground it's buried in. Seperating these two signals is what differentiates a 'deep' machine from a poor one. Tests that involve the same piece of undisturbed ground, and targets that are inserted through PVC tubes etc to varying depths, are fairly realistic. Obviously a properly-buried target is best, but that then means multiple coins at multiple depths in a test-garden. The subject of search-coil size vs performance on the F75 does interest me, as I have an F75. I saw no shortage of forum chat about how some larger coils worked well on the Tek T2, but those for the F75 always seemed disappointing. Eventually, I bought a Mars Tiger at a sensible price secondhand off eBay, so could evaluate one for myself. I was deeply unimpressed. No noticeable depth improvement over stock, and no tolerance to a small air-gap, either. So on any rough grass areas it was worse than stock. It very soon went back on eBay. ( it seemed well made and solid, with good strain-relief on the coil connector, and a little rubber boot to protect it )

Great job Robert, Awsome family outing! Keep up the good work!👍👍

Great to read the adventure of you and your family on these outings, and I wish you luck on your next hunts. You can always attach your photos here when you do your writing. Just drag them to the box where you write, or click on choose files. That will make it easier for people to see everything without having to go to an external link.

Since I have never heard of that brand, I would have to agree with Steve H. on this as he is the expert on more detectors than 3 leaf clovers on a hillside. Most detectors will do the same thing that you describe and I have read many times that it is normal for most of them. As long as it detects items in the ground well I really wouldn't worry to much about it. Since looking at the unit from the link you provided I also have to say it is some kind of knockoff, so be careful with the warranty on it. You get what you pay for and not any more than that. Good luck on your hunts and share some photos on your finds.

Had the same problem with mine back in October, but it was with my Threshold pot. Was getting intermitted static and the threshold kept going in and out, all the rest of the function still worked though. Eventually the threshold pretty much went out completely and was barely audible even with the nob turned all the way up. Felix @ Fisher took good care of me with the RMA, free shipping all the way around. Took about a month to get back from repair and sure enough the tech confirmed a faulty Threshold pot. I've taken it out to the beach once since I got it back and did an 8 hour hunt with it with no problems and all functions working as they should. I'll add that I never exposed my AQ's control box to water. Looks like there's a high failure rate with the pots they are using....I'm definitely gonna start using this machine more to make sure the rest of the pots are up to par.. On a side note, OBN's Big Boy Battery is a work of art! 👍

I also spent 3 years of my life field testing the GPZ 7000 for Minelab, people might want to steer well clear of that too. 😅

Man sorry to here that. I have heard little about issues with that machine. Not to rub salt in your wound, let me tell you about the Fisher AQ issues, FISHER PAID SHIPPING BOTH WAYS WITH ALL MY ISSUES !!! I tell you customer support is top of the line. Good luck with your MDT. The way to get around import fees where you are is Mark the package used or gift, otherwise ouch they get you good.

Thanks AMW, I should clarify that a couple of the lakes I hunt have levels that fluctuate seasonally and for maintenance. They are never fully drained. When they are low it allows me to get to areas that are normally covered by several feet of water.

For me, I only have issues with the shaft for the AQ. Both mine are a bit shaky I guess is a way to put it. One has a bad cam lock which will not tighten down leaving the pin to stop left and right wiggle. If you step on the coil and shift the handle left and right there is a lot of play. I’m used to something ridged. The MDT has about the best set up I have ever used in that respect. I think the electronics of the AQ is good, with occasional bad pots. I’m not sure how they slip by their inspection process ? It appears their quality control is lacking somewhat. It comes with quite a list of items on a check list so it is puzzling how a machine with no threshold could go out the doors ? There must be great pressure on the number of units per week in production. The headphones are not up to par either but I hear they will be changing in the future. As far as Fisher and Rick goes, nearly 40 years in this hobby, and the owner of umpteen different detectors, none, I mean none have come close to the response I have received with “my” personal issues. Their response time and attitudes have been the best by far. This machine has been a game changer for me myself and I would not hesitate to say for a beach hunter it is hard to beat. Keeping in mind it is a PI and if your not used to their operation there is a bit of a learning curve. In my opinion for 1500 bucks or so you are getting a bang for your bucks !!! Good luck everybody and Merry Christmas.

Isolated aluminum targets like a rolled up beavertail up average to the dime range in my ground with most any single frequency detector. Equinox does not nor did CTX. Adding a multifrequency unit to your test mix might be interesting.

The 1877 is very rare to find, my grandfather has 1 in his collection that he bought before I was born. The value has gone through the roof when they are in great condition.

Welcome Charlie, What type of detector do you have? That is the first thing we need to know as there are many types of detectors out there. I might be able to help you if it is the same as mine, if not I will let you know where to post your question for better help. Good luck!

Here's one ... CH

Hi Idaho gold Nice finds, thanks for sharing. I found these 2 with a GPX 5000 and a 25in mono coil in ground similar to the ground you were detecting in in central Australia The 32 was at 1180mm and the 21 was at 980mm mesuered. Both clear broad warble signals.

Well I'm finally joining up. I've lurked here numerous times and have read a lot of really great dig stories, and appreciate the valuable tips given by the experienced detectorists. I try to absorb all of that info, and apply it when MD'ing, but time doesn't allow for that to happen often enough....the good news (for me) is that retirement will happen in a few months...so no excuses after that. I'm located in Illinois and primarily detect on old farm/home sites. Good luck to all.

Thanks Mitchel, I hadn't really given it much thought but as I watch the video and kind of add up as I go along....maybe 8 or 9 ozs of 14k.

My pleasure ht, I'm glad you liked it. My only experience with retirement is in a Covid world so I'm looking forward to things getting back to "normal".

Thanks for the great display of finds. You are clearly on your way to mastering retirement, congratulations! ht

Congrats on a great year! (and the fat lady has not sang yet)LOL I see you staged "the" bracelet nicely! And retirement is way underrated too. I recommend it highly for all. It is nice to get out anytime you want and not around a schedule. Congrats again!!! Joe

Thanks Steve, I honestly think that it will difficult for me to top this year, not that I won't try. Everything just seemed to fall into place this year and most of my detecting decisions seemed to work out for the better. I suppose a Rolex watch, 2 carat diamond ring or gold coin would help though! 🙂

Montgomery Investment Management wrote in June this year that after speaking to Minelab management the GPX6000 would be priced at $8000 AUD - under the current price of the GPZ7000. With current exchange rates this would be $6000 US. But i have noticed that the US price for most Minelab detectors does not have a direct correlation with the Australian price and the exchange rate - the US price is usually more than this so with the GPZ7000 selling retail for around $8000 in US I am guessing a US price of between $6500 US and and $7000 US for the GPX6000. Currently there is no competition for Minelab in the elite gold detector category so i cant see them pricing the GPX6000 the same way as the Equinox which has numerous competitors. In my experience when you have no competitors in your market segment and you are offering a unique product you can command at least 20 to 30% more than if you had direct competition - the question would have been asked - how many more units would we sell priced at $7000AUD vs $8000AUD - i suspect very little. The Equinox pricing strategy was purely to gain market share (which worked) and an introduction to the Minelab brand so that there will be a flow on when customers wanted to upgrade to a gold detector - they are building brand loyalty.

Nice test , curious to see what would would have been the results of the deus or orx , which are really excellent in iron trash masking conditions ... I do not know either the kruzer , gold kruzer or at pro btw ...

Well ... I've got some skin in the game now. I consider it 'unfortunate' that I can't hear a threshold when I received it but I'll be 'ok' with a working unit after the New Year. The unit has been sent back as of today. I had an Equinox 800 fail on me and it had to be replaced because of a faulty switch. Switch happens. (Pun intended!) Mitchel

I’ve been fortunate to have got onto some pretty good very deep finds over the years, this one was good fun because two forum members were with me when we dug it out. Actually I could not have done it without their help because it was 2 feet into the calcrete with about a foot of homogeneous soil sitting over the top. Thanks Trent and Paul. 😇 From memory final weight was around 100 grams of metal, GPZ7000 with GPZ19 coil using High Yield/Normal. JP GPZ14 coil in the hole during pinpointing to give an idea of the depth.

Well, OK, guys. I'll put these on my list. Good news is that it's cold enough this week (highs around 35F = 2C) that I don't really want to go detecting. Bad news is that it's cold enough this week that I don't really want to do a lot of testing either! 😁 I actually used my White's TDI when I built the setup 2 (or is it 3?) years ago, but either something got added later or I just missed this target. My intent is not to clean the soil of its natural ferromagnetic content but simply to find that pesky piece of iron (and any others).

Actually these coins were not popular at all with the public back in the day. They were bulky and also heavy. The bulk of the silver dollars ended up sitting in bags, many uncirculated, on the bank floors. Then the meltdown came. Even after the mass meltdown of many silver dollars came and went there was still a ton of them "out there". In the numismatic arena....that's why there are so many MS60+ quality silver dollars out there. That fact there are so many silver dollars out there is also a big reason they are such a popular coin to collect. They are a very cool and affordable coin to collect because there's so many out there and quality ranges that people with a low budget can afford a "slider" and/or common dates to start and move up to higher quality coins in the future. Bottom line is there are tons of them out there because they were a very unpopular coin. The Barber coins were the workhorse of a lot of that era....and you'll notice it's a lot harder to find high quality Barbers because they were actually being used and not sitting in the banks in bags....

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