relic ray

5 hours ago, EL NINO77 said:

 Relic Ray,,,,everyone has their required coin .....  Finding the first one is the hardest ........but that moment ... finding it ... you will remember it positively for the rest of your life ,,,

... then it's usually easier to find I wish you another successful detection ..👍

Oh yeah. I will remember this like FOREVER!!! 

When it popped out of the ground. and I mean it literally flew out of the dirt and seeing it, it is indescribable. Words cannot describe what I felt. 

19 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Wow. That must have made a lot of noise. 👍 Great find!

It made a very loud high noise VDI 38. I thought, yeah, a soda can, but because the ground was fairly quiet, of course I had to dig it.. And of course, I'm glad I did. 

4 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

Great find for you, I know that the Nox hit that hard and loud.

What was the number that it rang up as?

Good luck on your next hunt.

The numbers were very high around 38 to 40.

People come up to me and ask me what I've found over the years. My usual response is: "Well, I haven't found a gold coin or a silver dollar." Well, as of yesterday, I can cut that statement in half. I found an 1880 silver dollar.
After 20 years of detecting, I finally found one. My knees buckled and my legs shook and I would imagine my heart rate was off the charts.
was about 6 inches deep and 3 feet from a road that was a major east west road and trading posts back in the 1800's. It was also known as the Honey Moon trail because newly Weds would take it to Niagara Falls by carriage.
Found with a NOX 800, all metal mode, max sensitivity, FE 6 Park 1

22 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

Nice find, so now go out and get a real American 1/2 cent coin.

Just kidding, good luck on your next outing.

That's on my bucket list, along with a silver dollar and a gold coin. Hee hee, the last two are on everyone's bucket list..

It is the coin allignment.

Ok ok I know, the last time I posted that I found a half cent, it turned out that it was a V NicKLE.

But yesterday I found an 1852 half cent, except it is a Canadian coin. What's really interesting is that I got out of my car, walked 30 feet, put the coil to the ground, and bang, there it was. This is a rugged hilly and full of trees 1000 acre park. The odds huh!

But why would a nickel come out of the ground with a green patina? Also, that coin was slightly larger than a nickel and it was also thinner than a nickel.  Hmmm, a real conundrum.

Ok, I looked closely at both coins. I guess I have to admit it is DEFINTELY looking like a V NicKLE.  My coin fame has been shattered.  Gee, thanks everyone.😐

It is DEFINTELY a half cent.  With a jewelers loop the numbers 180 are clearly visible. Up until 1808 the bust was looking to the right. She began looking to the left in 1809. 

You mentioned stars. Yes, there are STARS over the bust in a half cent.

A V NicKLE????? NO! Not even close.

Several days ago I found a 1809 half cent. I detect usually with 3 other people. Two of them have 20 years each and the third has 45 years hunting. None of them has ever found a half cent. They are calling it the find of the year. Maybe the find of a lifetime.

The day before I found a 1902 barber dime and a 1916 Canadian dime within 20 feet of the half cent.

Here are the pics.

Now the half cent is in lousy condition but enough detail to ID it. I didn't show the reverse of the half cent. Nothing there except the hint of a wreath.

1 hour ago, F350Platinum said:

What a score! 👍

What detector are you using? Can't imagine what that sort of find would sound like.

I have a nox 800. Been using it should since January. Before that an AT Pro and a  Simplex + and a Fisher F75. 

Yeah, the signals sounded like can slaw. 

Oh yeah. My heart was in my throat. It took me about 20 minutes to recover all the coins. The deeper I went, the older the coins. I became more and more excited. 

Two years ago, I found 104 nickels in a single hole. No key dates. No bank wrappers. Just nickels. 

But today I found at 4 inches or so 26 memorials (all copper of course). Deeper down, 23 Wheaties, 2 nickels, and 3 Rosie's, and a Merc. The hole became deeper then my pro pin pointer was long. At least 11 inches deep. And yesterday (Saturday)  nearby, I found this 1937 silver half in immaculate condition. 

Yesterday I 

4 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

Fantastic condition on your find, great job on finding it.

Good luck on your next hunt and have a good weekend.

Thanks and have a good weekend to. 

1 hour ago, Dances With Doves said:

Relic  Ray strikes again !That is a great find Ray. We hunted    in  the   woods on a hill in the middle of the city.A bird watchers  oasis of 100 acres.

Hey Dances With Doves. Thanks for the heads up. I find a few good coins now and then. But Dances finds silver coins like a bank robber. Dances has found 60 or so silver coins just this year so far. He is uncanny at finding silver. His mind and detector are as one. Scary stuff for sure. 

10 minutes after I started detecting today I found an 1827 Large cent. My oldest Large cent up to this point was an 1847 and this 1827 is in way better condition than that one. 

I found this huge lead ball on Saturday. I have a standard musket ball fired from French muskets back in 1677.  I am using that and a dime for comparison purposes. If anyone has any idea what this huge lead ball was used for please let me know. 

Thanks

Also on Sunday I found a 1916 merc. 

Hi Clad Hopper. Yeah, I think you're right. The bell is so huge I doubt it would be for a house door. Likey the flour mill used it to signal its workers for this or that, ALA "Lunch is over get your butts back to work."

Yeah, it was loud and high toned. I figured it was just another soda/beer can. But I was very deep in the woods following a very old and obscure path and I was surrounded by thorn bushes and under growth. So then I thought who in their right mind would be drinking here, after all, I had gone where no one had gone before, at least no one for a very very long time. 

I dug it and there it was. 

Thanks Dances with Doves

Yesterday I and some friends were detecting a very old park. There were 3 flour Mills there dating back to 1850. I found a bell dating to Sept 8, 1863. Likely a bell to one of the flour Mills. The bell is almost 5 inches in diameter. I also found two dimes, 1907 and 1876. The 1876 has a CC mint mark ALA Carson City.

Finally a few weeks ago in a different park I found a 1909 half dollar. 

All of this with my new Equinox 800. 

2 hours ago, Againstmywill said:

Awesome find; thanks for sharing! Do you remember what number the id was?

The VDI read between 20 and 22. Smaller gold rings I tested were I'm the 10 to 12 range. 

I received my Equinox this past Saturday. Put it together did the update and took it for a walk in a park early Sunday afternoon. Within 10 minutes of turning it on I dug a massive gold ring. 10k 25.3 grams. UNBELIEVABLE! The internet says it's worth 630 dollars. Amazing. 2 thirds of the cost of the 800 was paid off in my 1st find. 

Anyone know what those strange markings are on the ring?