Againstmywill Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Back out to the football field this morning for 1 1/2 hours. It had rained yesterday, so the ground was great for depth today. There was a spot that had about 5 pennies that were down at about 9 inches. Each of them was caked with sandy dirt, so I didn't want to rub them to pieces. I thought they might be wheats, but was not sure (I think only one is a wheat). In the same 9 ft. square area I got a 36-37 ID on the Equinox using 50 tones. It also was as deep as the pennies. This find is my first ever silver half dollar! It is not really pretty, but it is silver! It cleaned up fairly well using baking soda and aluminum followed by aluminum polish that I had around for headlight restoration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. MI Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Nice find. Those are hard to find detecting. Where I'm at silver comes out of the ground silver. In the water it comes out black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Againstmywill Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 14 minutes ago, Rick N. MI said: Where I'm at silver comes out of the ground silver. In the water it comes out black. The "soil" I'm detecting in shows signs of having been taken from the salt water, or in the salt water, at some point. There are still large shells located in the sandy mix. That may be why the coin is so crusty looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kac Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Should still clean up nice. Great find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Againstmywill Posted June 3, 2020 Author Share Posted June 3, 2020 9 minutes ago, kac said: Should still clean up nice. Baking soda, aluminum foil, and boiling water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Valen Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Great find and it should really clean up nice. Good luck on your next hunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 I was re-reading my silver cleaning formulas again yesterday and they added a new one on cleaning I had not see before. After you have cleaned this real dirty one with the aluminum foil method of choice let it soak in ketchup! I'm doing that with the watch band I found. Seems to help with some of the color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Gillespie Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Very nice silver. I can say, I have never saw silver look like that out of the ground. Almost like it has toned. Nice though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Againstmywill Posted June 3, 2020 Author Share Posted June 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Mark Gillespie said: I can say, I have never saw silver look like that out of the ground. I was surprised myself. In fact, I thought it was a clad and only saw the date when I brought it home and washed it off with water. It had been there a while soaking in the sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 19 hours ago, Againstmywill said: The "soil" I'm detecting in shows signs of having been taken from the salt water, or in the salt water, at some point. There are still large shells located in the sandy mix. Ugh. And grass still grows in it, at least well enough for a football field, which often is pretty demanding application? Nice find otherwise. Is it possible they brought the coins in with the sand when they backfilled the football field? More likely they were just dropped there since, though, unless the backfill occurred after ~1970. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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