1st Silver Coin Of The Year

[glacialgold]

...and only my second one, ever.

1956-D Roosevelt, so nothing special. Still a thrill to pop out of the hole, however, especially given the only other silver coin I've pulled is a deep 1963 Roosevelt in my own backyard when testing out my new Nox 800 a year-and-a-half ago.

This one came out of a schoolyard on a quick hunt on the way to the grocery store. It's been so rainy here, I figured it was a prime time for the Park M3 setting on the Legend to go deep in the soggy ground. I've been over the area before a few times and it's yielded plenty of clad and kid jewely (a few have been silver rings, however), and also a couple stray wheaties.

Today was a pleasant surprise digging out an actual silver coin -- I was starting to think I was suffering from some of silver repellent curse. Also found a few clads and a mangled junk ring (not pictured) and usual pull tab and pencil eraser culprits.

Here's to more silver in 2024!

[JCR]

I like M3 in a lot of situations.  Nice find.