Three-Cent Silver Piece!

[Keith / Kirkpa / Steelers1985]

I decided to do a little detecting today in the "productive" small park. So, I loaded up my "trusty" XL-Pro and headed off. While driving to the site, I was going over in my mind the areas in the park that I knew had a lot of "junk" signals. Before I got out of my car, I already knew where I was going in the park, and how I was going to approach the area. I turned my detector on, ground-balanced it, set the threshold, and started to sweep with full concentration. A minute after turning my detector on I soon got a hit that got my attention. It was a faint reading that read "all-over" my meter. But, since the target pinpointed at 6", I decided to dig it. I dug a plug, popped it off and proceeded to scoop the dirt out. I was down to about 6" when I saw a coin-sized object in the hole; my heart started to race . I reached my hand in carefully and grabbed the object. It was now in my palm, and that was when I knew what I had found;Oh My God, in my hand was an 1853 Three-cent silver piece(my 1st): WOW ! I could not believe it. I had found this coin in a little under 2 mintues of turning my detector on. I am still waiting for the dream to end . I soon left after that and came home to clean it off. I will be heading back to that same area in the park VERY soon .

[PAPPY]

CONGRAT'S ON YOUR FIND !!!!

[JohnWPA]

AWESOME find there Keith....that has too be rare!!!

John

Spectacular FInd
That is one which would be the centerpiece of my collection!!!!!

[Mr.Silver]

Congrats on 3-cent silver I never found one of them just alot of the nickel 3-cent pieces.

Mr.Silver

[Keith / Kirkpa / Steelers1985]

Hey, guys, I did a bench test on this coin and just to let you know, it reads +38 VDI. On my Pro-XL it read at TABS. That just shows one to dig everything!