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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael Terry, post: 2446610, member: 76710&quot;]For all you metal detectors. To the people that think you can not find old coins out west, and the one&#039;s that think you&nbsp; can not find high grade coins in the Ground. Before moving to Alaska 40&nbsp; years ago, I lived in Colorado before moving up here.</p><p>I started metal detecting in CO in 1975, I joined a metal detecting club, and we would</p><p>Go to the SW States, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming.</p><p>I opened&nbsp; a metal Detecting Shop, Coin Shop, and Prospecting Shop Combined.</p><p>I know Arizona did not become a State until 1915. I found many coins from the time Peorid he is speaking of. I found half dimes, flying eagles, 3 cent pieces both nickel and silver, found everything</p><p>except a gold coin. Found CC Mints, O Mints, S Mints, D mints, every mint except the first one in Georgia. Oldest coin 1797 Large Cent. As far as condition goes, a lot of the soil in COLO Parks, old church&#039;s, schools, old amusement parks, swimming areas, places where people gathered, had a real dark soil almost black</p><p>and moist. The silver coins would come out in the condition they were lost.one of the rolls of half</p><p>Dimes that I have all have a hole in them, they were popular for women to wear on charm bracelets</p><p>Back in those days, Metal detected around the out side of the Denver mint, the state Capitol,</p><p>If you have ever read the book Titantic, Molly brown survived it, she had a mansion in Denver, I metal metal detected around that mansion. Her Husband made his millions from the Cripple Creek</p><p>Gold mines and there were many more just like it </p><p>In Colo Springs there was A Blvd called the Million Dollor Row, all Mansions from the Cripple</p><p>Creek Gold Mining. If you have ever heard of the Royal Gorge Bridge, it was not built until 1928, the first time that my Girl Friend I had at the time, we hiked along the railroad track from Canyon</p><p>City CO, to get under that bridge. It used to be famous back in the old days, when people got divorced they would toss their weeding rings off the bridge. We found so many coins that we could not carry them out, so we had to hide them and go back the next week to retrieve them. Many of them were from the 1800&#039;s even though the Bridge</p><p>did not open until 1928. I will not even go in to the gold and silver rings we found.</p><p>People back in those days would keep coins for years . One Sat morning in Pubelo at a place called</p><p>Mineral palace Park, between the street and side walk where at one time there use to be a bank a cross the street that had been torn down years before,</p><p>I dug a 1908-S quarter which I still have all my coins, the quarter looks like it was just came from the mint and some one walked across the street and dropped it. It is a semi-key date, look it up</p><p>In the red book. As far as coin shooting goes I was lucky and hit it just at the right time. I know there is no way you could get away with it now. So you can find a gem coin any&nbsp; time, you just</p><p>Never know where or when. It is not like it use to be, but to all you metal detecting guys do your research and you can still find a nice coin here and there. I spent the late 1990&#039;s going to Arizona</p><p>Nugget hunting.I will not go into that now, but I must have been lucky. I did real well, Lost treasure</p><p>did two articles on my nugget hunting. One more thing to you coin shooting guys, if you go to your</p><p>Local news papers and ask to look at their old micro fish, you will be surprised at how many</p><p>Places that people use to go and hang out that people have forgot all about, and don&#039;t forget</p><p>to check all of the old swimming holes.&nbsp; Due to my health and age 2002 was the last year I was able to metal detect. Also if any of you live near ski slopes hit them early spring. I have found about anything you can think of under te ski lifts. Good luck to all, glad to hear that some of you are still detecting.DAV-ALASKA-MIKE.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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