Metal Detecting - Today I LOST my title of Silver King :(

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  1. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Hello everyone,
    Welcome to my 63,000 likes celebration thread!
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    I would like to thank @Heavymetal for helping me reach that goal!
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    Well it actually happened today. My title of Silver Coin finds King which I have held for about 5 years, was taken away from me by one of the members of our Metal Detecting club - The Dirty Diggin Nuts

    Joe Spinz went out today and found his first ever Franklin Half Silver! He also found 3 other silver coins. That made his total for 2023 of 51 silvers.. I was ahead all year but reached only 48 silver coins.
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    I have the flu so I've been stuck indoors for the past 3 days :arghh:

    Congratulations to my buddy Joey Spinela for the club silver King title for 2023! He's the dude on the right :D
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    My biggest silver total was 116 a few years ago.
     
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  3. Heavymetal

    Heavymetal Supporter! Supporter

    Congrats to Joey. Seek and ye shall find
     
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  4. Mr.Q

    Mr.Q Well-Known Member

    It's not even the end of the year yet and I have to congratulate you again. Bah-Hum-Bug!
     
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  5. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

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  6. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Congratulations to Joey for dethroning you. I west you the best in recovery from the flu. If you can get out you may find 3 or 4 and become the Silver King again. After all you have 7 days left in the year. Sorry you were knocked out of that spot but there’s always next year.
     
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  7. -jeffB

    -jeffB Greshams LEO Supporter

    Yeah, get better soon! (Looks like some good digging weather coming next weekend...?)
     
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  9. Mainebill

    Mainebill Bethany Danielle

    Congratulations to Joey and get better soon
     
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  10. Jersey magic man

    Jersey magic man Supporter! Supporter

    I hope your illness clears up quickly and does not interfere with your having a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
     
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  11. JPD3

    JPD3 Well-Known Member

    Salud on the 63 K likes !
    Espero que te mejores pronto.
    I understand you're trying to lose some kilos,
    but since it's the holidays,
    a poquito quesito y coquito can be forgiven.
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  12. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Get better! 48 silvers in a year is respectable, even if it didn't quite put you on top. You've had a good year! What's your cumulative grand total so far? I forget offhand how I did in all my diggin' days, but think I got close to the 200 mark as far as silvers go. I know I dug more than a roll's worth (50+) Mercury dimes. (Never got tired of those, either.)

    Congrats to Joe Spinz for his Franklin half. In all my diggin' days, I only found one (a 1952, dug in Neptune Park, St. Simons Island, GA, near where there used to be an old Ferris Wheel). Congrats also to Joey Spinela for the Silver King title victory! He only narrowly beat you. (I note from his cap that he's a member of the Garrett Mafia, as I used to be.)

    What a wonderful thing to have a club of like-minded fellows. Some of my happiest days were spent out there, putting the coil to the soil with buddies.

    Best of luck for 2024, and here's hopin' that one day you'll roll that plug over and a gold quarter-eagle or half-eagle will pop out! You know they're out there...
     
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  13. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    @JPD3
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