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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 24861331, member: 10461"]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.)</p><p><br /></p><p>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.)</p><p><br /></p><p>What a wonderful thing to have a club of like-minded fellows. Some of my happiest days were spent out there, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/diggers-diary-flashback-the-london-street-coinshooting-adventure-december-2007.287808/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/diggers-diary-flashback-the-london-street-coinshooting-adventure-december-2007.287808/">putting the coil to the soil with buddies</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>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...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 24861331, member: 10461"]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, [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/diggers-diary-flashback-the-london-street-coinshooting-adventure-december-2007.287808/']putting the coil to the soil with buddies[/URL]. 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...[/QUOTE]
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