Hello everyone, For me this has been another great year for Metal Detecting. I had enough material to share 40 detecting threads on CoinTalk. I found 2 items from my bucket list one being my oldest dated coin of the year! My silver coin count for 2021 was 116 My silver coin count for 2022 was 90 47 Detected Coins in NYC 43 Detected at a Seeded Hunt in S Carolina (My buddies don't count the seeded coins but I think they are just a bit jealous ) Here are my top 6 finds/moments of 2022 April 3 - 1853 Seated Liberty Quarter Bucket Lister #1 My oldest US Coin find for 2022 May 1 - 1916 S Dime This was a heart stopper because I thought it was a D Mint Mark but it was an S May 18 - Nuggetnoggin Event in S Carolina I won a Garrett Apex Detector! 43 US Silver Coins May 21 - Trifecta of Silver Dimes Barber, Mercury and Roosevelt Silver! July 17 - Silver Thimble Bucket Lister #2 November 26 - 1919 Standing Liberty Quarter On this day I also found my most Indian Head Cents - 5 in total I thank you all for allowing me to share all of my finds this year and the past several years. If anyone is interested in looking at my past Metal Detecting threads just do a search for Metal Detecting under paddyman98 Have a wonderful New Year everyone and I hope to bring more exciting treasures for y'all My prayers is for better health and safety for everyone and myself (I need to lose 20lbs due to my High BP) God Bless you all!
Great year Ed. Looking forward to your 2023 season. I enjoy the stuff you find. My collection is basically from the wild.
I don't know what a "seeded hunt" is, but can't you tell that the ground has been disturbed? Or are they just hidden on the surface? Great finds for the year, thanks for posting, I always look at your threads.
They don't dig a hole then bury the coins. It's a special tool that looks like a long flathead screwdriver with a notch at the end. The coin is placed in the notch then pushed into the ground about 2 to 4 inches. They seeded 1000 different silver coins and dimes with counterstamped numbers the day before and had 1 person watch the entire field overnight until the event. 150 detectorists participated in the event. I found one clad dime with the number 19 counterstamped into in. That's how I won the metal detector. It was prize number 19
Ah, thanks. Must be some soft ground. Around here you'd need to pound that tool in with a sledgehammer.
You have a lot of nice finds. I wouldn’t even know where to start looking with a metal detector to find all that treasure. I have detected on some beaches but only find modern coins and sometimes cheap jewelry. Best I’ve ever found is a gold toe ring worth about $150. Not something I would use.
I thought about it. Since I scuba dive I have been in a lot of places that I would like to detect. My detector is a cheap one that I’ve had for years. I would need to get one that would work underwater.
Easy way to loose weight. Tie wounded tuna to swim fin + swim in shark infested water = lost of weight. One way or another. LOL
