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<p>[QUOTE="SensibleSal66, post: 8646320, member: 115232"]Hey everyone!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> This is my 1856 3 Cent Silver coin that I miraculously "dug" while Metal Detecting around an old cellar hole very deep in the woods about 20 years ago. It was incredible how I was able to pick up the signal because the "fish scale" coin as some called it because of its thickness and diameter of only 14 mm(smallest U.S Siver coin) was approx. 6-8 inches down and not far from a Silver-plated suspender buckle that I have but can't find at this time.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p> Please post your "Fish Scales" and let's see how many years we can get. Thanks for reading!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p> Here also is a link to Wikipedia on these little gems. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-cent_silver" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-cent_silver" rel="nofollow">Three-cent silver - Wikipedia</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1517880[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1517881[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1517882[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SensibleSal66, post: 8646320, member: 115232"]Hey everyone!:happy: This is my 1856 3 Cent Silver coin that I miraculously "dug" while Metal Detecting around an old cellar hole very deep in the woods about 20 years ago. It was incredible how I was able to pick up the signal because the "fish scale" coin as some called it because of its thickness and diameter of only 14 mm(smallest U.S Siver coin) was approx. 6-8 inches down and not far from a Silver-plated suspender buckle that I have but can't find at this time.:( Please post your "Fish Scales" and let's see how many years we can get. Thanks for reading!:) Here also is a link to Wikipedia on these little gems. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-cent_silver']Three-cent silver - Wikipedia[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1517880[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1517881[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1517882[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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