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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2779974, member: 10461"]Digger's Diary, Coin #DD-004. We resume the narrative on the same afternoon, only a few minutes after the previous coin find.  After being happily surprised by the discovery of a silver coin from the 1800s and the silly little jig I danced (which, I might add, was markedly similar to my "Aw, man! I have to go to the restroom!" dance), I recovered my wits and calmed down enough to pick up the detector and resume. All thought of getting to the car and tossing the detector into the trunk were now forgotten, so I strolled past the car, coil to the soil, listening for signals. I passed the grave of one of America's famous 20th century authors, <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?GRid=1120&page=gr" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?GRid=1120&page=gr" rel="nofollow">Thomas Wolfe</a> (1900-1938). Tom Wolfe (the earlier author by that name) was a native son of Asheville, and author of the book <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_Homeward,_Angel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_Homeward,_Angel" rel="nofollow">Look Homeward Angel: A Story of the Buried Life</a>.  (Haha- "buried life" - how appropriate.)   The book was set in a fictional town called "Altamont", which was not so loosely based on Asheville. This caused something of a scandal, because the characters in the novel were based on real people. In fact, some of my my maternal grandmother's blueblood relations (including a great aunt of mine, I believe) were the models for characters, and not very flatteringly portrayed. Or so I've heard. I've never read the book, and managed to escape having to read it for school. Tom Wolfe lived a short life, dying at the age of 38. Just past Thomas Wolfe, I came upon the grave of yet another giant of American literature. In the lane adjacent to this author's family plot, I got a loud signal on the detector. It looked good on the meter, so I dug. It was indeed good. Hi ho, silver! I got "silvered" again! DD-004: 1941-D WASHINGTON QUARTER Found near the grave of famous author W.S. Porter ("O. Henry").Date Found: August 8, 1993Site: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, NC.Approx. depth: 3".Detector: Garrett GTA-500. <ul> <li> <ul> <li>3rd Silver Coin Found</li> </ul><ul> <li>2nd Silver Washington Found</li> </ul></li> </ul><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fcollectivecoin.imgix.net%2FA7gu1bTU6m9YZvYp0eIQ_DD-004-coin.png%3Fw%3D800%26h%3D400&hash=a955ea61b8954e49dd42d9a902cf5f21" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> [/QUOTE]

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