2006 finds...
Riccar
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Now that I covered/posted the big opportunity that helped me hit some great numbers
last year, here is my 2006 final recap:
> Had my highest silver count year (40 something - lost track of a few)
> 2nd oldest coin found since I started the hobby (1811)
> oldest U.S. coin found (bust 1/2 dime)
> relics I never thought I'd find (especially the tongue/wreath buckle tongue),
> Most seateds for a year (11)
> But, not as much jewelry (didn't focus on that as much last year but did get a few
keepers). I'll post my favorites below...
Thanks to all of you that make it happen here on this forum, and also thanks to
those that post on a regular basis.
I had a lot of fun with the hobby last year. It will be a tough act for me to follow...
Hope everyone has a great 2007!
14k (glass + ruby), and a 10k with diamonds at the beach about this time last year:
A couple 14k turf digs:
Old gold from turf dig (bummer the old b/w pic had faded away but still a fun find):
(and the matched markings to confirm the age)
925 turf dig (even though not gold or old, I really like the way the stone colors
dance inside this ring):
last year, here is my 2006 final recap:
> Had my highest silver count year (40 something - lost track of a few)
> 2nd oldest coin found since I started the hobby (1811)
> oldest U.S. coin found (bust 1/2 dime)
> relics I never thought I'd find (especially the tongue/wreath buckle tongue),
> Most seateds for a year (11)
> But, not as much jewelry (didn't focus on that as much last year but did get a few
keepers). I'll post my favorites below...
Thanks to all of you that make it happen here on this forum, and also thanks to
those that post on a regular basis.
I had a lot of fun with the hobby last year. It will be a tough act for me to follow...
Hope everyone has a great 2007!
14k (glass + ruby), and a 10k with diamonds at the beach about this time last year:
A couple 14k turf digs:
Old gold from turf dig (bummer the old b/w pic had faded away but still a fun find):
(and the matched markings to confirm the age)
925 turf dig (even though not gold or old, I really like the way the stone colors
dance inside this ring):
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Too many positive BST transactions with too many members to list.
on the top row.....HALF a HALF DIME...That's cool.....
Too many positive BST transactions with too many members to list.
GuitarWes-
Thanks. It's actually a folded half dime (tough to make that visible in the group shot).
Here's a better picture so you can see the entire coin:
Thanks for sharing.......
Too many positive BST transactions with too many members to list.
Lafayette Grading Set
<< <i>Most seateds for a year (11) >>
Ehhh... YOU SUCK. My grand total for all 20-some years I've been detecting is... uh...
(counting on fingers...)
... eight.
<< <i>
WTG, Rick. You rule.
year. I was meeting a friend and right before he got there, I got this signal that was
around the same as a pull tab, dug it, and was amazed to see that it was a coin. It
wasn't until the next week, after posting it here, that someone mentioned an old
habit of "folding" a coin. Interesting because you can see this was folded right in the
middle, it's about a 90-degree bend, and you don't see scratches (as if a plow had
hit it)
PPC- thanks!
LM- thanks, I look at that picture and am amazed that those are my finds! I'll tell you
right now that I'll plan to do a year end post next year even when I don't have half as
much stuff to post!
demolition opportunity I had last year... lots of effort but I knew that may never
happen again)
The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin
Coins in Movies
Coins on Television
<< <i>But have you found any "spy coins"?
Not yet. But I would like to find this:
U.S. Spy Coin
Jerry
HKnJ- Thanks... very possible that I won't even find a single seated this year.
(I wonder if the old-timers would get loads of seateds during those early years
when detectors were first introduced)
<< <i>> Had my highest silver count year (40 something - lost track of a few) >>
HRMPH!!!
I wish I had that "problem"... (insert counting-silvers-on-fingers icon here)
That's an awesome take for the year. Your coins summary picture sucks big time!
Very nice jewelry finds too. I'm partial towards the older stuff, and your old gold locket is very cool!
Best of luck for '07!
Little do you know that some days your finds/posts pushed me out the door...
<< <i>925 turf dig (even though not gold or old, I really like the way the stone colors
dance inside this ring):
Nice finds. I believe the stone in that ring to be Fire Opal. I wear a 925 silver ring with an identical stone along with Onyx and Diamonds.
Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies.
Thanks Smitty!
That's a really nice ring that you wear.... The stones really do look the same. I was thinking that the ones in the ring I found might be fire opals (love those colors). Thanks for the info and picture!