Look what I found........ - The Firearms Forum

bard · 01-19-2005, 02:45 PM

this morning out in the back.......I was digging a hole for a new bare root Nectarine tree and this old Morgan silver dollar came up. I actually didn't know what it was until I took it in and cleaned some of the goop off. Then, I polished it with my silver polish. Kind of neat.

Any websites where I could find out how many thousands of dollars it's worth?

Also, please excuse the wide screen. I'm afraid to try and reduce it.

Thanks,
bard

Silver72 · 01-19-2005, 02:56 PM

Here is a smaller version, but you can't read the date.

1952Sniper · 01-19-2005, 02:58 PM

Awesome find! All I can ever find on my property is old bottles (probably from the late 1800s or early 1900s). Indian artifacts are found all over the place around here, but I've never stumbled on one.

1952Sniper · 01-19-2005, 03:02 PM

I also took the liberty of editing your original picture to get rid of the extra unnecessary stuff and focus on the coin. Hope you don't mind.

juju · 01-19-2005, 03:14 PM

Try this link

http://www.fastcoin.com/mrgdlrs.htm

might give you an idea.

PS, by the look of the front of the coin its in really good shape.

Did you keep digging to see if there are more, lots of oldtimes used to bury the old coins for a rainy day.

I know a guy that found one like you did, digging for a tree and borrowed a metal detector, he found 30 more in the same general area.

JuJu(you lucky dog you)

fishermanben · 01-19-2005, 03:24 PM

yep, you need a metal detector. Who knows what may be burried out there. I think that treasure hunting is the most childlike fun an adult can have.

Ben

gbeggrow · 01-19-2005, 03:30 PM

That's awesome! Kind of cool to find hidden treasure in your own back yard.....valuable or not, still neat!

bard · 01-19-2005, 04:53 PM

Dadgum it!! I have never been known to seize opportunities. I didn't even think to look for more coins. My tree might be resting on a fortune. I'm thinking of going out and yanking it back out and looking. On the other hand, I have a metal detector and I might just search around it.
juju......thanks for the link. I'll look into it.
1952....I don't mind. Thanks.

If I find more, I'll let you know. If not, I won't be disappointed. Probably not as much as the old guy who dropped his weeks wages while walking along the river bottom. Where my backyard is was all riverbank years ago.
bard

IShootBack · 01-19-2005, 05:09 PM

Wow...nice find...Bet there is a great story behind how it got there, but we'll never know..

No, wait. I lost that when I was there two years ago. Yeah I remember lol.

I'd have it mounted and hang it on the wall.

If I were to guess, I'd say it's worth about $45 bcks. Let us know when you find out.

bard · 01-19-2005, 05:30 PM

This Morgan dollar was minted in Philadelphia, according to the marks on the back. I looked it up on the website that juju gave me and it was listed as about $15 for the lowest grade and $56 for very fine condition. Then, I called the local coin shop and discribed it to old Bob, who owes me two fishing trips, and he said that $49 would be probably a good estimate of its worth. This is cool....no matter what it's worth, I'm going to display it with my collection of old fishing lures....Life is good.

Carl S · 01-19-2005, 05:59 PM

Great find!!

texshooter · 01-19-2005, 07:03 PM

great find. appears to grade xf. about $14.00 - 18.00 around here.

info only: if you find any more, wash them under running water and a little dish washing liquid, rubbing the coin with your fingers only.

If it is a keepsake , polish it and enjoy. polishing takes away collector resale value.

keep digging...

rosierita · 01-19-2005, 07:17 PM

wow!! that's neat!! congrats to you!

groundhogdevastation · 01-19-2005, 07:44 PM

Another one of ol' GHD's, "more fun than eatin beans" deals.....finding old coins!!! But has been said in another post, don't use the silver polish on the coin! It's a personal treasure for you and your family now but if it had been a truly rare and collectible specimen and you had used a cleaner or polish on it, you just cut the value immensely!! GHD PS: I might sell a gun and get me a metal detector!!!!

bard · 01-19-2005, 07:52 PM

texshooter.....only $14?

I still love it.

Too bad I didn't know about the silver polish, but I will know the next time. I am just going to keep it and pass it on down to the grandkids anyway. Of course, right now, they are rolling their eyes because I interrupted Spongebob to show them the coin. I hate kids.....
GHD...I just read your post. My old metal detector is a Garret and is over 30 years old but still works and it cost several hundred dollars then. But, I'm going to buy me a more modern one with all the discriminators on it, etc. I just have to get some idea of which one to buy for just looking for coins and stuff like that.......

bard

pickenup · 01-19-2005, 09:36 PM

Now, that was a hole worth digging.

sheepdip · 01-19-2005, 09:36 PM

Before you start yanking trees and digging up the yard rent this movie :

God's Little Acre (1958)
Directed by
Anthony Mann

Writing credits
Erskine Caldwell (novel)
Ben Maddow (front Philip Yordan)

Genre: Drama

Plot Summary:

A poor farmer is obsessed with finding gold on his land supposedly buried by his grandfather. To find it he conveniently moves a marker out of his way that designates the land on which it rests as as God's Little Acre, where anything that comes from the ground will go to God's work. Eventually he abducts an albino to help him find the gold. Meanwhile, his daughter-in-law is suspected of fooling around with a labor activist out of work since the mill closed, and a local political hopeful actively seeks his daughter's hand in marriage.

Cast
Robert Ryan .... Ty Ty Walden
Aldo Ray .... Bill Thompson
Buddy Hackett .... Pluto Swint, Sheriff Candidate
Jack Lord .... Buck Walden
Fay Spain .... Darlin' Jill
Vic Morrow .... Shaw Walden
Helen Westcott .... Rosamund
Lance Fuller .... Jim Leslie
Rex Ingram .... Uncle Felix
Michael Landon .... Dave Dawson
Russell Collins .... Watchman
Davis Roberts
Janet Brandt
Tina Louise .... Griselda Walden, Ty Ty's daughter-in-law

This is a great movie, check it out.
NOT for young kids.
If you dont like it I'll pay the rental !!!

bard · 01-19-2005, 09:45 PM

sheepdip, I saw it......when it came out. I didn't remember what it was about, so I will rent it and maybe get some pointers in finding treasures. Finding an albino might pose a problem, though. Would a really light skinned Mexican handyman do? If so, I already have one.

groundhogdevastation · 01-19-2005, 09:54 PM

Bard and Sheepdip!!!!

GHD

sheepdip · 01-19-2005, 09:59 PM

I think the light skinned Mexican may work

Finding Griselda, if you need help let me know.

geezler · 01-20-2005, 03:29 PM

Great find! now go buy yourself a "White's metal detector"

01-19-2005, 02:45 PM	#1
bard V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 54	Look what I found........ this morning out in the back.......I was digging a hole for a new bare root Nectarine tree and this old Morgan silver dollar came up. I actually didn't know what it was until I took it in and cleaned some of the goop off. Then, I polished it with my silver polish. Kind of neat. Any websites where I could find out how many thousands of dollars it's worth? Also, please excuse the wide screen. I'm afraid to try and reduce it. Thanks, bard Attached Images -->

01-19-2005, 02:56 PM	#2
Silver72 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Central Texas Posts: 542	Re: Look what I found........ Here is a smaller version, but you can't read the date.

01-19-2005, 02:58 PM	#3
1952Sniper Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 5,138	Re: Look what I found........ Awesome find! All I can ever find on my property is old bottles (probably from the late 1800s or early 1900s). Indian artifacts are found all over the place around here, but I've never stumbled on one.

01-19-2005, 03:02 PM	#4
1952Sniper Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 5,138	Re: Look what I found........ I also took the liberty of editing your original picture to get rid of the extra unnecessary stuff and focus on the coin. Hope you don't mind.

01-19-2005, 03:14 PM	#5
juju V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: cocoa, fla Posts: 59	Re: Look what I found........ Try this link http://www.fastcoin.com/mrgdlrs.htm might give you an idea. PS, by the look of the front of the coin its in really good shape. Did you keep digging to see if there are more, lots of oldtimes used to bury the old coins for a rainy day. I know a guy that found one like you did, digging for a tree and borrowed a metal detector, he found 30 more in the same general area. JuJu(you lucky dog you)

01-19-2005, 03:24 PM	#6
fishermanben V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 197	Re: Look what I found........ yep, you need a metal detector. Who knows what may be burried out there. I think that treasure hunting is the most childlike fun an adult can have. Ben

01-19-2005, 03:30 PM	#7
gbeggrow Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 39	Re: Look what I found........ That's awesome! Kind of cool to find hidden treasure in your own back yard.....valuable or not, still neat! __________________

01-19-2005, 04:53 PM	#8
bard V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 54	Re: Look what I found........ Dadgum it!! I have never been known to seize opportunities. I didn't even think to look for more coins. My tree might be resting on a fortune. I'm thinking of going out and yanking it back out and looking. On the other hand, I have a metal detector and I might just search around it. juju......thanks for the link. I'll look into it. 1952....I don't mind. Thanks. If I find more, I'll let you know. If not, I won't be disappointed. Probably not as much as the old guy who dropped his weeks wages while walking along the river bottom. Where my backyard is was all riverbank years ago. bard

01-19-2005, 05:09 PM	#9
IShootBack Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,306	Re: Look what I found........ Wow...nice find...Bet there is a great story behind how it got there, but we'll never know.. No, wait. I lost that when I was there two years ago. Yeah I remember lol. I'd have it mounted and hang it on the wall. If I were to guess, I'd say it's worth about $45 bcks. Let us know when you find out. __________________ "The Lord is a warrior, the Lord is his name." Exodus15:3

01-19-2005, 05:30 PM	#10
bard V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 54	Re: Look what I found........ This Morgan dollar was minted in Philadelphia, according to the marks on the back. I looked it up on the website that juju gave me and it was listed as about $15 for the lowest grade and $56 for very fine condition. Then, I called the local coin shop and discribed it to old Bob, who owes me two fishing trips, and he said that $49 would be probably a good estimate of its worth. This is cool....no matter what it's worth, I'm going to display it with my collection of old fishing lures....Life is good.

01-19-2005, 05:59 PM	#11
Carl S Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bunnell, FL Posts: 1,015	Re: Look what I found........ Great find!! __________________ Carl S Old Soldier The Bill of Rights - guaranteed by the Second Amendment You can trust the government - just ask any Indian

01-19-2005, 07:03 PM	#12
texshooter Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: N/E Texas Posts: 26	Re: Look what I found........ great find. appears to grade xf. about $14.00 - 18.00 around here. info only: if you find any more, wash them under running water and a little dish washing liquid, rubbing the coin with your fingers only. If it is a keepsake , polish it and enjoy. polishing takes away collector resale value. keep digging...

01-19-2005, 07:17 PM	#13
rosierita Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: South Carolina Posts: 5,218	Re: Look what I found........ wow!! that's neat!! congrats to you! __________________

01-19-2005, 07:44 PM	#14
groundhogdevastation V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Southwest, VA Posts: 322	Re: Look what I found........ Another one of ol' GHD's, "more fun than eatin beans" deals.....finding old coins!!! But has been said in another post, don't use the silver polish on the coin! It's a personal treasure for you and your family now but if it had been a truly rare and collectible specimen and you had used a cleaner or polish on it, you just cut the value immensely!! GHD PS: I might sell a gun and get me a metal detector!!!! __________________ 1/2" at 100yards is easy! 2" at 500 is somewhat more difficult!!!

01-19-2005, 07:52 PM	#15
bard V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 54	Re: Look what I found........ texshooter.....only $14? I still love it. Too bad I didn't know about the silver polish, but I will know the next time. I am just going to keep it and pass it on down to the grandkids anyway. Of course, right now, they are rolling their eyes because I interrupted Spongebob to show them the coin. I hate kids..... GHD...I just read your post. My old metal detector is a Garret and is over 30 years old but still works and it cost several hundred dollars then. But, I'm going to buy me a more modern one with all the discriminators on it, etc. I just have to get some idea of which one to buy for just looking for coins and stuff like that....... bard Last edited by bard; 01-19-2005 at 07:57 PM..

01-19-2005, 09:36 PM	#16
pickenup Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains Posts: 6,837	Re: Look what I found........ Now, that was a hole worth digging. __________________ The gene pool needs chlorine

01-19-2005, 09:36 PM	#17
sheepdip Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: KY Posts: 30	Re: Look what I found........ Before you start yanking trees and digging up the yard rent this movie : God's Little Acre (1958) Directed by Anthony Mann Writing credits Erskine Caldwell (novel) Ben Maddow (front Philip Yordan) Genre: Drama Plot Summary: A poor farmer is obsessed with finding gold on his land supposedly buried by his grandfather. To find it he conveniently moves a marker out of his way that designates the land on which it rests as as God's Little Acre, where anything that comes from the ground will go to God's work. Eventually he abducts an albino to help him find the gold. Meanwhile, his daughter-in-law is suspected of fooling around with a labor activist out of work since the mill closed, and a local political hopeful actively seeks his daughter's hand in marriage. Cast Robert Ryan .... Ty Ty Walden Aldo Ray .... Bill Thompson Buddy Hackett .... Pluto Swint, Sheriff Candidate Jack Lord .... Buck Walden Fay Spain .... Darlin' Jill Vic Morrow .... Shaw Walden Helen Westcott .... Rosamund Lance Fuller .... Jim Leslie Rex Ingram .... Uncle Felix Michael Landon .... Dave Dawson Russell Collins .... Watchman Davis Roberts Janet Brandt Tina Louise .... Griselda Walden, Ty Ty's daughter-in-law This is a great movie, check it out. NOT for young kids. If you dont like it I'll pay the rental !!!

01-19-2005, 09:45 PM	#18
bard V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 54	Re: Look what I found........ sheepdip, I saw it......when it came out. I didn't remember what it was about, so I will rent it and maybe get some pointers in finding treasures. Finding an albino might pose a problem, though. Would a really light skinned Mexican handyman do? If so, I already have one.

01-19-2005, 09:54 PM	#19
groundhogdevastation V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Southwest, VA Posts: 322	Re: Look what I found........ Bard and Sheepdip!!!! GHD __________________ 1/2" at 100yards is easy! 2" at 500 is somewhat more difficult!!!

01-19-2005, 09:59 PM	#20
sheepdip Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: KY Posts: 30	Re: Look what I found........ I think the light skinned Mexican may work Finding Griselda, if you need help let me know.

01-20-2005, 03:29 PM	#21
geezler V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 253	Re: Look what I found........ Great find! now go buy yourself a "White's metal detector"