A borrowed detector find me....

[Rich_1833]

I borrowed a Metal detector from a friend. Im still very new but I'm hooked. The detector worked Ok . I had if for about 2 weeks then had to give it back but now Im looking out for a good used one for to buy. Here is the good stuff I found. I also found a half dozen penny's, a few other newer coins and alot of trash. I dont know much about coins but looks like there will be alot of larning todo

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Missouri sales tax receipt

I found 3 of these missouri sales tax

 

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[Henry2]

Did you take the detector all over the world in that 2 week period?, lets see you got 2 Mexican coins, 1 British large cent, what I believe to be a Japanese coin, and some tokens from the US.

 

[Rich_1833]

I live near a military base and theres alot of different kinds of money floating around. This was all found in a large park outside the front gate. Dont know if its worth anything but it was fun.

 

[sagittarius98]

Values:

1991 Mexico 100 pesos- $0.25
1984 Mexico 50 pesos- $1.25
1954 Taiwan 5 chiao- $0.25
1936 UK 1/2 penny- $1.00

Other than the Missouri Tokens, how did you clean the coins? They look like they came out of regular circulation. Is your soil that kind to coins? All of those coins are demonetized for over 20 years, so they are probably not recent drops.

 

[wvwildman]

nice finds congrats HH

 

[Rich_1833]

I used vinagar and salt with an old toothbrush. i havent cleaned the tokens yet.

 

[Mzjavert]

Congratulations. I love finding foreign coins.

As far as the Tesoro DeLeón goes-it is a first rate machine. Tesoro in general are great machines. They have a lifetime warranty, are great performers as you've discovered, and the batteries last almost forever. Okay not forever but I easily get a month out of a 9-V and that's with nearly daily hunting. Technically the warranty doesn't transfer, but they fixed my used machine for free. I sent it in for a sticking switch. Not only did they replace the switch, but found that the coil was defective so they replaced that also. So new or used a Tesoro is a great bet for your first machine.

 

[sagittarius98]

I used vinagar and salt with an old toothbrush. i havent cleaned the tokens yet.

I'm not doubting your finds in any way, but vinegar would strip the luster off the 50 pesos. Did you not need to clean it? I guess there is a chance someone had it in their collection and lost it recently.