MoonDoggieDonna
Newbie
I have been metal detecting for about 5 years. I totally suck at it LOL - Have never found anything worthwhile, including silver coins, gold coins, any type of jewelry, etc. I did find a rusted fairly large can opener and actually, I lied. I found an IPhone in really good condition on a beach in Lewes, DE the middle of January and was able to get into it, find a phone number which was to the person who lost the phone, and returned it to the owner who had lost it on Christmas Eve. I was pretty surprised as it had been almost 4 weeks sitting out among the elements and it was still in great condition AND worked!
I digress....
A few months ago, I'd been finding a couple of silver dimes in my coffeehouse cash register. That does not include the Monday morning when I came in and found about 20 silver Roosevelts in there. I know the kids who work for me go to the small local bank across the street when they need change and figured someone must have cashed them in not realizing what they had.
A few days later, I needed change so I sent my husband to get me 2 rolls of dimes. When he came back with a couple of what I call ‘special’ rolls, I sent him back to get as many as he could. Long story short, this was the outcome…
Out of 1000 dimes (20 rolls), 640 were silver (Barbers, Mercurys and 1946-1964 Roosevelts). Still have not had time to look at the dates, but a LOT of them are so clean, they could have easily been mistaken for new coins. This will NEVER happen again, but I think I have found a new (or at least, another) hobby
I digress....
A few months ago, I'd been finding a couple of silver dimes in my coffeehouse cash register. That does not include the Monday morning when I came in and found about 20 silver Roosevelts in there. I know the kids who work for me go to the small local bank across the street when they need change and figured someone must have cashed them in not realizing what they had.
A few days later, I needed change so I sent my husband to get me 2 rolls of dimes. When he came back with a couple of what I call ‘special’ rolls, I sent him back to get as many as he could. Long story short, this was the outcome…
Out of 1000 dimes (20 rolls), 640 were silver (Barbers, Mercurys and 1946-1964 Roosevelts). Still have not had time to look at the dates, but a LOT of them are so clean, they could have easily been mistaken for new coins. This will NEVER happen again, but I think I have found a new (or at least, another) hobby
