100 year old + coin purse today & only 1 coin

[litefire56]

Went for a short hunt today at Phillips Park. There's a nice old area there that's void of any clad but layered with pulltabs down to 6". We've pulled some IH's from this area so I decided to slow
way down and grid a sunken low patch of ground. The only decent signal in a 10' x 10' area
was 7" down but seemed too big for a coin. I went for it thinking a can top but hoped for the best. Out comes the remains of a silver plated coin purse, but no material or leather left at all.
After saying a prayer I rescan the hole a get a solid tone a bit deeper down and after 2 more
scoops, up pops a 1880 IH. I'd like to think the coin was in the purse at one time but I'll never know for sure..

[etrac007]

congrats on the indian! i was there for the first time monday night but hunted the sledding hill!

[Dirt fishing Wolf]

Were you thinking this could be an al. can before you dug? Neat looking purse remains.
Its hard to slow down when your not picking up any signals or to many tab signals.

[kimsdad]

Cool finds, John!!!

I'd bet the coin was in the purse at one time and I'd display them together!

[dirtyJohn]

I think I'd have to go back and dig a little more dirt out and scan the pile. Nobody has a purse with just 1 penny in it. Nice finds
HH
John

[ewcoinhunter]

Cool finds, great dig!

[Lowbatts]

Got two old purses in one hunt last year with naught between them so I say let it stand! Got a purse with a cent!

Nice!

[Clad the Impaler]

Nice find on the purse remains and indian!!

[soupie]

What a good find there....A relic and a coin...Yep I would keep them together as well...

Soup

[cntrydncr1]

awesome find! congrats

[dirtyJohn]

Got two old purses in one hunt last year with naught between them so I say let it stand! Got a purse with a cent!

Nice!

Did we just "Let it stand" when the Nazis bombed Pearl Harbor, Hell No!!! C'mon who with me?.........
HH
John

[Brett]

Awexome find! That's a really detailed coin purse. And very hard to find indians in that park!! Show me where you got it and I'll help you scan it ;-)

[Gimmie The Loot]

Good job getting anything besides the bottle caps in that park! I may have found an IH in one of the tilled flower beds in the middle of Smith Blvd but the fertilizer killed it. No idea what kind of penny it is.

[treasurefiend]

AWESOME!!!

[d-dub]

Man, if only that thing was filled. Way to go for it!!

[watercolor]

Now that's cool . . . that last purse I found had 8 credit cards (from the early 1980's) and
when I dropped it off at the police station, the desk babe didn't even want to touch it

[Pocket Spill]

Had to be a thrill to find the purse and then get a signal still in the hole!

[spitfire55]