94 Indians In The River

[fossis]

While taking pic's & looking for arrowheads yesterday, I was walking in a dry section of a local river, I saw this metal object & gave it a nudge with my boot, it was a tin can, the lid came off & it was (full to the brim with coins).
after collecting my wits about me, I started taking pic's, & hurried home to clean them.
The whole can was full of rust , & coins were even sticking together, so by noon the next day, (today), I finished cleaning them the best I can for now, they had been in a tobacco sack with a drawstring, in the can.
Totals were.............1 peace dollar
1 Silver coin from the Netherlands
4 walking liberty halves
10 mercury dimes
13 V nickels
1 Barber half dollar
2 Barber quarters
1 flying eagle quarter
94 Indian head pennies (oldest 1864)
9 buffalo nickels
4 recent nickels
15 foreign coins (nothing very good)
20 wheat pennies ( 30's, 40's, 1 shot with a bullet)
1 token (Good For 5 cents in trade), slick on the back
1 sheild nickel 1836 (the best I can tell)

Not a 'bad haul' for me. :P

Fossis.............

[hogge]

Holy Mackrel! Why can't this happen to me.....at a colonial site!!! AWESOME!

[Goes4ever]

unreal!!!!

[steelheadwill]

WOW !!
Lucky Dog !!

[fossis]

Holy Mackrel! Why can't this happen to me.....at a colonial site!!! AWESOME!

I thought it would never happen to me.

Fossis...........

[Mr Tuff]

holy cow!!!!!!!! that is a heck of a haul u got !!!!!!!!!! MR TUFF

[fossis]

unreal!!!!

That's what i thought.

Fossis............

[fossis]

WOW !!
Lucky Dog !!

I'll say.

Fossis............

[fossis]

holy cow!!!!!!!! that is a heck of a haul u got !!!!!!!!!! MR TUFF

Not bad for 'beachcombing'.

Fossis.............

[terpfan]

Incredible find! I wonder when the can was set there. How recent were the "recent" nickels?

[civilman1]

Holy everything else left......Un-frickin' Believable.......I could go on and on

[fossis]

Incredible find! I wonder when the can was set there. How recent were the "recent" nickels?

One more rain & the can would have burst, it was so fragile, my theory is someone burgurlarized a house, got cold feet, & tossed them in the river, it was below a low water crossing.
The coins ranged from 1836 to some in the 1990's, nickels were in the 40's range.

fossis..........

[fossis]

Holy everything else left......Un-frickin' Believable.......I could go on and on

By far my 'best day'. :P

Fossis...............

[naturegirl]

COOL!!!! Allright fossis! congratulations! I'm voting Banner, because a can of money is something most of us want to find. and because, well, I can! did you take any more pictures after that? or head right home to clean them up?

[1liquigirl]

Banner vote!!!!! You have it, my friend.