1922-D Wheat cent ~ silver ring ~ shot metal disk!

oddcoins

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Hello!

On Saturday I went my daughter to Western Oregon University in Monmouth for 'preview day'. We had a great time together ~ she's real excited about going to college there in the future.

After we were done there I went metal detecting in the small town of Independence. I had never been there before and didn't quite know where to go detecting so I found a elementary school that looked pretty old, and I started detecting around there. I didn't find a lot there, so I decided to hunt some easements in the neighborhood. I ended up with a 5 wheat cents (the best one being a 1922-D), a silver CTR ring, some clad, and a disk of metal that has a hole in it from being shot! One side reads, SHOT WITH A REMINGTON RIFLE, and the other side reads, SHOT WITH U. M. C. CARTRIDGE.

I took a close-up picture of the date area on the 1922-D Wheat cent ~ not real easy to see in the picture. I didn't need to zoom in that tightly I guess.

The Mormon CTR ring is only the 3rd one of these that I've ever found in the last 18 years of detecting. It's the smallest one also ~ only 1.7 grams.

Thanks for looking!
Neil
 

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Nick A

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A 1922 cent with or without mintmark is still a great find and a key date low mintage coin. The shot disk is cool as well, I've heard these were used in Wild West shows and rodeos, so it's some kid's lost souvenir. Congrats on some nice finds! :icon_thumright:
 

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Nick A said:
A 1922 cent with or without mintmark is still a great find and a key date low mintage coin. The shot disk is cool as well, I've heard these were used in Wild West shows and rodeos, so it's some kid's lost souvenir. Congrats on some nice finds! :icon_thumright:

Thanks man!

Yeah, the 1922 Wheat is a rare one! I actually found a 1922 "No D" a couple months ago. But it was so corroded that you can't tell if it's the rare STRONG REVERSE, or the more common weak reverse.
 

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