A quick unexpected hunt today = two very old chinese coins!

Diggincoinz

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I didn't expect this today after receiving 5 inches of snow yesterday morning. Drove thru town today and seen that they began clearing a cleared lot to start building a new Subway store. The section they bull dozed uesed to have a victorian era home on it that when the old house came down years ago I metal detected the front sidwalk area and got a few wheaties and a old cinese coin.

Today I did it again while scanning all the dirt the moved around. Problem is there used to be a old service garage next to it and there's lots of metal junk all over. I managed near the same spot from a few years back two more wheaties ('53 and '57) plus two more of those old chinese coins that no one can identify :tongue3:.

Also a small flat button that reads: ORANGE GILT COLOUR. There's also a bit of what seems to be a letter and a number below the work "orange", letter "A" and number "13" but can't really tell. Can you?

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IMG_0017.JPG IMG_0018.JPG UPDATE INFO: With al ittle bit of google search I've come up with the being Emperor HSUAN TSUNG 1821-1850, Reign title: TAO-KUANG, minted in Peking. The 2nd one is Emperor TE TSUNG 1875-1908, Reign title: KUANG-HSU,, also minted in Peking. Pretty cool!
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Love those construction sights ive been hitting one where a similar place was been doing well there. Keep hitting it more is there get it before they cover it up forever. Nice saves
 

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Diggincoinz

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Thx! I'll be watching it as they go but today's windchill is near zero and the upcoming week isn't looking any better. A not so cold day with some sunshine might help me out tho :thumbsup:
 

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very cool...one of your Chinese coins has filing marks on it, which I have read means more later (turn of the century) very cool!

Dan
 

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Those are some really neat finds.. Well NY. isnt that far away from China LOL.. Superb finds..
 

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Diggincoinz

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very cool...one of your Chinese coins has filing marks on it, which I have read means more later (turn of the century) very cool!

Dan

Yes you're correct!
Coin#1 Emperor HSUAN TSUNG 1821-1850, Reign title: TAO-KUANG. Minted in Peking.
Coin#2 Emperor TE TSUNG 1875-1908, Reign title: KUANG-HSU, also minted in Peking.
 

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