Four Silvers Today

[Carolina Tom]

I went to a new spot today, new to me anyway. Kind of sketchy, we will see how it goes. I hunted for almost three hours... and scored a pouch full of coins.



See if you can guess how many wheaties I dug today.



Let’s get the bad part out of the way. This just killed me. I would have loved to have had a lead toy soldier, and yeah, I looked for the other piece.



OK, now the goodies. This quarter was the first to show up.



18” away this popped out.



This little clod came up 5 minutes later.



Within about 12 minutes I scored 4 silver coins. They were all within 30 feet of each other.



Hundred year old dime... what’s left of one anyway.



This is a really good day for me.



YTD silver coins: 63
Thanks for looking and good luck on your hunts.

 

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[Carolina Tom]

Well Tom, you do actually have a toy soldier, not a statuette. American "dime store" soldiers were all about 3" tall and made by different companies such as Barclay, Manoil, Jones, Grey Iron, etc...were sold individually out of toy bins in the 1930's by various retailers. Based on the No. 34 and similar features, I am sure that your figure when complete would have been the Manoil No. 34 "AVIATOR." This figure was a favorite of kids to have in conjunction with a big tin-lithograph bomber or fighter plane, such as those made by Marx. You may still find the rest of him out there, keep hunting! Sub
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Thanks Sub. You are a rock star in world of lead toy soldiers, sir.

That’s really cool, I appreciate the pic.

 

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[vince76]

Great finds Tom, well done

 

[trapperart]

Now that's a good day congrats

 

[cambria09]

Hello CT. Nice hunt I would ReAl Happy with those kind of results. Good Luck out there. C9