CoinFetcher
Bronze Member
Hello everybody,
I have been trying to get better at metal detecting, and all the folks here on treasure net have helped me a lot. It took me a long time to find my first silver coin, over a year. And now it seems I can find one or two every week.
I live near the Canadian border in Washington state, and find a lot of Canadian coins. I even had a silver rimes dime in my pouch this week that I thought was silver all day, only to clean it up and see the date 1971 and Queen Elizabeth. Also Canadian copper small cents sure do sound like a silver dime when they’re in the dirt.
This hunt was at a old general store and fueling station in the countryside. It has been in operation for over 100 years and I know the family who owns and operates it so they are happy to let me metal detect it. This is the second time I have metal detect it and I found a few wheat pennies the first time I was there but got discouraged imagining that other detectorists had scoured it thoroughly.
There are a few acres here including a small orchard, hillside, little cabins for anglers to stay at, so I wanted to search all the different areas. One area near the large poplar trees is where I kept getting my best coins. I handful of wheats, early dates too! This drew me to an old clothesline. I grided that thing, And after a couple hours at the site my first silver from there!
The 1947 Canadian coinage is interesting. It has a privy Mark! This had something to do with India becoming independent, and they need to keep coinage separate, or something like that.
The large sent is my first queen Victoria coin. I found that in a sidewalk strip that apparently other detectorists had forgotten about.
I just wanted to share my finds from living in a Bordertown. Thanks everyone!
I have been trying to get better at metal detecting, and all the folks here on treasure net have helped me a lot. It took me a long time to find my first silver coin, over a year. And now it seems I can find one or two every week.
I live near the Canadian border in Washington state, and find a lot of Canadian coins. I even had a silver rimes dime in my pouch this week that I thought was silver all day, only to clean it up and see the date 1971 and Queen Elizabeth. Also Canadian copper small cents sure do sound like a silver dime when they’re in the dirt.
This hunt was at a old general store and fueling station in the countryside. It has been in operation for over 100 years and I know the family who owns and operates it so they are happy to let me metal detect it. This is the second time I have metal detect it and I found a few wheat pennies the first time I was there but got discouraged imagining that other detectorists had scoured it thoroughly.
There are a few acres here including a small orchard, hillside, little cabins for anglers to stay at, so I wanted to search all the different areas. One area near the large poplar trees is where I kept getting my best coins. I handful of wheats, early dates too! This drew me to an old clothesline. I grided that thing, And after a couple hours at the site my first silver from there!
The 1947 Canadian coinage is interesting. It has a privy Mark! This had something to do with India becoming independent, and they need to keep coinage separate, or something like that.
The large sent is my first queen Victoria coin. I found that in a sidewalk strip that apparently other detectorists had forgotten about.
I just wanted to share my finds from living in a Bordertown. Thanks everyone!
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