Coin Purse

[winslow]

While detecting deep in the woods I found a purse bar along with 5 dirt encrusted items all in the same hole. I pulled them all out and was totally expecting to find a nice assortment of gold rush era coins when I cleaned them up. This was my first ever coin purse and it was about 8 inches deep so expectations and excitement was off the charts. Maybe my first US gold coin would be part of it! Look at the other stuff I was finding in that location ... all period.


Actual inventory:

1964D memorial penny
1949 UK one shilling
1967 Canadian penny
1965 Venezuela 25 Centimos
? Crushed coin


Some kid from about 50 years ago pulled a real good one on me!

 

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[Lenrac2]

Still an interesting find! I like it!

 

[crashbandicoot]

Still cool!!!!!

 

[Kray Gelder]

Cool find. You could post it in the local paper ( Buried Treasure ) You might even meet that kid.

 

[oldmxrat]

So close...
Nice finds anyways, congrats!

 

[pepperj]

Nothing better than a little nitro-moment, where we all think-could it be.
Missed the shilling by a few years to silver.

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Nevada Prospector]

Cool find. You could post it in the local paper ( Buried Treasure ) You might even meet that kid.

I don't think he is a kid anymore.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Very cool !

 

[Mud Hut]

That's neat. That looks like a piano hinge which suggests something other than a coin purse. Maybe a wooden box time capsule?

 

[Qball]

Bummer about Colchester this year.

 

[Bart@Big Boys Hobbies]

Shilling is a cool find!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Neat find. It had to have your heart pumping for a while !

 

[pepperj]

Bummer about Colchester this year.

Most of the ground is brick hard.
Hard work digging anything out of that clay.
But still rewarding.

 

[Kray Gelder]

I don't think he is a kid anymore.

I hadn't thought of that. Really? It was a different way of saying Winslow might meet the person, who was that kid.

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

bet that adrenaline was pumping really cool finds anyway. what a fun hobby

 

[JeffInMass]

It's a cool find but, like you, I would've been full of adrenaline-pumping excitement to see what those coins were going to be. Very nice though, Congrats!