DrJoePrime
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- Sep 9, 2007
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Another chance at my landfill site [I REALLY like that place].
Thursday hunt at my landfill site was very pleasant and relaxing. I found two wheats (1953D and unknown), a nickel (1941)and a quarter sized token. The token has George Washington on the face and lots of writing on the reverse. Unfortunately it is very crudded up and I've been cleaning it these past days.
BUT then I got a nice signal...which is not too unusual because all the copper washers sound just BEAUTIFUL. This came out green and cruddy and looked like a typical plumbing part. I poke the center and it came out! I rubbed a bit and more crud came off. I turned it around and around and it started to look more and more like a RING...with a piece missing. The missing piece was not recently broken off. Looking carefully I could just about make out the depiction of a horse head on the face of the ring.
I put the ring away and three feet away... another nice signal. It was a small curving piece of metal. Could it be? I took out the "ring" and the small piece matched exactly the missing section. WoooHooo!! It appears the piece broke when the fill was moved in.
I used the aluminum foil with vinegar and salt to clean the ring...with a lot of baking soda rub afterwards. The ring has a "Made in Mexico" stamp inside and with what appears to be 9255 in the tiniest of numbers stamped on the side rim. The copper appears to be deposited from the way I cleaned the ring and it comes off with polishing.
HH Joe
Thursday hunt at my landfill site was very pleasant and relaxing. I found two wheats (1953D and unknown), a nickel (1941)and a quarter sized token. The token has George Washington on the face and lots of writing on the reverse. Unfortunately it is very crudded up and I've been cleaning it these past days.
BUT then I got a nice signal...which is not too unusual because all the copper washers sound just BEAUTIFUL. This came out green and cruddy and looked like a typical plumbing part. I poke the center and it came out! I rubbed a bit and more crud came off. I turned it around and around and it started to look more and more like a RING...with a piece missing. The missing piece was not recently broken off. Looking carefully I could just about make out the depiction of a horse head on the face of the ring.
I put the ring away and three feet away... another nice signal. It was a small curving piece of metal. Could it be? I took out the "ring" and the small piece matched exactly the missing section. WoooHooo!! It appears the piece broke when the fill was moved in.
I used the aluminum foil with vinegar and salt to clean the ring...with a lot of baking soda rub afterwards. The ring has a "Made in Mexico" stamp inside and with what appears to be 9255 in the tiniest of numbers stamped on the side rim. The copper appears to be deposited from the way I cleaned the ring and it comes off with polishing.
HH Joe
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