2 1/2 hours at the ball field today

jeff of pa

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met up with bkinpa & his wife this morning for a hunt
coins are really getting thinned out now

my gas rebate 54 cents

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trash
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a Hoocha-ma-Jigger
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and a Large Cent cant quite date it, but found same area as the 1853 seated Quarter
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Nice find on the LC. How deep was it?
 

Good find.Not sure why a boat plug was doing on a ball field throw
 

Nice find on the LC. How deep was it?

I'd say about 9" .

pulled out the Schmit's Screw off cap at about 3" swung over the area again
and got the Sharp deep coin signal about 6" to the side of it.

was getting frustrating trying to reach the coin.

according to the locals there used to be a big old tree in that area.
(you can see the stump in the birds eye view)
which probably explains the older stuff there.
 

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Nice Finds,I really enjoyed the now/then photo comparison,Thanks for sharing!

HH John
 

thanks John& all !
 

I don't know where you are getting these great aerial photo's from, but dang, they are nice for the purposes of determining past traffic.
 

I don't know where you are getting these great aerial photo's from, but dang, they are nice for the purposes of determining past traffic.

Penn Pilot photo Centers

& thanks !
 

nice job jeff. you always seem to get on a hot streak for finds at the end of the season.
 

Birds Eye View
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1938 View
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met up with bkinpa & his wife this morning for a hunt
coins are really getting thinned out now

my gas rebate 54 cents

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trash
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a Hoocha-ma-Jigger
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and a Large Cent cant quite date it, but found same area as the 1853 seated Quarter
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EHHHH, for once i knew what someones Hoochamajigger was (boat plug), and then i scroll down and i see someone beat me to it in IDing it, oh well, maybe :dontknow:next time
 

EHHHH, for once i knew what someones Hoochamajigger was (boat plug), and then i scroll down and i see someone beat me to it in IDing it, oh well, maybe :dontknow:next time


HaHa Yea usually works that way for me also :laughing7:



nice job jeff. you always seem to get on a hot streak for finds at the end of the season.

Think so Jim ? I hope your right as I still have a few end of the season spots to hit yet 8-)

Thanks all !
 

Nice find on the LG jeff, that coin might clean up alittle with a hydrogen peroxide bath. Erick in new jersey told me about it and it worked on my 1801 penny. Happy hunting.:icon_thumleft:
 

Nice find on the LG jeff, that coin might clean up alittle with a hydrogen peroxide bath. Erick in new jersey told me about it and it worked on my 1801 penny. Happy hunting.:icon_thumleft:

I could see the date when first looking at it in the field, but it wasn't sharp enough to read.
I have a bottle of Peroxide sitting here i guess i could try it. I hate taking the original 150 year old tone off of coins
but to get a date ?

I cleaned a sharp 1838 once & the date disappeard, it's not an 1838 it's thin.
& i know 1812's are softer metal, so not sure what cleaning will do if it's an 1812
but I'm guessing by hair 1840's or more likely 1850's

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how long do you actually soak it ?
do you nuke the peroxide first ?

Thanks !
 

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