7 coins Mystery of a wishing tree .

[Roger Mn.]

Half of the tree was missing and half hollow with decayed wood inside
Big enough to set in it.
I spent at least 5 minuets looking for the first coin and finally grabbed a few hand fulls of twigs and leaves and i finely found it.
I found 5 Lincoln cents 1 1913 Barber Dime and a 1918 Buffalo Nickel . The gold thing was on the other side of the tree.
The shot Quarter was the first coin.
All these coins except the shot Quarter were inside of wood bark.The 1918 Buffalo Nickel was inside 2 pieces of wood. I was really supprised to see that when i pulled it open.
The wheats are 2-1920's a1914,1917 and a no date. These coins could have been there since 1920 almost 96 years just a guess.

 

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[thrifty76now]

That is a truly interesting hunt there.

 

[btjbtj]

Amazing! Never heard a story like that before. Very interesting. Congrats on your great finds. ~Lisa & John

 

[kingskid1611]

Does this mean I need to check inside tree stumps and dig the wood when I get that signal.....Cool. I found a slug in a tree branch once when my detector went off on it.

 

[A2coins]

Great story I always check for coins and gold around big trees Sweet finds Thanks for sharing!!!!!!

 

[UnderMiner]

How unusual. The way those coins were embedded in the bark brings to mind something akin to the Philadelphia Experiment taking place there long ago. Or more likely the coins were for one reason or another hammered into the tree, for whatever reason. Or perhaps the tree naturally enveloped the coins.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the silver and other finds interesting post

 

[Roger Mn.]

Thanks for the replies.
I've herd about coins pounded into trees before and this is the first time i have found any thing like it.
A neat find for me. You just never know what you'll find out in the woods and along the river banks.
The shot quarter makes number 8 shot coins so far and i save them all.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Very well done! That Barber dime has nice details. Congrats and cool story.

 

[Roger Mn.]

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[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on finding that interesting cache of coins RogerD.

 

[SeabeeRon]

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[Indiana Mark]

Congrats on a hunt off the beaten path. Nice finds!