Back To The Penny Patch

piggman1

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Last night I posted that I found this little 10 X 10 area in this park that was covered in targets. It turned out they were mostly pennies and dimes. I didn't get started until late evening and I dug until it started to get dark. There were still targets everywhere when I left for the house. These were the finds of last night.
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This morning I woke up and went on my weekly garage sell search, only to find nothing but junk, not to be mistaken for junque. After that I decided to go hit the penny patch before the park filled up with people. Right off the bat I started digging up pennies and dimes, with a few nickels and quarters thrown in to keep it interesting. Also found was a little aluminium can of Berts Bees wax, and another Chuck E Cheese token (1993). Also pictured is what we used to call Mexican burning beans. You would rub them on the sidewalk and then touch them to someone, and they would burn the heck out of em. They are really berries from the Chaparral bush, and Indians would use them to make a HEAVY sedative by boiling them. We're talking comatose state, I have seen first hand. :o Just when I was finishing up this penny patch, a mass of people moved into my area for a company picnic, so I headed back to the house. Here are the finds from this morning. All of this came out of a 10 X 10 area.
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tymcmurray

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Nice number of hits there. Nice odds and ends also.
Did you have fun......probably.
All is well.
 

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Bavaria Mike

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Nice hot spot Piggman! Do you separate your copper mems from zinc mems? HH, Mike
 

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piggman1

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Bavaria Mike said:
Nice hot spot Piggman! Do you separate your copper mems from zinc mems? HH, Mike

Yes, anything below 1982 is seperated from the zinc. Both were used in 1982, so I draw the line at 1981 for copper.
 

Natman

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Nice finds..that's alot of targets for 100 square feet.

Pennies..don't ya love 'em? This year I've dug up over 3,350 memorials (67 rolls). If the signal is strong or they're barely under the ground, I can't resist picking them up!

HH,
Nat
 

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piggman1

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Natman said:
Nice finds..that's alot of targets for 100 square feet.

Pennies..don't ya love 'em? This year I've dug up over 3,350 memorials (67 rolls). If the signal is strong or they're barely under the ground, I can't resist picking them up!

HH,
Nat

I know what you mean. I've dug 3443 memorials myself this year.
 

panzermeyer

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Wow !!!! Nice haul on the tiny patch you worked.Makes ya wonder what was goin' on there.Keep it comin'...God Bless and HH..Panz
 

doozis

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Good Golly !!!
That little patch of yours is equal to about a month or more of
detecting for me :o
Great work PM :)

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weasel606

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nice finds ! you've been busy piggman :o congrats ;)
 

Ridley

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The Mickey fob is cool!

You found a nice little spot!

Congratulations!


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Prober

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Looks like that was a good spot Dave. You seem to have a knack for finding good stuff. Are you planning to sell the copper pennies for the copper price? I've just been rolling all the zinc and copper ones together. Keep up the good work my friend. I'm rolling pennies as I read these posts.
 

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