IMAUDIGGER
Silver Member
- Mar 16, 2016
- 3,400
- 5,194
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
So I was out at my property yesterday metal detecting at a fairly obscure looking cabin site. It didnāt appear that anybody had metal detected it before, so I was kind of excited.
Lots of musket balls and square nails. Probably dates back to the 1870ās or earlier.
Down the hill below the cabin, where they threw out their trash I got a decent signal. It was getting dark, but I figured one or two more tries at something goodā¦.
Out rolls a coinā¦about the size of a penny. Itās corroded and I canāt make out what type of coinā¦..then I dig out a couple square nailsā¦then another coin (again can;t make out what kind)ā¦then anotherā¦.The thought crosses my mind...could these be very dirty dollar gold coins? Crazyness.
Then I get a silver dime, which looks fairly modern, which is odd.
I hike back to my car and grab a head lamp and find one last coin. Itās about the size of a half dollar, but copper.
I stash the coins (8 in total) in my pocket and head home. Get to cleaning them up and realize they are all dated in the early 1940ās. Dang it!
4 Wheat pennies, two buffalo nickels, a mercury dime. At least I had that last large coin. I slowly clean it up and the word āAustraliaā appearsā¦.then the word āPennyā. Dang it again! 1943 Australian penny.
Of all the luck.
I realize it's a great find, and I don't think I have ever found this many coins in a single location, but I was really hoping for some 150 year old coinage.
Lots of musket balls and square nails. Probably dates back to the 1870ās or earlier.
Down the hill below the cabin, where they threw out their trash I got a decent signal. It was getting dark, but I figured one or two more tries at something goodā¦.
Out rolls a coinā¦about the size of a penny. Itās corroded and I canāt make out what type of coinā¦..then I dig out a couple square nailsā¦then another coin (again can;t make out what kind)ā¦then anotherā¦.The thought crosses my mind...could these be very dirty dollar gold coins? Crazyness.
Then I get a silver dime, which looks fairly modern, which is odd.
I hike back to my car and grab a head lamp and find one last coin. Itās about the size of a half dollar, but copper.
I stash the coins (8 in total) in my pocket and head home. Get to cleaning them up and realize they are all dated in the early 1940ās. Dang it!
4 Wheat pennies, two buffalo nickels, a mercury dime. At least I had that last large coin. I slowly clean it up and the word āAustraliaā appearsā¦.then the word āPennyā. Dang it again! 1943 Australian penny.
Of all the luck.
I realize it's a great find, and I don't think I have ever found this many coins in a single location, but I was really hoping for some 150 year old coinage.
Amazon Forum Fav š
Upvote
20