I HAD TO WORK FOR THIS ONE

against the wind

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Wednesday it was 60 degrees and sunny. Loaded up the CTX and headed to a local park. I located a hill that kept giving up wheat pennies. I figured that there might still be a stray silver that wasn't picked off by previous hunters. I stayed with it. Plenty of targets. The final coin count for the day was 119 coins, with some interesting finds that included a silver plated butter knife,
One target that was really challenging was a coin that was registering between dime/quarter. The tone wasn't high enough to make me think silver but the CTX was saying it was about 7 inches deep. Sure,,, it was deep ,, and under some roots. That's probably why it was passed over by other hunters. It took a solid half hour or more to dig it out. I didn't know what it was right off. I could make out, 1944, United States, and one centavos.
Took a little bit to clean it up and research WWII coinage. It turns out it is a; U.S. Commonwealth of Filipinas, one centavo, minted in San Francisco. Pretty interesting and a first for me.
I had to work for this one.

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muddyrock

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How did you clean that coin up?
 

AlienLifeForm

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I found one of those, same year and all a few years back at a vacant lot. Cool find!
 

Gridwalker306

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Congrats on pulling a challenging coin, and I see you did some cherry picking too lol
 

cjon455

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Lots of targets there!, neat centavos!
 

Diggin Dude

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That's a really cool find! Looks like a lot of digging. Well done, congrats and HH
 

Trezurehunter

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Nice find ATW. I have the Ten and Twenty Centavos, but havent found the 1 Cent yet.
 

Stretch Da Truth

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Congrats on an excellent day out!
119 coins! That's awesome. A ton for sure.
Good story and pics. That Centavo cleaned up real nice.
Sweet coin for sure. Hope you mount that one. It's a keeper!!
 

Terry Soloman

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Another super hunt! :notworthy:
 

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