halfdime
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I had some time to do some detecting this morning at my 19th century homesite and didn't turn up much to brag about but I did come out with three keepers. Two, we've all found: ten cents play money and a 1909 wheat. The third I've never seen before; maybe some of you have. I got a nice half dollar signal very close to an area where I pulled an 1838 large, 1897 V nickel and this mornings '09. Oooh baby! The dirt is very dry; we haven't had rain to speak of for weeks and what came out of the powder wasn't a half, it wasn't even round. What I could see, distinctly, were two digits: 57. I don't know where you live, but around here 57 makes one think of Heinz. Sure enough, that's relevant. I turned it over and could make out some lettering so a little cleaning was in order. Soon I could make out some stuff. "This charm entitles the wearer to 57 varieties of good luck and happiness." In the space between "this charm" and "entitles" is a little pickle with the word "Heinz" in it. I'll have to do my research to get some idea when Heinz put these out. Looks to be brass or some copper alloy. I guess 57 varieties of luck and happiness is about all one person can stand in a day.
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luck is a good thing now a dayz ,, yes , that's kool , 
