Curious The George
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- Sep 4, 2008
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Went off to Grandma's house in Southwest Georgia for Thanksgiving. Went out on Wednesday to see what could be seen.
I knew of the site of an school that had been named for Franklin Roosevelt. Long torn down and the site used as a community area. At first glance I thought the place was hopeless. All of the big old oak trees indicated that the ground level now is about 10-12" lower than it was in times past. But I did manage to find an area near the road that hadn't been scraped as deeply. In the photo of the site it is the area just to the left of the big oak tree on the right side of the photo.
Detecting in that area brought up a 1950 Roosevelt Dime, a 1944 Mercury and three Wheat Pennies, 1944 two times and a 1953D. That was about it, I wandered the place over and here and there found Memorial Cents.
When I was starting to think I was ready to roll up and roll off I made a pass at the area that would have been behind the main school building and along the woods line that is currently there. Got a dime signal and dug up the mystery coin. Couldn't make out anything on it. One side was completely smoothed off but I did see something on the face of it. When I got back to Grandma's I washed it with some water and a little dish soap but still couldn't make out anything but a star or two on one edge. Then Grandma pointed out that she thought she could see a profile of a face in the same vicinity. I left it go at that, didn't have a Red Book with me anyway.
Well, got home last night did some more careful cleaning of the crud and the face and head jumped out and more stars. It measures about 18mm across and digging in the Red Book I came up with a Capped Bust Dime. They were made from 1809 to 1837. If I hold this coin at just the right angle and squint through a glass at it I am fairly certain that I am seeing 182-.
I have no idea what a coin that early was doing on a school site that must date back to the late 1930's or so. May have been an old home site at the crossroads or a much older school torn down when the newer one was built.
At any rate this coin made it worth the 9 hr. each way drive, not to mention Grandma's cooking. There is nothing better than Collards and Turnip Greens with vinegar/pepper sauce on them.
I knew of the site of an school that had been named for Franklin Roosevelt. Long torn down and the site used as a community area. At first glance I thought the place was hopeless. All of the big old oak trees indicated that the ground level now is about 10-12" lower than it was in times past. But I did manage to find an area near the road that hadn't been scraped as deeply. In the photo of the site it is the area just to the left of the big oak tree on the right side of the photo.
Detecting in that area brought up a 1950 Roosevelt Dime, a 1944 Mercury and three Wheat Pennies, 1944 two times and a 1953D. That was about it, I wandered the place over and here and there found Memorial Cents.
When I was starting to think I was ready to roll up and roll off I made a pass at the area that would have been behind the main school building and along the woods line that is currently there. Got a dime signal and dug up the mystery coin. Couldn't make out anything on it. One side was completely smoothed off but I did see something on the face of it. When I got back to Grandma's I washed it with some water and a little dish soap but still couldn't make out anything but a star or two on one edge. Then Grandma pointed out that she thought she could see a profile of a face in the same vicinity. I left it go at that, didn't have a Red Book with me anyway.
Well, got home last night did some more careful cleaning of the crud and the face and head jumped out and more stars. It measures about 18mm across and digging in the Red Book I came up with a Capped Bust Dime. They were made from 1809 to 1837. If I hold this coin at just the right angle and squint through a glass at it I am fairly certain that I am seeing 182-.
I have no idea what a coin that early was doing on a school site that must date back to the late 1930's or so. May have been an old home site at the crossroads or a much older school torn down when the newer one was built.
At any rate this coin made it worth the 9 hr. each way drive, not to mention Grandma's cooking. There is nothing better than Collards and Turnip Greens with vinegar/pepper sauce on them.
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