Playground finds

[Glenn-RI]

Hi everyone! Hopefully everyone had a great weekend. I got up @ 3:30am on Saturday so I could start detecting at sunrise which was around 5:00. I stopped @ Dunkin Donuts on my way and the bill came to 96 cents. So I handed the girl a dollar bill. She gave me back 4 pennies one of which was a 1918 wheat. That was a good way to start the morning! So I went to the area I wanted to detect but the gate was closed. So I rode around looking for somewhere else to detect. I came across a playground that I had seen once before and said I should try detecting there someday. I totally forgot about it. It's about 30' x 50' with wood chips. As I started detecting it became evident that no one had detected there in a long time or at all. I was finding coins everywhere. I was thinking there has to be some jewelry in there so I kept searching. I ended up finding 69 clad coins in this small area, one ring and very little junk.

coins:
40 pennies
9 nickels
10 dimes
10 quarters

The ring was about 3" down right in front of a tube that a small kid could crawl thru. Mom or grandma must have been helping a kid in or out. It took me over 2 hours to clean this place out and I had a good time doing it. I'm adding it to my list of places to check every so often. HH

Glenn

 

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[mchamby]

Glad to see you found a spot that wasn't locked, nice little pile of change you dug, and a ring to go with it.
HH
Mchamby

 

[nybuford]

Nice little haul Glenn... WTG

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Nice finds! HH, Mike

 

[Pennyworth]

Congrats on the ring and the pile of clad! Playgrounds are easy to detect and fun!

 

[popcorn]

nice pile of change It always pays to check spots even if it does not seem like good area.

 

[Joe88]

Great finds Glenn!!!
Those playgrounds are great to detect and always give up some change. ( And jewelry, too)
HH!!

Joe

 

[coolcash2004]

Nice ring! Thats a big pile of change!

-CC

 

[Burdie]

It amazes me how much money is lost at playgrounds. Congrats on your finds. Burdie

 

[Detectingfreak]

Lots of money and do i see a ring? Very nice ring dude! Haha nice pulltabs too!

 

[dave-enc]

nice finds Glenn wtg
hh
dave+bobbie

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Thats a sweet little ring! Congrats on the finds!

 

[willie d]

That sounds like quite a playground! I haven't detected a playground as of yet. I found a man's wedding ring near a sliding board right on top of the woodchips. I ended up tracking down the owner and returning it. It was one of the best feelings. Anyway, great finds. WTG

 

[Gabbit]

looks like a good time to me -- keep us posted

 

[ladybug332200]

ok glenn... what park did you hunt..i dont wanna take your change...nice finds..im planning on hitting a campground and a beach soon...in r.i. ....any advice?

 

[Roadquest]

WTG you just never know. You had a good day..

 

[Farmer X]

Looks like the 1918 wheat was a good sign
you're a clad clean'en machine!!!!!!!!!!!!

HH Farmer Dan

 

[treasurekidd]

Nice haul Glenn! The ring looks like sterling, and a 69 coin day is good anytime. Top it off with a 1918 wheat and you've had a heck of a day! HH!

 

[Boobydoo]

Great day and a ring also, congrats!

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[LizardQueen]

Lots of clad you found and a nice ring. You had a good day.