Probably last day out this year - and one of my best coin days!

[TrpnBils]

I'm assuming today will be the last day I'll detect in 2015. My wife and I are expecting our first child any day now (she was due last week), but I revisited a spot today about 5 miles down the road (after making sure I had cell service there) that I found an IHP at this summer. It's a yard now, but there used to be a church there. I focused mainly on where the church was last time, but today I found a hot spot of some sort over in one corner of the property.

Top Row: 1927 King George V British Penny, 1954 silver Washington quarter
Second Row: 1936 Buffalo nickel, 1883 seated dime (bucket list coin for me...the ONLY thing not worn off is the date. It's the smoothest coin I've ever found), 1912D Barber dime
Third Row: 1929 buffalo nickel, 1896 indian head penny, 1907 indian head penny
Bottom: 1903 'V' nickel (another bucket list coin. Not much detail but I'll take it).

The British coin...I'll admit, I cleaned it. I don't really care about foreign coinage much, so I thought I'd try something I've never tried on big copper on the off chance it could help me out in the future with US large cents. It didn't impress me, but it's really not a major loss. Lesson learned. That '07 IHP had a clear date until I brushed the dirt away with the back of a wooden match. I figure it can't get much worse, so I'm going to try electrolysis on it tomorrow. I've only ever done that on one bronze token before and was amazed at the results. It's not a key date so, again, nothing to lose by trying!

 

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[bill from lachine]

Jeff,

Nice selection of coins and good luck on the upcoming child.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[RJ55]

Nice haul. Best wishes on that new young one.

 

[pepperj]

Good day out getting the finds, best of luck with the baby.

BTW what did you use on the large penny?

 

[toasted]

You certainly made it count. That's the smoothest dime I've seen but hey its Seated. Congratulations and Good Luck

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on pulling those 9 keeper coins. Two bucket listers in one day!!! The V-Nickle still eludes my coil.

 

[TrpnBils]

Good day out getting the finds, best of luck with the baby.

BTW what did you use on the large penny?

This will make the coin guys cringe, but salt/vinegar and then steel wool. Again, I wouldn't do this on a coin I actually cared anything about, but it was a little experiment.

You certainly made it count. That's the smoothest dime I've seen but hey its Seated. Congratulations and Good Luck

I was 99% sure that's what it was anyway, but on my way home it dawned on me it could be either a dime, half dime, or possibly a 3 center. The date narrows it down to a seated dime though. My first seated ever, so it's not ideal by any means but it's a starting point for next year.

Congrats on pulling those 9 keeper coins. Two bucket listers in one day!!! The V-Nickle still eludes my coil.

Forgot to include the 10 wheats I dug too. I keep those but I don't really count them as keepers if that makes sense. The V-nickel was my first, but it finally completes my dug nickel group. I dug a shield last year (dateless) so this is the one I've been waiting on.

 

[BigWaveDave]

Yea, I have destroyed coins that I don't care about too...either to simply identify what the coin is, like a wheat or indian, or to see a date....

great finds, and good luck to you and your family...

 

[Gridwalker306]

You had a heck of a day! That's a lot of great old coins.

I have had my last day too, winter is rolling in quick. Congrats and good luck with your new bundle of joy!

 

[TrpnBils]

You had a heck of a day! That's a lot of great old coins.

I have had my last day too, winter is rolling in quick. Congrats and good luck with your new bundle of joy!

Canada, eh? I assumed you guys had to learn to do everything regardless of winter. Before I moved here I was living in Erie, PA about 12 miles off the lake in the snow belt so we pretty much had to get all of our non-snow outdoor recreation in between May and October because the ground was covered the rest of the time.

 

[against the wind]

Congrats on finding some really nice coins.
Two bucket lister in one hunt is not easy to do.
All the best with your new addition to the family.

 

[kingskid1611]

Congratulations on the addition to your family. and Congrats on making the new one an investment coin collection.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Congrats on the nice coins, and pending new addition to the family!

 

[Gridwalker306]

Canada, eh? I assumed you guys had to learn to do everything regardless of winter. Before I moved here I was living in Erie, PA about 12 miles off the lake in the snow belt so we pretty much had to get all of our non-snow outdoor recreation in between May and October because the ground was covered the rest of the time.

Haha, yeah gotta learn to live with it. It's not the snow I mind so much, but the wind and the months of -30/-40 and super short days that drive me nuts. I can't believe the prairie pioneers actually stayed here after going through their first winter.

 

[bigfoot1]

very nice year ender !!!congrats on your best find when born !!

 

[IndianaHunter27]

Wow, amazing group of coins there, phenomenal for a single hunt!