this mornings finds

[hollowpointred]

even though it was damp i decided to hit an elementary school ive been hunting the last few weeks. came away with 8 washington quarters
12 roosevelt dimes
3 nickles
45 zinc pennies
1 wheat pennie 1951
i was surprised to find the wheatie since this is a fairly modern school. i am sure it was built in the late 60s. i guess it was probably dropped shortly after they opened the school. i only hunted about a third of the playground so i am sure there is more to be found.........this hunt also gave me a chance to try out the lesche predator tool for the first time. its a very good digger. i was able to cut and pry out plugs with ease.if anyone is thinking about one go ahead and get it. you wont be dissapointed.well.........thats all untill next time.

 

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[treasurekidd]

Not bad for a rainy day, and a wheatie is always a nice find to add to a pile of clad! Schools are great places to hunt, always full of stuff, even if most of it is new! HH!

 

[bigrig40]

nice job on the school.i had to work.

peace,bigrig

 

[cbbrink]

Nice finds. What years did they make zinc pennies?

Thanks,

Chuck

 

[hollowpointred]

thanks for the replies guys! zinc pennies are the new crappy ones that seem to disintegrate when theve been in the ground for a while. i guess uncle sam got tired of paying for copper pennies and opted for the cheap zinc ones.i dont know when they started with the zinc although i am sure someone around here knows.

 

[lonewolfe]

Good days hunt - especially in the rain!

Find more, dig more, post more!

HH

Lonewolfe

 

[bagglaydee]

Nice finds, even in the rain.

Uncle Sam switched over to zinc (core) pennies in 1982. On the flip side, though, copper pennies were still minted in 1982! What to do, what to do. I keep any pennies, 1982 or older, and "recycle" '83 and newer back into the economy....LOL That is, recycle them after they're checked for oddities/misprints, etc.

Keep up the good work...hope to hit a little league field and soccer field tomorrow if this wind dies down.

HH all...barb

 

[Rooster]

NICE AMOUNT OF CLAD!!!! WAY TO GO. THE LESCH DIGGER IS GREAT ISNT IT. KEEP ON DIGGIN, THE ROOSTER

 

[NC Barefoot2]

WTG! You made more today than I make in a month. Hope you find many, many more as you journey through the fields and school yards. Today I had my yard turned over for new seeding and the only thing there was dirt! Maybe we should of had the neighbor's yard turned over instead. Best wishes and congratulations on all your finds.

NC Barefoot2

 

[allen]

looks like you dug all day . hope you find even more the next time !!!!!

 

[dave-enc]

Congrats on the morning finds, Hope the rest of the school produces for you
hh
dave+bobbie

 

[surfrat96]

Great finds! Got any pics?

 

[hollowpointred]

na sorry surfrat i dont have a camera.....or even a scanner! im not much of a computer nerd. i can barely turn the damn thing on half the time!! i am going to look into getting a scanner soon though and will put up some pics then.

 

[Mona Lisa]

Nice finds.

Yeah, the scanner works great. No worries about focusing. It's pretty simple.

Haupin