Tried a new area this morning

[Monty]

It was warm early this AM and a cold front on the way so I got out for a couple of hours. Went to a center median dividing a boulevard. I found nearly $3.00 in clad in just a few feet, half of an old mill coin, an earbob (as Grandma use to call them), a handfull of pennies and some misc trash. I have been eyeballing this location for a year and finally decided to give it a try. I only have about a mile more of it to do so I should stay busy for a while! The old mill verifies that there may be some old stuff there if I can get a coil on top of it. Monty

 

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[Kentucky Kache]

Sounds like a good spot. I hope you find a bucket full.

 

[Burdie]

Monty wear orange and pray no drunks drive by. Looks like your going to need to speed up on your swing to get done before next year. HH Burdie

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Monty,

glad you got out.

Sounds like you should get a bunch of clad, if you keep it up. Will
pay for the coffee every morning.

That mill coin is a good sign.

Weather here is rain and cool, next few days expected to be wet, rain
and snow, temps falling. Think I'm not getting out for a few days.

Good luck on that median strip.

have a good un............

 

[stoney56]

Monty, do you think along the same way? I drive by an area and get a feeling about something good buried there and let it slide till it just eats at me till I give in and then sure enough, it does produce one or two really neat finds? Or am I just weird?

 

[hollowpointred]

this may be a dumb question, but what is a mill coin? i have never heard the term before. how old do you think it is? do you think you could post a pic?

 

[Monty]

A mill was of the WWII era, and was made of cardboard or aluminum. It was for paying tax on small purchases. It wasn't a real coin but represented something like a tenth of a cent. It had a hole punched in the middle and writing inscribed all around the face and reverse. The one I found is half eaten away and probably you couldn't tell anything about it. About the only time you hear the term millage anymore is referring to a tax base for county projects , etc, For instance , the county assesses a special 1 cent tax, dividing the intake into so much millage for each seperate project. Monty

Try this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_(currency)

 

[warsawdaddy]

Monty is right.The 'mill' was a tenth of one cent.The old zinc mills started disappearing in the late 40's and were replaced,here in MO anyway,with plastic mills of 'green and 'red'.One was a 5 mil denomination.All went out in early 50's.

 

[Monty]

Exactly stoney. I am always seeing something that piques my interest but don't have time to stop and check it out. I'll even forget about it and the next time I go by it I'll think, "Oh yeah, I wonder about that place". I should jot them down and make a list of places to visit on slow days but I guess I'm just too lazy? Monty

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Good luck walking that mile! HH, Mike

 

[Monty]

If I walk it 20' at a time it shouldn't be too bad! Monty

 

[stoney56]

Exactly stoney. I am always seeing something that piques my interest but don't have time to stop and check it out. I'll even forget about it and the next time I go by it I'll think, "Oh yeah, I wonder about that place". I should jot them down and make a list of places to visit on slow days but I guess I'm just too lazy? Monty

LOL I don't think that lazy is the word. We just have so much on our minds nowdays that it falls through the cracks. I finally wound up going back to one spot and found nothing but 6 quarters-no pennies or jewelry. Another spot had a few wheaties and some Hot Wheels. I let one spot get away a few years ago and some other club members found over $150 in silver scattered by a dozer while working ground for a cancer center.