FutureProspect784
Jr. Member
About four months ago, I was detecting in a public park about 10 minutes from my house in our capital city of Charlottetown here on Prince Edward. The park's history has a fairly long history, however it is an area that has been heavily hunted throughout the years by many detectorists. Anyway, I had a few hours to kill one Saturday morning in September, so an outing to the park was in order. I decided to keep mainly to the small, somewhat overgrown footpaths, as I knew that if there was anything else of value to be found, that would be where I would find it. So I'm sweeping along with my detector, digging up the odd bottle cap and clad coin, when I get this fairly faint signal by a tree. I set to digging it, cutting my way through a multitude of tree roots, until finally I had located my target: a circular-shaped object, which at first glance I thought to be a washer, as it had a neat little hole through the center. However, since I never discard anything that is coin-shaped until I go over it with a fine-toothed comb, I put it in my pocket and continued on my merry way.
When I got home later that morning, I dug out my washer, and proceeded to carefully remove some of the encrusted dirt, enough to distinguish any possible markings. Imagine my surprise when, under a magnifying glass, I could just barely make out parts of an inscription, enough to prove that it was in fact a coin or a token of some sort. Over the next few weeks, I kept cleaning it up, and last night I was finally able to figure out exactly what it was: An Egyptian 5 Milliemes (Nickel) coin minted in 1917! Needless to say, I was a tad floored.
Here's a picture I found on the internet of the coin (my own pics didn't turn out so well):
Long story short, this is probably my best find so far (and strangest!) in my four years of detecting.
When I got home later that morning, I dug out my washer, and proceeded to carefully remove some of the encrusted dirt, enough to distinguish any possible markings. Imagine my surprise when, under a magnifying glass, I could just barely make out parts of an inscription, enough to prove that it was in fact a coin or a token of some sort. Over the next few weeks, I kept cleaning it up, and last night I was finally able to figure out exactly what it was: An Egyptian 5 Milliemes (Nickel) coin minted in 1917! Needless to say, I was a tad floored.
Here's a picture I found on the internet of the coin (my own pics didn't turn out so well):
Long story short, this is probably my best find so far (and strangest!) in my four years of detecting.
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