1 more out of Circulation!

[Lc_102]

I was about to go get in the car to go MD'ing at an old local park, when I decided to grab a couple bucks incase I got thirsty or something. we had a pile of change setting on top of the microwave, and because I couldnt find any bills laying around, I decided to grap some quarters. I started picking out the quarters 1 at a time putting them from one hand to the other, listening to them clank. When I grabed one that said something ONLY us Crazy treasure hunters hear, It yelled SILVER when it hit the other quarters. I thought, no way, people buy rolls and rolls just looking for silver and never find any. I picked it up, looked at the side before the date and sure enough, it was a 1964 Washington quarter still in circulation!

I couldnt believe it, a great find before I even got out the door to go Md'ing! Which is good because Ive had a silver drought over the last month. I knew something was up as I watched the quarter leave my hand to fall into the other before I heard the clank. Just the color, we treasue hunters are a special breed when we can tell something's up just by the slight color diferation between a clad quarter and a silver quarter.

 

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[The Beep Goes On]

Good ear, Lc!

HH!
TBGO

 

[Cubfan64]

Good job!! You're absolutely right - I'll bet you could lay out 49 clad Roosevelt dimes with 1 silver one and the majority of us could pick it out just by sight alone without looking at the date, and I'd bet all of us could pick it out if we heard it drop.

We ARE a rare breed

 

[diggummup]

Good going. Silver in my clad doesn't last long.
I snatch it or grab it,
Then I sing a song.
Hide-o silver away!





Stupid,I know.I couldn't help it.

 

[jorge del norte]

I got one out of a bill changer few months back........and it was almost uncirculated ......crazy, I heard it's twang first. Must have been snatched out of a collection by a kid.

 

[Lc_102]

Hey guys, just got back from MD'ing a couple minutes ago. All I found while I was out was this Pre WW2 US Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal from 1933, it is really a good find, Im happy from the hunt and thats all I found.

 

[whitesid]

wow you must have great ears

 

[Lc_102]

Just looked through the little pile of change and found a 42 War Nickel, looks like somebody got into daddy's coin collection, and they ended up in my collection

 

[LadyDigger]

Great find on the Good Conduct

Tried to research abit on your find...but couldn't find much.

I did find this person:

U.S. Veterans Cemeteries, ca.1800-2004 Record
Name: William Bell Hanger
Veteran's Rank: CAPT
Branch: US Marine Corps
Last known address: 1702 East Seminole Street Springfield , MO 65804
Birth Date: 23 Jan 1910
Death Date: 27 May 1955
Veteran Service Start Date: 4 Aug 1946
Veteran Service End Date: 31 Mar 1950
Interment Date: 1 Jun 1955
Cemetery: Springfield National Cemetery
Buried At: Section 5 Site 41
Cemetery URL: http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/springfield.htm

Thought it was this person....but his start date is 1946 and the medal is 1929-1933...but this person was also Marine Corps. Or...unless someone recorded his entrance date incorrectly...that does happen

HH...........Ann

 

[Smithrow1]

Love hearing that silver sound in my change.

 

[StalkerSteve]

I believe the date of 1946 is the start of his Veteran service...By his birthdate, he'd be in the marines at 19...sounds right..it was his first inlistment...

Stalkersteve

 

[mech]

I believe the date of 1946 is the start of his Veteran service...By his birthdate, he'd be in the marines at 19...sounds right..it was his first inlistment...

Stalkersteve

agree with ya there steve, Im thinking the veteran status was attained at discharge from the corps.

cheers,

 

[Boobydoo]

Hi LC

Congrats on the silver, good ear for sure.

Hey, post that medal in a new thread in Today's finds so it can get the attention it deserves.
That's one heck of a find. A real treasure in my book and I bet it is worth some bucks!

Well done, congrats!

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[Lc_102]

There are two Hanger's in the phone book, I was maybe thinking about calling them and see if they were kin to this guy, maybe they want it back?

 

[diggummup]

There are two Hanger's in the phone book, I was maybe thinking about calling them and see if they were kin to this guy, maybe they want it back?

Won't hurt to try.That'd be a heck of a story to post if it did get returned to his kin.

 

[LadyDigger]

Well, 1946 was the year he entered and 1950 is the year he was discharged. But, if he had broken service, they would break it down to make it show consective time served. This I know, as I had broken service as well.

Even though my active duty started 1974...I got out in 1977 and stayed in the reserves. I went back in the Navy in 1978. So my Active Duty time started in 1975, due to my broken service, but my benefit time (i.e., advancement, retirement benies, etc) started in 1974.

He may have served from 1929 to 1933, got out and then later went back in. But not sure, as both times was a 4 year tour....

When researching, I based his age from 1929...thinking 18 or 19 when he enlisted. Could not find him on the WWI Draft Card list, he was ummmmm...too young nor could I find him on the WWII Draft Card List...either he was already active duty and was not required to sign up...or because he already served, he was not required to sign up. This is a puzzling one...how I love a challenge.

Anyways, it wouldn't hurt to call, if anything...could be a grandchild if not a cousin a generation or two removed. Be nice to find a direct kin of his though.

Tried also, searching the 1930 census records....but not sure of his birthplace and there were a few with his name and all within a year or two in age...access to the 1940 census not available to the public till 2012 . Only other census for him I could search would be 1920, but the same applies as for the 1930 census.

Keep us posted....hope this is the right guy. Can't wait for the ending

HH.........Ann

 

[gossunc]

1946...enlisting a 36 year old man? This was the year of the biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig draw down...doesn't seem like 36 year old veterans would be in much demand, unless he was some sort of specialist needed in Europe or Japan for the occupation. That sure is a poser.

 

[civilman1]

That was my first Q...silver anyway...nice job and HH!!

 

[Lc_102]

It almost has to be the guy ronandann found. What are the odd's of another guy with the exact same name from the same town I found it in. I found it here in springfield, so it had to be that guy, because this is where he lived. Unless of course the guys ronandann dug up was this guys son who served later?

 

[LadyDigger]

LC...you found it in Missouri? I meant to ask that earlier where you were located and it slipped my mind....well, now that I know that...let me check some of the census records, 1920 and 1930...atleast I may be able to get some siblings, if possible. Still don't know if he was born in Missouri, but I have a hunch he was and I will go with my hunch.

Yea, I meant to say that in my last post...if this wasn't him that I found that served in 1946-1950...could be a son. Maybe that guy was a 20 year veteran and whomever transcribed the ENLISTMENT DATE, typed it in wrong...that does happen too

Ain't this fun? LOL

HH........Ann

Just found this::::::

William B. Hanger Papers, 1931-2001. 4 lf.

The papers document Hanger’s military career in the U. S. Marines beginning with his enlistment in 1929. Of particular interest are diaries he kept in the 1930s while stationed in the Pacific. A diary he wrote in 1942 after the Marines landed on Guadalcanal describes combat activities. A photograph album he maintained illustrates how Pearl Harbor looked in the early 1930s prior to the Japanese attack in 1941.

Link I found this at:
http://www.lib.k-state.edu/depts/spec/flyers/military-history.html