100 year old merc and quarter plachets

[tnt-hunter]

Today I hit two spots with a decent result. Found a total of $3.35 in clad which wasn’t great,but a long way from being skunked.



At the first spot I found some modern bullet, keys, a badly toasted 1919 wheat and a small D buckle.

The second spot was better. I found a new foggy friend (a nice looking tree frog who sat and watched me while I dug a target.



In addition I dug a 1953 wheat penny, a 1918 S merc, a St Christopher medal, a car wash token and two discs that I am pretty sure are quarter planchets. They have the same weight as a quarter and are the same size. I have some penny and nickel planchets I have found in circulation, but these are the first quarter planchets for me. The odd thing is I have dug thousands of coin targets and I found two of these in one day and they were not close together. A rather odd coincidence.





Thanks for looking and may your coil pass over only good things.

 

[Jason in Enid]

Nice finds. No clue about the blanks, I've only ever found 2 or 3 in my life, and those were all in change, not dug. I like the frog friend!

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds TNT-Hunter. Thanks for sharing...

 

[Brendan75]

Hi, nice finds

 

[ToddsPoint]

If the mint had one they were going to stamp a coin from, it would be a planchet. If some no-account cut out a piece of metal the size of a quarter, it's called a slug. A fake to put in machines.

When I was a kid, my cousin and I watched the power company guy change a street light. While he was up there, a piece of metal fell to the ground. It was quarter size, a punch out, coming from the new light. We went to the laundromat and tried it in the change machine. It worked! We then drove all over town looking under street light for the slugs. We found enough to empty the change machine at the laundromat! That was 1963 or '64. Gary

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice job on your finds. Always like to see the Mercs.

 

[Hawks88]

Nice finds. You gotta love those silver dimes. Congrats!

 

[Phishfindr]

Nice finds. Congrats!

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on those finds.

My last permission gave up 2 blank copper disks on my 1st grid and 6 more on the 2nd grid. I was certain I was digging either a half dollar or a large cent. Hated being fooled 8 times.