14 wheat pennies, 2 silvers, and a US Air Force ring

[beez0404]

I had the pleasure of hunting with my buddy Smittyman this morning. I finally got permission to hunt two older homes built probably around 1900. Very quickly between us we had found 6 wheat pennies and were encouraged that there could/should be silver there. Shortly thereafter I found the 10k gold filled United States Air Force ring. When I first started cleaning it up and saw the color I thought I had a fantastic find. Turned out to be gold filled and whatever the center was it's pretty toasted now. Still I'm happy with it as it's only the third ring I've ever found. I dug a couple more wheat pennies then I got a faint peep on my Deus with a TID of 92-93 which only flashed once or twice. When I got to the coin it was 7 1/2" deep and was the 1899 Barber quarter. It cleaned up okay but not as well as most other silver coins I've found. Ended up with 10 wheats. These items were all found in the same yard. I found a mini coin spill at the other house. First found a wheat penny and when I pinpointed the hole again I found another wheat penny. When I picked up the second one the mercury dime fell into the hole. It was front to back with the second wheatie. If you look at the photo you can see the green area on the mercury dime where the wheat was stuck to it. I couldn't get that to come off with baking soda. I'll try some Flitz on it. Four wheat pennies found in the second yard. One of my favorites is the Warranted Superior saw medallion. I have to do some research to find out the approximate year as they had many designs. Thanks for looking and best of luck hunting to everyone.

 

[Hunter612]

Nice finds!

 

[david680]

Good hunt! Don't sweat the Barber, it actually cleaned up about how a Barber in that grade should look I would say. It actually doesn't look dug, from the pic, and that's a good thing. The car might not have much value, but its a cool find!

 

[vpnavy]

Great finds! Thanks for sharing...

 

[Fingerlakes119]

Great finds. I found the same AF ring 2 weeks ago 12 K gold filled, but the initial view from the hole had me fooled at first.

 

[BigWaveDave]

A hunt like that reminds me of one of my best hunts, except for I didn't find a .25 barber, or the tootsie car, ring, umm, the trash looks familiar! great finds, congrats!!

 

[Old Dude]

Very nice group. Still waiting patiently for a Barber, lol. I keep getting firsts this year, so there's hope yet, lol.

 

[el remolino]

Those are the kind of finds that I really enjoy. The Barber and Merc are nice!! Congrats on it all.

 

[Gridwalker306]

Very nice finds, and I certainly wouldn't clean the Barber or Merc any further. The Barber looks really good with the dark background, highlighting the raised parts.

 

[dirtlooter]

looked like an interesting day to me, love the ring, i used to have one with the blue stone.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Awesome finds! Silver is in great shape. Nice!

 

[beez0404]

Great finds. I found the same AF ring 2 weeks ago 12 K gold filled, but the initial view from the hole had me fooled at first.

I dug the ring thinking is was a clad quarter because the TDI of the ring fell in that range. But when my friend rubbed off some of the dirt it had that beautiful gold shine so I got excited. I then took it to the jeep to clean off the inside to see if it was stamped and it was......10k gold filled

 

[detroitdigger]

Very cool finds!

 

[wvdirtdigger]

Congrats. Now that is one heck of a hunt

 

[jewelerguy]

excellent finds!

 

[Carolina Tom]

Excellent finds Jay. Congrats on a spectacular haul.

 

[alwayssearching]

Nice..... What a day. Love the silver coins..... Great job, thanks for sharing..

 

[wheatfinder13]

The ring is really cool. Is that an I.d. Bracelet?

 

[ShovelNose]

A flick of gold will get your heart racing. I found an Army ring like yours and found they were sold at truck stops. Congrats on the silvers.

 

[park pirate]

Awesome..