1906 Abandoned House

Aussie Okie · Jun 26, 2019

Got permission to hunt an abandoned 1906 house. Amazed how few signals there were. Must have been hunted numerous times over the years.

I did break my silver drought though.

First hit was what looked like a half dollar, though very crusty and looked like clad.

Wasn't till I got it home, and after 10 tin foil, baking soda treatments, discovered it was a 1953 D Franklin Half Dollar!

I hit a Mercury Dime 1919, a 1946 wheatie, and just a handful of 70's lincolns.

A Palmolive token.

Assorted other bits and pieces, including a nice square nail.
****update I did some more work on the purple car underneath. It's a Tootsietoy Purple 1955 Jaguar D-Type Race Car, USA. ****

First two photos, the Franklin before cleaning.

Aussie Okie · Jun 27, 2019

Joe-Dirt said:
Nice job on Big Ben , don’t see too many of those pulled out of the ground

Thanks! Yes, my first [emoji4]

Aussie Okie · Jun 27, 2019

Trezurehunter said:
Nice job on the silvers, especially the Franklin. That is one tough Half to find. I always like the Tootsie Toys also.

Thanks! It was a surprise to me also, I though it was clad, couldn't see it through all the crud, boy was I surprised 🖒 The Tootsie Toy is neat, my second I think.

Aussie Okie · Jun 27, 2019

xcopperstax said:
That half dollar cleaned up very nicely! I used to have the purple toy car. It was older than me when I got it as a kid (guessing) Might qualify as antique and I'm only 41!

I'm pretty happy how it cleaned up, took enough swims in the pool though [emoji16] What I could find was 1955 for the car, so it would be about 64 years old. It still has all it's wheels....