1909 VDB

[ES66]

I hunted a 1896 house in St. Paul today. Unfortunately, after a few digs, I realized that in the not too distant past, the original yard had been covered with a layer of black dirt. It was the cleanest black dirt I've seen. Not a stone or pebble in it. It went down at least five inches. So everything I found was between the surface and two inches - all modern coins and tons of zincolns. The only part of the yard that hadn't been covered was the boulevard. That's where I found a 1909 VDB wheat. There wasn't a "S", but it was still a cool find. Also, the homeowner said the previous owner had been a drug dealer and that there had been a shootout in the yard at one time. I did find a handgun slug in the yard, which she wanted to keep. From there I stopped for a quick hunt at an old park and uncovered a 1944 wheat and 89 cents in clad.

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

That's in great shape, early Wheaties don't fare well out here.
Good stuff.
Carl

 

[Tuberale]

Pretty nice penny. SO CLOSE, too. What a difference a little S makes.<sigh>

 

[Dman]

Awesome. Wished it had an S.
Dman

 

[mainer]

Too bad no S. But a cool coin non theless.

 

[lennon631]

That VDB would have stopped my heart for a sec or two! Great finds!

 

[hikeinmts]

1909 v.d.b.........where is that S? Where is that S? WHAT? a 1909 S V.D.B......missing the S......a super rare coin.....
ok.....maybe not, but we can hope with you, can't we? Good finds.....maybe next time will be THE TIME.....hope so.

 

[Tennessee Treasure Hunter]

thats a very nice find!!

 

[Hunter]

Nice find!!

 

[liftloop]

Damn over burden

 

[SirJoey]

Whoa, so close! But for the sake of that one little letter...
Still, an excellent find, IMO! She's a beauty! Congrats!











"The Lord is my shepherd"

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

It reminds me of a few years back when I was detecting without my glasses on. I found what I knew was a Mercury Dime, but there was no way I could see a date. I asked a passerby if he could read the date and he told me 1916. I asked him to please look at the lower left on the reverse side to see if there was a letter "D". He said no, but I was still hopefull. Needless to say, I cut my outing short, only to find that this was not the coin I was hoping for.

Nice find, just the same!

 

[ddjames]

Great find. I have ran across that same issue with yards being built over older yards. Makes the quest for depth even more desirable.

 

[mikesand]

Great find nonetheless! Were you using your white's? i would think that "up to 5 inches of added soil" would still give you a shot at finding coins. Aren't white's capable of finding coins deep? Like around 10+ inches?
HH
mikesand

 

[steelheadwill]

Choice Find!! Congrats !!