azmetaldetector
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I thought I'd share a great find I had today. I found this 1933 AZ license plate today in downtown Phoenix. These plates were made of copper. I believe they were only manufactured in copper in 1932, 1933 and maybe 1934. They are highly desirable because of this. This is also somewhat of a non-standard plate as it's a Commercial plate AND this commercial plate was onlyissued by the Arizona Corporation Commission (hence the ACC on the plate). Thus, this plate was for a commercial vehicle doing business solely within the state.
I found it in a 'pounded' lot (hunted out), along a fence line. I had my small coil on my MXT and got a deep, weak coin reading. As I got closer to it, it overloaded and it first looked like a coke can, so I started to get a bit frustrated (as it's hard digging in the dirt in Phoenix) and wasn't careful as I'd like, but luckily I didn't puncture it. As I started to brush the dirt away, I saw only 'zona' and the first 2 numbers and at the top and bottom of it it was really solid. So while I thought it might be a license plate, I was confused because of the solid object at the top and bottom of it. I called my friends over and they knew right away it was a copper plate with the original paint. The reason it had a solid object at the top and the bottom was because it was wrapped around the joint of 2 water pipes. I couldn't believe the condition it was in, but it was in a half circle, but because it was copper it was easy to straighten out.
I can't wait to find out the value/rarity of it. Even if it's not worth a lot, I love it, as I never thought I'd find one of these, and to have the first one I find have the original paint on it still is even better!
I found it in a 'pounded' lot (hunted out), along a fence line. I had my small coil on my MXT and got a deep, weak coin reading. As I got closer to it, it overloaded and it first looked like a coke can, so I started to get a bit frustrated (as it's hard digging in the dirt in Phoenix) and wasn't careful as I'd like, but luckily I didn't puncture it. As I started to brush the dirt away, I saw only 'zona' and the first 2 numbers and at the top and bottom of it it was really solid. So while I thought it might be a license plate, I was confused because of the solid object at the top and bottom of it. I called my friends over and they knew right away it was a copper plate with the original paint. The reason it had a solid object at the top and the bottom was because it was wrapped around the joint of 2 water pipes. I couldn't believe the condition it was in, but it was in a half circle, but because it was copper it was easy to straighten out.
I can't wait to find out the value/rarity of it. Even if it's not worth a lot, I love it, as I never thought I'd find one of these, and to have the first one I find have the original paint on it still is even better!
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