255 coins in one hole!

[PatrickD]

Hi Everyone,

I took the AT Pro out Saturday because the temps were in the 70's. I went to an area that had old houses that were cleared for pending construction.

I was out of the vehicle for less than fifteen minutes when this find was made. I tried around the base of one tree, then a second tree. At the second tree, I got a reading for a coin. So, like we all do, I started digging.

45 minutes later, the readings had stopped and I had pulled a total of 255 coins out of one hole. This is the largest amount of coins I have found in one hole so far.





I haven't cleaned any of them yet. But, it looks like all pennies. Still 255 in one hole.

Also found a 1955 coke bottle in the same hole.

Patrick

 

[250hondacr]

Haha I used to bury pennies like that when I was little!

 

[g-olden years]

What fun! Totally cool find! Andi

 

[Markomyt1]

When I was little. My baby-sitter's daughter and I would bury old costume jewelry, coins and etc and make "Treasure Maps" for each other to find the stashes.
I should go over to that old house and see how many we never dug up!
Keep Digging!

 

[frogginfish]

That must have been one big pocket to hold all those coins. No wonder they spilled out!

Congrats!

 

[treblehunter]

WOW! What is the date range on them?

Yeah, come on, your killing me with the suspense, whats the oldest and newest?

 

[PatrickD]

I haven't checked the dates yet. Just been busy with some home projects. I did see one from the 70's so it didnt make me think that I was on to anything too valuable. I will post the oldest and newest after I go through them. Probably not going to happen until this weekend.

The whole time I was thinking about that scene in Stand By Me where the kid buried his pennies and couldn't find them again.

Here is the coke bottle I found in the hole.


One of our fellow Treasurenet members in the Bottles and Glass forum, goes by Surf, was kind enough to provide the bottle date and information.

"It's a 1955 Chattanooga Glass Co. example. Maybe a dollar or two in the marketplace." - Surf

 

[PatrickD]

I just realized something. That Coke bottle goes with a Pepsi bottle I found in late November at the local lake.

Its a circa 1950 - 1960 Pepsi Cola bottle.

 

[pong12211]

Wow that's impressive. That's deffinetly a once in a lifetime find.. Congrats

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

WoW Patrick!, Thats wild! How deep was it down?....Now you got some good Practice for that Silver Cache your gonna find one day! Congrats!!

 

[PatrickD]

They were between 2 and 4 inches. They were at the base of a tree. At first I thought it spilled from someone's pocket sitting there. But, after I pulled out so many I had to retrieve a ziplock back to put them in, made me think they were buried.

 

[terpfan]

They were between 2 and 4 inches. They were at the base of a tree. At first I thought it spilled from someone's pocket sitting there. But, after I pulled out so many I had to retrieve a ziplock back to put them in, made me think they were buried.

Yep, definitely looks like a burial to me. Maybe they were once in paper rolls that have since disintegrated. As exciting as the initial discovery was, it must have been frustrating to keep finding pennies!

 

[FreeBirdTim]

You beat my best coin spill by 248 coins!

 

[myfantasia1]

That would of made me happy, nice find

 

[doninbrewster]

About 30 years ago I found 153 cents in one hole. It's still my record although I did find a pocket dump of 17 coins and the last one out was a Barber half.

 

[3 of 6 GMG's]

No matter what the dates are, you definitely hit a good spot. You came home with 2.55 more than you went with. Awesome find and thanks for sharing, HH.

Matt

 

[Showtime2385]

Very cool, Congrats!

 

[PatrickD]

It was kind of funny finding it. There was a small flat rock there and I put the first one in my pocket. Then, I kept finding them and started piling them on the flat rock. When it overflowed, I put them all in a side pocket on my cargo pants. Then I started another pile on the flat rock. When it overflowed a second time, I got a ziplock back out of my gear bag. I would move a small hand shovel of dirt and each would have 3 or 4 pennies in it. Honestly, it isn't worth much in monetary value, at least, I don't think so as they haven't been cleaned and gone through yet. But, it was just cool finding that many in one hole. The coke bottle was a little deeper down.

I did send an email out to the local metal detecting club about the spot since there was no way I could work the location by myself. The next day a good number of people came out to check out the rest of the empty lots. The cleared location is like four square city blocks.

Patrick

 

[Tenspeed]

That's a great big pile of pennies! I hope you had a heavy duty pouch to carry all that weight.

The most pennies I ever found in one hole was 55!

 

[PatrickD]

Ok, I just went through them all. It is amazing how the zinc pennies corrode faster than anything. Some I couldn't read the entire date, others I couldn't read the date at all and some didn't even have Lincoln on them any longer.

Year Quantity
1962 1
1964 2
1968 1
1970 3
1971 4
1973 2
1974 3
1975 6
1976 7
1977 4
1978 9
1979 2
1980 1
1981 5
1982 7
1983 4
1984 2
1985 2
1986 4
1987 4
1988 2
1989 3
1990 4
1991 3
1992 6
1993 6
1994 6
1995 6
1996 10
1997 5
1998 14
1999 9
2000 12
2001 37
illegible 59

Total 255

 

[CRUSADER]

Ok, I just went through them all. It is amazing how the zinc pennies corrode faster than anything. Some I couldn't read the entire date, others I couldn't read the date and some didn't even have Lincoln on them any longer.

Year Quantity
1962 1
1964 2
1968 1
1970 3
1971 4
1973 2
1974 3
1975 6
1976 7
1977 4
1978 9
1979 2
1980 1
1981 5
1982 7
1983 4
1984 2
1985 2
1986 4
1987 4
1988 2
1989 3
1990 4
1991 3
1992 6
1993 6
1994 6
1995 6
1996 10
1997 5
1998 14
1999 9
2000 12
2001 37
illegible 59

Total 255

Almost seems to be a coin collection (or part of), as there seems to be just about 1 of every year. If you get what I mean.