Captn SE
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- Apr 1, 2007
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- Southern CA
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab Explorer SE; X-1 Target Probe; Pro Coil, 6x8 SEF, Coiltek Platypus Elliptical, Sunray X8, Expl. 1050 coils
Hello Everyone,
This detecting week has been sporadic with finds. A couple of days I did fairly well, but on one day, my silver streak with my Pro Coil finally ended at 50 straight hunts. That marked the first time this year that I didn't find a silver coin during a turf hunt. I estimated from January to June, I had a little over 50 turf hunts with my 1050 coil, then from June to December, another 50 with the Pro Coil. So, that makes a little over 100 straight hunts before the streak ended. Oh well, every streak must come to an end, and I'm actually relieved it finally ended. And I know I will never want to try and surpass that streak. It's not possible, with our increasingly diminishing silver coins in our parks. Five to ten years from now, I will look back at my accomplishments in '07 and '08 and say, "Yep, I remember the days when I could get at least 1 silver coin and a bunch of wheats on every detecting trip. Those were the good old days."
In my pic, I have a few finds to talk about. The small silver bead marks my smallest piece of silver I've ever found with my SE. I was detecting an eroded hillside, and was digging all signals, when I dug the small silver bead, which sounded a little higher than a pulltab. Of the 42 wheaties, one turned out to be a semi-key dater, a 1910 S. I've found a handful of those this year. Lastly, I found a pretty old find for the park I was detecting at. It's an 1854 Bank of Upper Canada Half Penny Token. It's got a beautiful green patina on it. I'm going to soak it a little more to get it a little cleaner. I was very surprised to dig it at around 7".
Thanks for looking!
Keep The Passion High!
HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan
Here's some info on the Bank of Upper Canada and its coinage.
The Bank of Upper Canada was a Canadian bank established in 1821 under a Charter granted by the colony of Upper Canada in 1819. At one point it was headed by William Allan, a member of the elite Toronto society called the Family Compact. The bank was a small operation which, like many early Canadian banks, collapsed in 1866.
The building which housed the bank, constructed in 1825, still exists in Toronto and has been designated a National Historic Site of Canada.
In 1850, the Bank of Upper Canada received the right to issue a coinage due to a severe coin shortage. The coinage consisted of 1/2 Penny and 1 Penny Bank Tokens. The obverse of the coins carried a representation of St.George slaying the dragon based on Benedetto Pistrucci's gold sovereign coinage design. The reverse of the coins carried the then obsolete Coat-of-Arms of Upper Canada.
This detecting week has been sporadic with finds. A couple of days I did fairly well, but on one day, my silver streak with my Pro Coil finally ended at 50 straight hunts. That marked the first time this year that I didn't find a silver coin during a turf hunt. I estimated from January to June, I had a little over 50 turf hunts with my 1050 coil, then from June to December, another 50 with the Pro Coil. So, that makes a little over 100 straight hunts before the streak ended. Oh well, every streak must come to an end, and I'm actually relieved it finally ended. And I know I will never want to try and surpass that streak. It's not possible, with our increasingly diminishing silver coins in our parks. Five to ten years from now, I will look back at my accomplishments in '07 and '08 and say, "Yep, I remember the days when I could get at least 1 silver coin and a bunch of wheats on every detecting trip. Those were the good old days."
In my pic, I have a few finds to talk about. The small silver bead marks my smallest piece of silver I've ever found with my SE. I was detecting an eroded hillside, and was digging all signals, when I dug the small silver bead, which sounded a little higher than a pulltab. Of the 42 wheaties, one turned out to be a semi-key dater, a 1910 S. I've found a handful of those this year. Lastly, I found a pretty old find for the park I was detecting at. It's an 1854 Bank of Upper Canada Half Penny Token. It's got a beautiful green patina on it. I'm going to soak it a little more to get it a little cleaner. I was very surprised to dig it at around 7".
Thanks for looking!
Keep The Passion High!
HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan
Here's some info on the Bank of Upper Canada and its coinage.
The Bank of Upper Canada was a Canadian bank established in 1821 under a Charter granted by the colony of Upper Canada in 1819. At one point it was headed by William Allan, a member of the elite Toronto society called the Family Compact. The bank was a small operation which, like many early Canadian banks, collapsed in 1866.
The building which housed the bank, constructed in 1825, still exists in Toronto and has been designated a National Historic Site of Canada.
In 1850, the Bank of Upper Canada received the right to issue a coinage due to a severe coin shortage. The coinage consisted of 1/2 Penny and 1 Penny Bank Tokens. The obverse of the coins carried a representation of St.George slaying the dragon based on Benedetto Pistrucci's gold sovereign coinage design. The reverse of the coins carried the then obsolete Coat-of-Arms of Upper Canada.
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That sucker looks pretty darn old to me. 
