94 Indians In The River

[fossis]

While taking pic's & looking for arrowheads yesterday, I was walking in a dry section of a local river, I saw this metal object & gave it a nudge with my boot, it was a tin can, the lid came off & it was (full to the brim with coins).
after collecting my wits about me, I started taking pic's, & hurried home to clean them.
The whole can was full of rust , & coins were even sticking together, so by noon the next day, (today), I finished cleaning them the best I can for now, they had been in a tobacco sack with a drawstring, in the can.
Totals were.............1 peace dollar
1 Silver coin from the Netherlands
4 walking liberty halves
10 mercury dimes
13 V nickels
1 Barber half dollar
2 Barber quarters
1 flying eagle quarter
94 Indian head pennies (oldest 1864)
9 buffalo nickels
4 recent nickels
15 foreign coins (nothing very good)
20 wheat pennies ( 30's, 40's, 1 shot with a bullet)
1 token (Good For 5 cents in trade), slick on the back
1 sheild nickel 1836 (the best I can tell)

Not a 'bad haul' for me. :P

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[spitfire55]

That!...is totally..amazing!
Just think ? what if that had been a bunch of gold coins in that can .
Where there's one can there might be more cans just like that..possibly just inches bellow the waters surface : .

 

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[fossis]

quite a odd mixture of coinage -- form 1861's thru 1990- large "date" range -- both local and foreign -- clearly had to be put into place /lost post 1990* quite odd that some one would cache a set of old silver coins like that -- but hey --I'd love a find like that anytime.-- 94 IH alone is great --and all that silver to boot --when you get done how about a "complete" listing of dates and types .

sheild nickles are post civil war -- so got to be 1886 --not 1836

your flying eagle quarter --is a standing liberty quarter ----aka as (SLQ)

Shield nickel was 1866 to 1883, so it is neither 1886 nor 1836

Great find! That's at least a couple of years of Indian Heads for me. The nice thing is that a lot of your nickels seemed nicely preserved by being in the can. I suppose we could all come up with stories to account for that can. Do look not only for 1909s indian head, but also 1877. I'd personally also look for 1859, though its not a key date, still having the different wreath on the reverse is interesting.

Thanks for the info, the coins were so rusted up that some were sticking together, it was 'quite a job' getting them clean, some copper had 'leached' on to the nickels, giving them a reddish color.

Fossis..........

 

[fossis]

That!...is totally..amazing!
Just think ? what if that had been a bunch of gold coins in that can .
Where there's one can there might be more cans just like that..possibly just inches bellow the waters surface : .

I was sure hoping Gold was in the bottom of the can, & I searched the area thoroughly after that, but it was a rocky bottom & didn't find anything more.

Fossis..............

 

[Birddog 1]

Fossis did you go get a lottery ticket if not you should congratulation on a grate find.

Birddog 1

 

[Hunter]

Awesome find !!

 

[hjmuntje]

Fery nice , en een NEDERLANDSE MUNT stuur maar terug hoor.
A dutch coin, you me send it back, i lost it a several years ago.(about 110 years).

 

[fossis]

Fossis did you go get a lottery ticket if not you should congratulation on a grate find.

Birddog 1

I buy them all the time, so far not much luck.
Thanks, & welcome to Treasure net.

Fossis...........

 

[fossis]

Awesome find !!

Thanks

Fossis............

 

[fossis]

Fery nice , en een NEDERLANDSE MUNT stuur maar terug hoor.
A dutch coin, you me send it back, i lost it a several years ago.(about 110 years).

Sorry, it's my favorite coin of all the find, in the 1800's our local railroad company, now known as the KCS, (Kansas City Southern), was seeking funding to extend it's line Southward through the Ouachita Mts, they approached the Netherlands for help.
They did invest, & a large lodge was built atop a high mt peak, & named for the Gueen (Wilhilmina), she never did come to Ok to visit, but after several fires, the lodge was rebuilt & still stands today, & the area is now a State Park so that coin is special.
Welcome to Treasure-Net.

Fossis............

 

[phantomfinder]

Super great job , WTG

 

[fossis]

Super great job , WTG

Thanks

Fossis............

 

[Native1858]

The exact reason I like walking river bottoms, and their banks.

 

[fossis]

The exact reason I like walking river bottoms, and their banks.

So true, so much of the activity of Indians & settlers took place around the rivers & creeks.

Fossis..........

 

[Ronfrommichigan]

Holy Cow Batman!!!

 

[creeper71]

Congradulations on a great Find !! The feeling a treasure hunter is really looking for !! A bunch all at once ! Is it going to be possible to get a complete listing of the 94 Indians ? MaineRelic

I went through all that were readable.........

1-1864

1-1883
1-1887
1-1891
5-1892
2-1893
2-1894
3-1895
1-1896
2-1897
1-1898
6-1899
4-1900
5-1901
7-1902
4-1903
3-1904
3-1906
9-1907 (The year OK became a state)
2-1908

check the 1908 for a S mint mark it will be on back at bottom under the bow between the 2 ties... If you have a S it will be worth some money

 

[Treasure Hounds]

What a find ~ congratulations! Hurray for creek walking!

 

[fossis]

Holy Cow Batman!!!

Fossis............

 

[fossis]

Congradulations on a great Find !! The feeling a treasure hunter is really looking for !! A bunch all at once ! Is it going to be possible to get a complete listing of the 94 Indians ? MaineRelic

I went through all that were readable.........

1-1864

1-1883
1-1887
1-1891
5-1892
2-1893
2-1894
3-1895
1-1896
2-1897
1-1898
6-1899
4-1900
5-1901
7-1902
4-1903
3-1904
3-1906
9-1907 (The year OK became a state)
2-1908

check the 1908 for a S mint mark it will be on back at bottom under the bow between the 2 ties... If you have a S it will be worth some money

Thanks for the info.

Fossis...........

 

[fossis]

What a find ~ congratulations! Hurray for creek walking!

Thanks, it's one 'upside' of our dry weather this year.

Fossis.............

 

[planejet42]

Wow!!!! That is amazing, congrats!!!!