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

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

 

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[curbdiggercarl57]

That is just awesome bud! I've been waiting all day for you to post the pics!!!

I voted BANNER!!!

Yeah, you kinda sorta, better, vote Banner on this one.
But I don't like you anymore.
Kudos.
Carl

Now 'come on Carl'

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

You just filled a Whitman's Indian Head Cent coin folder, just by playing kick the can.
I took five long drives to Leadville, and I dug a 1892 Indie.
You are not on my Christmas Card of the Family list this year.
But I voted Banner, cause ya got a pretty avatar.
Kudos.

 

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[fossis]

That is just awesome bud! I've been waiting all day for you to post the pics!!!

I voted BANNER!!!

Yeah, you kinda sorta, better, vote Banner on this one.
But I don't like you anymore.
Kudos.
Carl

Now 'come on Carl'

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

You just filled a Whitman's Indian Head Cent coin folder, just by playing kick the can.
I took five long drives to Leadville, and I dug a 1892 Indie.
You are not on my Christmas Card of the Family list this year.
But I voted Banner, cause ya got a pretty avatar.
Kudos.

If not the list, at least I got your vote. , there's always next year.

Another Carl .............. (fossis)

 

[umrgolf]

Amazing discovery Those are great pics as well.. I only have one cache but it was about 50 wheaties and 100 memorials

 

[fossis]

Amazing discovery Those are great pics as well.. I only have one cache but it was about 50 wheaties and 100 memorials

'A cache is a cache'. :P

Thanks,
Fossis............

 

[{Sentinel}]

Congrats one heck of a lucky can!!

 

[fossis]

Congrats one heck of a lucky can!!

It sure was, thanks.

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

 

[Tuberale]

Kind of "Kick The Can", huh? Quite a game!

 

[fossis]

Kind of "Kick The Can", huh? Quite a game!

It worked for me.

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

 

[Tnmountains]

Looking for arrowheads and you find all that lost treasure. Good eyes in spotting it. That is a Banner vote from me. Great insitu's and as always good post pictures and Fossis adventure. That is the most indians I have ever seen recovered
HH
TnMtns

 

[fossis]

Looking for arrowheads and you find all that lost treasure. Good eyes in spotting it. That is a Banner vote from me. Great insitu's and as always good post pictures and Fossis adventure. That is the most indians I have ever seen recovered
HH
TnMtns

Thanks, maybe when I go detecting next, i'll dig up an arrowhead.

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

 

[Silver Searcher]

Great Recovery Fossis it looks like you found them just in time, judging by the condition of the can I think the next floods on that stream would have seen than can off...Weldone on the Banner

SS

 

[Blind Squirrel]

Good for Fossis Well deserved banner!!!

 

[heepiepow]

WOW! I love how your second pic is filled to the pan's brim with coin.

Did you use your detector at all or just your foot? Next time maybe leave it at home and just kick over stuff, lol

Great find!

 

[Discrimination Dave]

Congratulations.
Gorgeous tin of treasure.
Great scenery too.
That is one thing I sure miss about America, that beautiful bounty of rolling land.
Everything here is vertical.
Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed this one.

 

[Bev]

That is truly amazing! I can't imagine how many people walked by never knowing! As far as you can tell, how long was it there. You said some dates were 90's? Was the can pretty old or too hard to tell?

 

[dfx willy]

wow ! 94 coins and i make 95th post. willy

 

[Deepdiger60]

Congrats on the Banner i knew that find was worthy , i rotated your pic hope you dont mind now i dont have to look sideways Jim

 

[ivan salis]

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)

 

[stagger]

Wow! Excellent find.

 

[AGCoinHunter]

What a tribe. Nice find. Congrats on the banner.