94 Indians In The River

fossis

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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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Holy Mackrel! Why can't this happen to me.....at a colonial site!!! AWESOME! :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
 

unreal!!!!
 

hogge said:
Holy Mackrel! Why can't this happen to me.....at a colonial site!!! AWESOME! :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

I thought it would never happen to me. :icon_scratch:

Fossis...........
 

holy cow!!!!!!!! that is a heck of a haul u got !!!!!!!!!! :o :o :o :o :o MR TUFF
 

Mr Tuff said:
holy cow!!!!!!!! that is a heck of a haul u got !!!!!!!!!! :o :o :o :o :o MR TUFF

Not bad for 'beachcombing'. ::)

Fossis.............
 

Incredible find! I wonder when the can was set there. How recent were the "recent" nickels?
 

Holy everything else left......Un-frickin' Believable.......I could go on and on :headbang:
 

terpfan said:
Incredible find! I wonder when the can was set there. How recent were the "recent" nickels?

One more rain & the can would have burst, it was so fragile, my theory is someone burgurlarized a house, got cold feet, & tossed them in the river, it was below a low water crossing.
The coins ranged from 1836 to some in the 1990's, nickels were in the 40's range.

fossis..........
 

civilman1 said:
Holy everything else left......Un-frickin' Believable.......I could go on and on :headbang:

By far my 'best day'. :P

Fossis...............
 

COOL!!!! Allright fossis! :icon_thumleft: congratulations! I'm voting Banner, because a can of money is something most of us want to find. and because, well, I can! did you take any more pictures after that? or head right home to clean them up? :laughing7:
 

naturegirl said:
COOL!!!! Allright fossis! :icon_thumleft: congratulations! I'm voting Banner, because a can of money is something most of us want to find. and because, well, I can! did you take any more pictures after that? or head right home to clean them up? :laughing7:

Thanks naturegirl, it was about time I hit something big, i went home right away, & went back today for a thorough search of the area, no more cans of money, I got one more pic when I first found it, & the river crossing yesterday.

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1liquigirl said:
Banner vote!!!!! You have it, my friend.

Thanks for your vote. :thumbsup:

Fossis...............
 

WOW, it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy! Congratulations Fossis!!!!!!!!! :wav:
 

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