Always check your "junk" finds!

[misplacedrednek]

Always check your "junk" finds!

I was sorting through some "junk" finds yesterday and came across a piece I originally thought was lead. Turns out it is several coins melted together, most are silver. I can't read much on any of the coins, one appears to read LEOPOLD and I can make out a 1 and an e on a seperate coin. Found this item in a field here in Germany. Anyways, it shined up good and displays pretty nice.

 

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[Spitfire Reddie]

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Your poll is a bit confusing but i would say keep it !

 

[misplacedrednek]

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I just threw something in the poll, it would not let me post w/out something there.

 

[Detectingfreak]

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THat is a pretty cool coin! All melted down!!

 

[Spitfire Reddie]

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Instead of clicking NEW POLL click New Topic instead.Only click new poll if you want to have one .
New topic is to the right of new poll.

 

[misplacedrednek]

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didn't know about that, thanks for the info

 

[Spitfire Reddie]

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didn't know about that, thanks for the info

Only being helpful ! you are welcome !

 

[packerbacker]

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Something like that is strange to find in a field. Maybe there was a very old homesite there that had burned down. Might wanna go back.

 

[misplacedrednek]

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I sure hope the coins weren't in someones britches when they were melting . I did find a few other nice pieces in that field , however , a friend of mine has been doing the grid search routine around that immediate area and I'm gonna let him have it.

 

[Spitfire Reddie]

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I sure hope the coins weren't in someones britches when they were melting .

I haven't ever that word in a long time ! "britches" Grandma & Grandpa use to say it ! I love it !

 

[misplacedrednek]

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I'm not sure when then was. I found 2 other coins in that field, copper 1 pfennig from 1875 and an aluminum 50 pfennig from 1922. There is so much history here that it's hard to tell.

 

[Bassfish]

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Nice clump o' coins

Nice bass too!!

How heavy?

 

[misplacedrednek]

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The coins or the fish? I'm guessing that bass was around 6 lbs. came out of a lake near Camden, SC. I can't fish much in Germany, so I had to take up MDing to keep from going knutz. The wife threatened to kill me if I start anymore hobbies.

 

[Bassfish]

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I hear you on the hobbies

Bring those coins back to the states, make some high end jigs with them.

You put me on a 6# Largemouth in S.C. and I'll show you some smallies close to 6 in Lake Erie in NY!!

The one in the pic was 3-12 from the Mohawk River in NY

 

[misplacedrednek]

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never caught one of those bronzebacks, always wanted to though. I hear they hit like a mack truck.

 

[Michigan Badger]

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Definitely keep it!

Years ago I'd dig these melted coins and just toss them because I didn't know what they were. These are often found at the site of some old tragic fire or maybe they were melted on purpose. I'd not sure a house fire could generate enough heat.

 

[Postalrevnant]

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Nice pile of silver, looks like a pretty good lot.

Congratulations,

Postalrevnant

 

[swampghost]

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this is my part of history(i majored in 18th africa and the saxon conquest of europe...
anyhow king leupold the II of belgium is known for killing half the population of the congo in the 1850s-1870s.
its more than likely him as his reign was from 1835 until 1909

 

[viper771]

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COOL!! I hope to hit the woods again here soon. NEver toss your junk! I have a bunch sitting on the porch right now hehhe.. most of it is junk that is waiting to be thrown out. Cool find!

 

[Diggincoinz]

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Interesting enough, and silver! I'd keep it!