Another Lunch break hunt ~ BIG silver, medium silver, and small silver coins!

oddcoins · Feb 20, 2009

Hello Friends!

Well, it was such a nice sunny day today and my office wasn't busy at all, so I took an extended lunch break to do some more detecting! Here's what I dug today:

1952-D Franklin Half dollar
1954-S Washington Quarter
1944-S Mercury Dime
Aluminum PLAY COIN 10c
50 Cal. round
2 Tooties Toy trucks
11 wheat cents ~ 42-S x2, 44-S x2, 45-S x2, 46-D, 46-S, 52-D, 57-D, & 58-D
4 clad quarters
7 clad dimes
1 modern nickel
53 Memorial cents
"Jack & Jill" themed lapel pin

I dug this stuff in Springfield ~ which is not far from where I live in Eugene Oregon. The strange thing is that until today I had never dug a single silver coin in Springfield! I've dug plenty of wheats and modern pocket change there in the past ~ now today I dug three silver coins in one yard!

I took pic's of the silver before & after I gently cleaned them up. And a close-up picture of the play dime just for the fun of it. It's amazing how well those little guys come in on my White's XLT ~ it actually came in better than the 1944 Merc dime! WEIRD!!

Thanks for looking!
Neil

RONC(OR) · Feb 20, 2009

Holy Cow Nice finds Congrats :thumbsup:

Goldlust · Feb 20, 2009

Very nice coins. Wish I could have a lunch that good. Good luck-Mark

wildcatman71 · Feb 20, 2009

Lots of goodies! I like to find the old tootsie toys....and of course...silver!

halfdime · Feb 20, 2009

Nice finds! I found one of those Jack and Jill pins a few years back; you wonder where they came from.

beetle662 · Feb 20, 2009

WOW! Congrats on all that SILVER!!!! :thumbsup:

I think your "Thin Dime" aluminum coin came from the same game of which I found a "Henny Penny". Does it say something about "Chicken Feed" on the other side? Sure looks like the same style of press as my Henny Penny.

Congrats! :thumbsup:

The Buzzard King · Feb 20, 2009

Whoa! Nice finds!
I KNEW it wouldn't be long! :thumbsup:

Nice going!

Deno · Feb 20, 2009

Sweet hunt. I like that Franklin Half. Congrats.

Detectingfreak · Feb 20, 2009

very nice job on the silver!

texan connection · Feb 20, 2009

Nice stuff I dont know if I like the coins better or te hair barret.

Twin Digger · Feb 20, 2009

Nice.... How long was your Lunch

Keep digging

muleskinner · Feb 20, 2009

Great way to spend the lunch time. Myself, I would have had ribs and a nap.

gold nuggets · Feb 20, 2009

Excellent finds Neil..WTG!! :thumbsup:

I'm gonna follow you on your lunch breaks
one of these days... just kidding.
Congrats on the silver, toys and pins and a
great lunch. Gold Nuggets :icon_jokercolor:

hikeinmts · Feb 20, 2009

Great bunch of finds. I have been through both Eugene and Springfield. Never did any metal detecting in either town, but when I was doing some schooling in Newberg I enjoyed getting out on the weekends and driving around, taking pictures, and getting different post office cancellations on a set of stamps.
Am from the LaGrande/Elgin area. Have done a little hunting in that area, but almost none in the Salem area, where I lived when going to school.

Good luck on future hunts. Keep finding the big, medium, and small size silver...... :thumbsup:

Big E · Feb 20, 2009

That was quite a nice lunch break. Lots of nice finds, especially the silver.

Big E

oddcoins · Feb 21, 2009

beetle662 said:
WOW! Congrats on all that SILVER!!!!

I think your "Thin Dime" aluminum coin came from the same game of which I found a "Henny Penny". Does it say something about "Chicken Feed" on the other side? Sure looks like the same style of press as my Henny Penny.

Congrats!

No, the other side has an image of a steamy cup of coffee and "10" & "TEN". I've dug a dozen of these over the last 15 years!