At Pro totally weird day

[MackDog]

Went out to a new park today dug 3 rings from 6 to 8 inches 2 read as silver one was in the gold range. They were all junk! Got a signal of 99 down 8 inches turned out to be a aluminum key commeritive , found a token with an eagle on it figured it was old turned it over and it was a 1988 video token. Found a 1926 wheat penny. I got a 52 nickel signal 3" down it was in a gravel with dust it turned out to be a 1976 5 pfening coin so I thought.

 

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[MackDog]

When I got home rechecked the 5 Pfening and found out it was 1875 not 1975
Thanks for looking
Happy Hunting
MackDog

 

[Hendo0601]

I will take 1875 over 1975 all day long!

What the heck is an 1875 German coin doing in Spokane? Totally weird. Leavenworth is quite a ways away from there. Cool finds tho!!

 

[46Wheat]

Nice digs and thanks for sharing those pictures

 

[MackDog]

I will take 1875 over 1975 all day long!

What the heck is an 1875 German coin doing in Spokane? Totally weird. Leavenworth is quite a ways away from there. Cool finds tho!!

Leavenworth didn't start till the 60's. We find a good amount of foreign coins here. Last month club members found a ancient Roman coin and a couple of hundred year old Chinese coins in the parks

 

[beez0404]

Nice digs and thanks for sharing those pictures

 

[park pirate]

Nice finds Mackdog like that token...

 

[MackDog]

Nice finds Mackdog like that token...

For some reason finding a lot of tokens. Maybe just digging their ID and tone now

 

[Tom_and_Karissa]

Hi everyone. My first post, however, I've been lurking here for sometime. I also want to comment on the community here. What a fantastic bunch of people.

I think I might be able to provide a reason why that German coin ended up that way. During WW2, many German Soldiers were interned at prison camps in that general part of the US. Although I could be completely wrong in my observation, I think there is a good chance the coin could have originated from one of those soldiers. Perhaps a lucky coin handed down from Grandfather to Grandson.

 

[Garrett424]

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When I got home rechecked the 5 Pfening and found out it was 1875 not 1975
Thanks for looking
Happy Hunting
MackDog

That makes it a whole lot better.