Carson City quarter found in a street maintenance project.

[bk]

Went out today in search of the elusive street project and actually found more than one. In fact, I found two only about 25 miles from home. The first one I went to was a Main Street Reconstruction project that is expected to last the entire summer. Recent rains made this spot undetectable without hipboots, so I moved on.
The site I chose to detect looked a lot dryer, and was in a very old residential neighborhood. The sod had been taken off the boulevard for about a block on both sides of the street. Before I even got the detector out of the car, I eyeballed the Mercury dime just sitting on a little pedestal of dirt. Obviously made visible due to the recent rains.
The 1877cc Quarter was about 1/2" deep not far from the gigantic oak tree in the picture.
Note that this tree actually sticks out into the street.
In addition to the quarter and dime, I also got some early wheat cents, Three Indian head cents, a set of keys on a key ring which rusted away, a small charm pin, a small marble (another eyeball find), a button, and some kind of brass thingy with a glass cover. (Might have been a compass).

 

[dgaughan]

congrats bk thats a great day you had there hh

 

[Nana40]

Beautiful quarter, BK! Looks like you have found another GREAT site to hunt!!!

Congrats on all those finds!!!

Nana

 

[shootist]

Great hunting,I too am always on the lookout for those type of sites. A lot of times the neighbors will let you hunt up in their yards if they are all torn up. I really love the way they left that tree growing into the street instead of cutting it down like most towns would do. Keep after those construction sites and keep the pics coming...Shoot

 

[coinman66]

Awesome quarter BK! I would stick to that site, it looks like you got some construction work going on there. Those type of sites usually produce good finds. Let us know how you do. Gotta love those CC coins, rare. WTG HH
Coinman66

 

[karib2517]

very nice finds

 

[MalteseFalcon]

Here is one just about identical on ebay for $68 buy it now price:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1876CC-F-SEATED...ryZ11964QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Congrats on the great finds, very nice! HH, Mike

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

BK, you are the street construction detectorist god...what kind of detector do you swing?

 

[PRAIRIEWOLF]

Good for you BK. What I've found lately leaves a bad smell in my hand.We live in a very difficult place in the world to find anything to be proud of. So my hat is off to you my friend. Woof