Chuck of concrete tells me its metal?

[Turbo21]

As back at the 1900 house. And beneath the porch was searching for treasure and get a hit on this little piece of concrete. Well I pick it up and see a coin peeking. Curiosity got the best of me and had to break it out. 1884 Indian head!! But wait. This house was listed as built in 1900??

Might have to ask some questions about that one


Also found this huge tootsie car sticking out of the hill side!!! All 4 wheels there !!!

Any idea on an age and value of the tootsie?



Here just realized I must have deleted the pic of the ih still in the rock.

You can see on the back the little section of green that was exposed. The rest was encased in concrete

 

[Turbo21]

Pics of ih

 

[Doc Arey]

They probably stuck it in the year it was built

 

[Turbo21]

They probably stuck it in the year it was built

The owner told me the house was built in 1900 and the county has it listed as built in 1900 with it's assessment??

I pulled a 1881 Indian the other night from there so maybe there was a house there previously

 

[dig kzoo]

Great save! My house is listed as 1900 also, but records were not really well kept in those days, my house is shown on the 1870's plat map. They evey show the shape of the house. That would my guess in your case. HH!

 

[Caryl]

I would guess it is a coin from the year they were married, laid in the concrete of their new home to bless them with luck and fortune, cares from money.

we've done it as well

 

[RelicHunter97]

They were still making Indian Head pennies in 1900, it would be the equivalent of finding a penny from 1998 today.

 

[Argentium]

There certainly would have been no shortage of 1880's Indian Heads in the year 1900 - Nice Finds !

 

[masterjedi]

The car is so cool and by design was made in the late 1940's.... great find!

 

[lookindown]

That coin was only 16 years old when the house was built...we have 50 year old coins circulating daily...cool find, especially sticking out of concrete.

 

[Turbo21]

One thug I forgot to add. It wasn't concrete so much as mortar. This mortar was crumbling from the foundation under the porch. I crawled under the 3 ft high front porch hoping no one thought of it before lol. So the coin was out in the mortar when the house was built. So I am thinking the house is a little older than it is listed

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Nice finds love the toy car, they don't get much better than that !!!

 

[beez0404]

Very nice finds and a fun story.

 

[lookindown]

One thug I forgot to add. It wasn't concrete so much as mortar. This mortar was crumbling from the foundation under the porch. I crawled under the 3 ft high front porch hoping no one thought of it before lol. So the coin was out in the mortar when the house was built. So I am thinking the house is a little older than it is listed

I got you, it looks like the coin was stuck in the mortar when the house was built.

 

[Turbo21]

I got you, it looks like the coin was stuck in the mortar when the house was built.

Exactly. Sorry I wasn't clear enough earlier

 

[voodoo]

super cool. Love when there is a mystery attached to find.

 

[Evolution]

One thug I forgot to add. It wasn't concrete so much as mortar. This mortar was crumbling from the foundation under the porch. I crawled under the 3 ft high front porch hoping no one thought of it before lol. So the coin was out in the mortar when the house was built. So I am thinking the house is a little older than it is listed

Why couldn't someone have put an 1884 IH in the mortar of a 1900 house. What would confuse me more is if there were a 1914 penny stuck in the mortar of a house built in 1900. That would be cause for confusion. I would have to start looking around for Michael J Fox and a Delorean.

 

[MLively]

Down here in Texas, my wife works for the appraisal district. They tag 1900 on any house that they don't have good records on. Sounds to me like some leg work at your local historical society needs to be done to nail down a more specific year. As I've read before several times, most "old school" craftsmen would date their builds with the current year coin. I'm sure almost everyone has read this same stuff before lol. But the original foundation could've been poured then and maybe money got tight so they put the house build on the back burner for a few years?!?!?! Who really knows, awesome find and story tho

 

[RobRieman]

Reach into your pocket. I bet you have a 30-40 year old coin in your change.

 

[treblehunter]

The owner told me the house was built in 1900 and the county has it listed as built in 1900 with it's assessment??

I pulled a 1881 Indian the other night from there so maybe there was a house there previously

Look in your pocket change, sometimes it can go back easy 50 years. Just because the house was built in 1900 does not mean older coins could not of been there.
Nice finds