Cold day at a hot Lot!

Ammoman · Nov 11, 2018

My son and I got out pretty early this morning and hit a vacant lot.
Most of the time, these lots are nothing more than trash pits.
Today turned out to be a bit different.

Here is a picture of both our finds together.

My son absolutely killed it with 1 mercury dime, 2 Roosevelt dimes, a Walker half and
a Gold Coin inside a bezel!

My finds were less impressive but respectable. A single Silver ball and a Jr. G Man badge. Not pictured

After we got home, we cleaned up the gold coin and removed it from the bezel. The back side of the coin was blank with the word Italy stamped in it!

Oh well, maybe next time the gold will be real! Still, the day was cold but the finds were pretty hot giving us a high we won't soon forget!

Happy hunting everyone!

Ogre1190 · Nov 11, 2018

Team Ammo does it again! 🙌😁

Kray Gelder · Nov 11, 2018

Great hunt! All gold is good! Congrats.

Peyton Manning · Nov 11, 2018

That’s a great day!

Whyme · Nov 11, 2018

Fantastic finds! Congrats! :icon_thumleft:

Truth · Nov 11, 2018

The hunt sounded perfect and the high must of been awesome!!! Lol
Big silver and seeing your son’s face....priceless

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DirtDigginDan · Nov 11, 2018

Very nice haul! I just got to find me one of those Walkers. :tongue3:

bologna321 · Nov 11, 2018

Nice hunt!

Ammoman · Nov 11, 2018

Truth1253 said:
The hunt sounded perfect and the high must of been awesome!!! Lol

LOL the high was out of this world. I kept looking at the coin while it was dirty and trying to figure out what it was. We took it to mcdonalds to get it under some water and of course...the bathroom was closed. We had to wait for them to clean it.

Once we got it under the water the coin gave up a date. 1676 and i was going insane. The only kicker was the bezel. it was not gold but considering where my son found the coin we concluded it might have belonged to a poor person who didn't have the money for a good bezel.

So, after a long 10 min drive to my son's house, we took the next step by putting it in the ultrasonic cleaner to see more detail and then got the coin out of the bezel.

Nothing like finding a blank on the other side. We assume the medallion is gold plated.

Professor of Engineering · Nov 11, 2018

Awesome hunt congratulations! :occasion14:

Possum · Nov 11, 2018

Outstanding finds, congrats to the both of you!!! "D"

Truth · Nov 11, 2018

Ammoman said:
LOL the high was out of this world. I kept looking at the coin while it was dirty and trying to figure out what it was. We took it to mcdonalds to get it under some water and of course...the bathroom was closed. We had to wait for them to clean it.

Once we got it under the water the coin gave up a date. 1676 and i was going insane. The only kicker was the bezel. it was not gold but considering where my son found the coin we concluded it might have belonged to a poor person who didn't have the money for a good bezel.

So, after a long 10 min drive to my son's house, we took the next step by putting it in the ultrasonic cleaner to see more detail and then got the coin out of the bezel.

Nothing like finding a blank on the other side. We assume the medallion is gold plated.

As a ex-addict, when you saw 1676 in gold OMG!!!, what you felt was that pure, 100%, uncut high!!!! But with every high like THAT.......the crash is BRUTAL!!!! Lmao

A2coins · Nov 12, 2018

Wow your son is making a lot of us look bad lol Great finds good family fun awesome post

ANTIQUARIAN · Nov 12, 2018

The finds you guys made are great, but what's better, is the quality time you had out with your son! :occasion14:

Dave

Trezurehunter · Nov 12, 2018

Looks like some great finds on that vacant lot. Congrats to both of you.

thrifty76now · Nov 12, 2018

Heck, that had to be a fun hunt for you two.

DeepseekerADS · Nov 12, 2018

Sorry about the crash of fake gold, but at least one of your balls is silver :icon_thumright:

Ammoman · Nov 12, 2018

DeepseekerADS said:
Sorry about the crash of fake gold, but at least one of your balls is silver

Its what makes this hobby so addicting! lol...gotta love it!

Ammoman · Nov 12, 2018

thrifty76now said:
Heck, that had to be a fun hunt for you two.

Yes it was very fun...the look he had when he brought the coin over to me was one i will never forget! I saw that look one time before. I think Santa Clause was responsible for that one.