Cool Find with Silver Inside

[pointdlr]

I was thinking Minelab should use this as an advertisement. First picture is of an old coin holder made of Iron. Inside are two Mercury dimes. You can make out the edge of one in the pic. I found this at about 6", and I was able to hear the nice silver sound even though the coins were literally encased in Iron. Second pic is after I broke apart the corroding iron. I couldn't even get a date on the Merc's, but they are Mercs. Any suggestions on removing iron corrosion?

The 3rd pic is the rest of my finds for the day. 1942P War Nickel, 1956 Rosie(found at a very legitimate 11"), and a 1944 Merc. 6 wheaties with oldest being 1920. I have now pulled 12 silver coins and close to 50 wheats from this very public park near my house in the last week. Since I started searching the area(about the size of a basketball court), I have found at least 25 silver coins and 200 wheat pennies. My buddy Lostlake has chipped in with about the same number. I find it amazing that such an obvious place has been overlooked for so long by the metal detecting fraternity.

Regards,
Jon Dickinson
www.prehistoricartifacts.com

 

[vegasmetsfan]

NICELY DUG!!

 

[SoreKneesDayton]

Nice find. Don't know about cleaning the silver though. If copper and silver are close in vinegar the copper stains the silver.

SKD

 

[silverfinder37]

Nicely done.
Best Regards, Ray

 

[djabend]

I have had success cleaning rust off a merc using electrolysis. If you do not have a kit set up, there are instructions for them in the cleaning forum
or you can mail them to me and I can clean them.
HH,
Donny

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Hello,

I agree, I think electrolysis is your safest/best bet.

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[SilverDreams]

Nice finds! Sounds like you have a great site.

 

[Ray S ECenFL]

Great find. Nothing like finding a target with hidden goodies inside. Awesome!!!

Ray S

 

[allen]

way to go on those nice finds...

 

[pointdlr]

Thanks for all the great replies. Unfortunately, the site has to pitter out soon. The fun thing about it is that all the targets now are extremely deep. The area is a flood plain, and the coins can get extremely deep. I dug a 1940 at 13" and the Rosie over the weekend at 11". I bet the average depth of a wheat penny is 8". I am still very new to metal detecting, and this site really taught me how to hear the deep signals. It started out as just a test dig on a few odd signals, but I soon figured out what to listen for on the deep ones. The best part about the site is that if you hear something deep in the ground, it is always a coin. I was extremely lucky to get a well used virgin site so close to home. I don't expect to find another like it.
Donny- I really appreciate your offer, but I would like to learn how to do electrolysis. These mercs seems like a great way to experiment. I may be PM'ing you about how to set it up. Wish me luck. I was able to see the dates, and they are common ones(44 and 45), but the coins have nearly perfect details from what I can see.
Todays the Day,
Jon Dickinson

 

[Captn SE]

You're doing great, Jon. Very interesting find of the old coin holder with the 2 mercs in it!!

You found an exceptional site to learn how deepies sound on the SE with very little trash.

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[pennyfarmer]

Thanks for all the great replies. Unfortunately, the site has to pitter out soon. The fun thing about it is that all the targets now are extremely deep. The area is a flood plain, and the coins can get extremely deep. I dug a 1940 at 13" and the Rosie over the weekend at 11". I bet the average depth of a wheat penny is 8". I am still very new to metal detecting, and this site really taught me how to hear the deep signals. It started out as just a test dig on a few odd signals, but I soon figured out what to listen for on the deep ones.

I have had several hunt sites that the signals were very weird. I had one site that was full of silver dimes but they never read in the silver numbers, and another that the indian heads always read low also. Each of these sites had quirks that allowed me to capitalize when otheres weren't because I dug all the signals and found out what each of those numbers meant at that particular spot.

Congrats on the finds and no place is ever hunted out.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Excellent! I'm glad you noticed that reeded edge before you tossed it out! So hard to tell what's trash and what's treasure sometimes. Well done!

If you try electrolysis, do it Very Slowly--even if you have it set so low that it takes days. That'll insure that you won't remove more than you want. Lower settings take longer, but they give a better result. If you want some pointers or how-to's, PM me. And thank you again for your reply on the point that I found on Sunday.


Regards,


Buckleboy

 

[ugotit22]

i wold try electrolisis if i was you. that should remove the iron and not hurt the silver

 

[Tim (PA)]

Cool! They're in rough shape but it's still silver! Great job!