Dig at Old School House - 3 Silver Coins (1-Washington)

ANTIQUARIAN · Jun 29, 2011

Hello Friends :hello:

I've been driving past a small park in the country for about 5 years now, but I've never seen anyone using it.
I noticed a flat piece of vacant property next to it; the two properties are divided by a row of very old pine trees. So I got to wondering . . . "the park is surrounded by 100 year old trees, so is the "flat" piece of property . . . did the two used to be one at some point?" :icon_scratch:

So, I started to do some research and found the land used to be occupied by the Myrtle School House - Built in 1880

Here is a bit of the history, as well as, well as some old photos.

Myrtle school was built in 1880 on the south side of the 9th Concession of Whitby Township, a short distance west of Highway 12. It was a board and batten building covered with insubrick
in the late 1940s. In July 1940 the building was raised and a basement was built underneath it.
The building was demolished in 1978.

I hunted both of the properties today for about 5 hours and made some interesting finds! :thumbsup:

Found:

1925 Canadian Silver Quarter
1949 Washington Quarter
1945 Canadian Silver Dime
1917 Canadian Large Cent
1936 '41 & '42 Canadian Pennies

I'm heading back again tomorrow and hope to find a ring or a coin from the 1800's! :thumbsup:

Happy hunting everyone!
Dave

PS. Sorry about the quality of the pics, all I had today was my cell phone camera. :P

ANTIQUARIAN · Jun 29, 2011

More Photos

torpedochief · Jun 29, 2011

Good for you!!!

The research pays off again!! :hello2:

Don

ANTIQUARIAN · Jun 29, 2011

torpedochief said:
Good for you!!!

The research pays off again!!

Don

Thanks Don! :icon_thumright:

I appreciate you posting!

Dave

jewelerguy · Jun 29, 2011

great finds :thumbsup:

steelheadwill · Jun 30, 2011

You are starting to Shine

(so are your coins :laughing9:

)
Love that folding knife too !
Great research pays off, Old topo maps list schools by name with a little flag marking the exact location, Congrats on another great hunt!! :hello2:

worldtalker · Jun 30, 2011

I KNOW you're going back!

ANTIQUARIAN · Jun 30, 2011

jewelerguy said:
great finds

Thanks JG!

Dave

steelheadwill said:
You are starting to Shine (so are your coins )
Love that folding knife too !
Great research pays off, Old topo maps list schools by name with a little flag marking the exact location, Congrats on another great hunt!!

Thanks for the tip Herbie! :thumbsup:

I've got one saved from 1860 of "Durham Region" where I live. I see your finding some cool relics also! :notworthy:

I'm going to hunt there again today, so I'll post my finds this evening.

Have a great long weekend buddy,
Dave

worldtalker said:
I KNOW you're going back!

You better believe it too! :laughing7:

Dave

ModernMiner · Jun 30, 2011

Excellent job Dave. Reasearch and recoveries. :thumbsup:

I love seeing those old schools like that.
Thanks for the post,
Doug

treasurepirate1 · Jun 30, 2011

some cool finds man, i love doing map resarch i am pro at it, just this week i took some photos of an old map in my local library and put them on the computer lined all of the pictures together and marked out all of the new roads, and be carful who you show those maps to, that includes me because i dont live too far away from there :laughing9:

don't worry I already knew where to get those maps anyway. happy hunting

ANTIQUARIAN · Jun 30, 2011

ModernMiner said:
Excellent job Dave. Reasearch and recoveries.
I love seeing those old schools like that.
Thanks for the post,
Doug

Thanks very much Doug, I appreciate your support! :icon_thumright:

I went back again today and will be posting my finds shortly! :thumbsup:

Dave

aquachigger · Jun 30, 2011

I really enjoyed your post. Thanks for sharing...

MUD(S.W.A.T) · Jun 30, 2011

Love that old Canadian Silver !!

Keep @ it and HH !!

HEAVYMETALNUT · Jun 30, 2011

good eye Dave! and the research paid off! bet ya dig some more goodies there.very nice silver! :icon_thumright:

rottonr · Jul 1, 2011

Great research for even greater finds.

bigcreekdad · Jul 1, 2011

Great finds, and the research paid off nicely. Hope it produces more for you. My only two V nickels came from a former one room school site. Probably some poor kids lost lunch money.