I've been waiting for the weather to cool down in the southwest desert to hit a spot I found last February. My 62nd birthday was on November 6th, so I decided to take a little birthday vacation. Fortunately, my girl went along with the idea. So we packed up the RV and headed out on the 4th to a spot along the Colorado River that I scoped out last winter.
It's a place where there had been considerable boating activity in the 40's, 50's and 60's, but a change in the river made it useless after that. When I was there in February, I found 4 silver Rosies, 23 wheats, an old gold wedding band and 2 silver rings. The place is gravely and rocky, so stuff gets beat up pretty bad, plus, the Co river has a nasty effect on metals for some reason. But, since it's very hard to find old coins around Reno, I'll take 'em any way I can!
The buffalo nickels are my first and second ever and a real kick to find! They were very crusty, so I soaked them in vinegar slush and peroxide and was actually able to date both!
The silvers were all very black, so I used foil and lemon juice on them.
The wheats are pretty crusty also, but I was able to read the dates on all of them. The heart charm is just copper. I found a few early (60's) clad dimes and quarters, but not very many. I did find about 150 pull tabs!
Kinda strange how there were so many 1964's.
Anyways, it was beautiful 75-80 degree sunny weather and made for a really nice birthday.
Thanks for coming along for the ride!
It's a place where there had been considerable boating activity in the 40's, 50's and 60's, but a change in the river made it useless after that. When I was there in February, I found 4 silver Rosies, 23 wheats, an old gold wedding band and 2 silver rings. The place is gravely and rocky, so stuff gets beat up pretty bad, plus, the Co river has a nasty effect on metals for some reason. But, since it's very hard to find old coins around Reno, I'll take 'em any way I can!
The buffalo nickels are my first and second ever and a real kick to find! They were very crusty, so I soaked them in vinegar slush and peroxide and was actually able to date both!
The silvers were all very black, so I used foil and lemon juice on them.
The wheats are pretty crusty also, but I was able to read the dates on all of them. The heart charm is just copper. I found a few early (60's) clad dimes and quarters, but not very many. I did find about 150 pull tabs!
Kinda strange how there were so many 1964's.
Anyways, it was beautiful 75-80 degree sunny weather and made for a really nice birthday.
Thanks for coming along for the ride!
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