Found 120 coins yesterday! Mostly pennies!

ANTIQUARIAN · Nov 6, 2011

Hello Friends, :hello:

Hunted for 5 hours yesterday at 3 different sites, winter is definitely coming, my hands were freezing by the end of the day! :laughing7:

My first site was a corn field behind where an 1848 church once stood. The only finds of interest for an hour spent here was an oil lamp burner and 2 brass shell casings dated 1913 & 1915. $:-\$ Decided to pretend I was pl8man (Glen) try my luck hunting the Kedron P.S. across the street!

This is an old school that's been rebuilt and expanded many times over the past 150 years. The playing field and the grassy areas look as if they've not been graded or disturbed for many years. :thumbsup:

I decided to dig all high solid signals in the hopes of finding silver and just kept digging penny after penny after penny! :laughing7:

I did find a number of large penny drops though, in one hole alone I found 24 and in another hole 14! :icon_scratch:

I found a Loonie ($2), then what I thought was another Loonie, but this one turned out to be a $5 coin from Mexico!

I thought only pesos and US dollars were used in Mexico for currency? :dontknow:

After spending 3 hours at the school, I then moved to the tot lot in the next field, all I found there was 10 more pennies. Total change found yesterday $3.43.

This years detecting season has almost come to an end for me. :'(

Ill be trading in my Garrett Ace 350 towards an AT Pro at the end of this year, as I never want to have to dig another penny again! :laughing7:

Happy Hunting everybody! :thumbsup:

Dave

Silver Searcher · Nov 6, 2011

Keep digging those pennies Dave, they will pay for the new detector in time :laughing9:

that's a lot of holes

SS

tinpan · Nov 6, 2011

Hi dave thanks for sharing the great pics and thats quite a haul.From what i can remember i think 9 coins in one day was best ever.

tinpan

dwayne sueno · Nov 6, 2011

dirty pennies occupy a large part of my mind most days.
and that is a nice pile of dirty pennies...

HISPAN · Nov 6, 2011

Their pennies are much better than the tons of junk that I unearth completely useless in the vineyards ::)

.... I like your hunting area :thumbsup:

H

Dman · Nov 6, 2011

That's a bunch of coins in one day. There should be some silver around that school.
Good luck
Dman

pl8man · Nov 6, 2011

Now that's a lot of digging ! Where the pennies are there must be rings

HH
Glen

Deepdiger60 · Nov 6, 2011

Wow ! good digs my legs would be aching right now

Jim

ModernMiner · Nov 6, 2011

Boy, somebody did a LOT of digging! :laughing7:

That $5 coin is pretty cool Dave. $3.43 will get you a gallon of gas at least. :thumbsup:

That old church is very cool.
Thanks for the post. Sorry to hear the cold is setting in on you.

-Doug-

Argentium · Nov 6, 2011

Yeah , I feel your pain man ! I just dug 88 pennies today - and 13 nickels, 38 dimes , and..
11 quarters - no silver , but I'm not complaining - any day out detecting is a wonderful day indeed.
Argentium.

ggossage · Nov 6, 2011

Great persistence! Hope you're kidding about the pennies...You'll miss all those treasures hiding behind the penny moniker!

baywalker · Nov 6, 2011

Last time I did that I could not get out of the easy chair for two days . Good digging :notworthy:

Jonnie

HEAVYMETALNUT · Nov 6, 2011

a few more hunts like that and your piggy bank will be full Davey boy! :thumbsup:

ANTIQUARIAN · Nov 6, 2011

Silver Searcher said:
Keep digging those pennies Dave, they will pay for the new detector in time that's a lot of holes

SS

Thanks mate! :laughing7:

So far this year, I've found close to 400 = $4! :thumbsup:

Dave

tinpan said:
Hi dave thanks for sharing the great pics and thats quite a haul.From what i can remember i think 9 coins in one day was best ever.

tinpan

I think I need to spend a day hunting the sites that you hunt mate! I'd definitely come away with a better appreciation of cutting a soft plug in a soccer field as opposed to the harsh climate that you hunt in! :thumbsup:

Always enjoy reading your post my friend! :notworthy:

Cheers,
Dave

dwayne sueño said:
dirty pennies occupy a large part of my mind most days.
and that is a nice pile of dirty pennies...

I've dug quite a few of your 'zinc' Lincolns up here, they don't fair to well in the soil do they!
At least our 'modern' pennies are steel and copper clad and tend to breakdown a bit slower
then your zinc pennies do. Here's a breakdown of our 'modern' penny compositions.

Years Mass Diameter Composition

2000–present * 2.35 g 19.05 mm, 94% steel, 1.5% nickel, 4.5% copper plated zinc
1997–1999 * 2.25 g 19.05 mm, 98.4% zinc, 1.6% copper plating

Best of luck to you Dwayne,
Dave

ANTIQUARIAN · Nov 6, 2011

HISPAN said:
Their pennies are much better than the tons of junk that I unearth completely useless in the vineyards
.... I like your hunting area
H

Thanks Hispan! :icon_thumright:

Wish I had found some beautiful relics like you did today my friend! :thumbsup:

Dave

Dman said:
That's a bunch of coins in one day. There should be some silver around that school.
Good luck
Dman

I thought so too, all the schoolyard pennies were found between 2" -4" down, but no silver! :dontknow:

Maybe they've sunk a lot deeper, the soil was very soft and sandy.
Best of luck to you also Dman!

pl8man said:
Now that's a lot of digging ! Where the pennies are there must be rings
HH
Glen

Thanks for your words of support Glen! :thumbsup:

I hope to get out again later this week, but it's getting pretty cold up here and I'm running out of gas fast! :laughing7:

Take care buddy,
Dave

Deepdiger60 said:
Wow ! good digs my legs would be aching right now Jim

I remember as I was walking back to my truck thinking . . . "I can't remember the last time my knees were this sore!" :crybaby2:

Thankfully, a bottle of red wine and 2 extra strength Tylenol helped me forget the pain when I got home! :laughing7:

HH,
Dave

ANTIQUARIAN · Nov 6, 2011

ModernMiner said:
Boy, somebody did a LOT of digging!
That $5 coin is pretty cool Dave. $3.43 will get you a gallon of gas at least.
That old church is very cool.
Thanks for the post. Sorry to hear the cold is setting in on you.
-Doug-

Thanks for your post Doug! :thumbsup:

You've been having some really decent hunts lately yourself man! :notworthy:

Dave

Argentium said:
Yeah , I feel your pain man ! I just dug 88 pennies today - and 13 nickels, 38 dimes , and..
11 quarters - no silver , but I'm not complaining - any day out detecting is a wonderful day indeed.
Argentium.

I hear you Argentium! :thumbsup:

My latest motto is . . . "a bad day detecting, beats a good day at work anyday !" :laughing7:

Dave

ggossage said:
Great persistence! Hope you're kidding about the pennies...You'll miss all those treasures hiding behind the penny moniker!

Of course I'm just joking about not digging pennies anymore ggossage.
If you don't dig the pennies you might miss that one silver right! :thumbsup:

Best of luck to you,
Dave

ANTIQUARIAN · Nov 6, 2011

baywalker said:
Last time I did that I could not get out of the easy chair for two days . Good digging

Jonnie

Thanks Jonnie! :laughing7:

I won't be doing that much digging again anytime soon! :thumbsup:

Dave

HEAVYMETALNUT said:
a few more hunts like that and your piggy bank will be full Davey boy!

Dave, if I could only find the great stuff that you find, I'd be a much richer man! :laughing9:

Here's a pic of all the 'modern' coins I've found since March. Guess what my next major purchase is going to be? :icon_scratch:

That's right, Santa's bringing me a coin tumbler for Christmas! :laughing7:

I've also posted a picture here of a local thief, let me know if you might know him. I caught him this morning robbing our bird feeder!

Take care buddy,
Dave

steelheadwill · Nov 7, 2011

That's a lot of diggin my friend

Looks like a great site, large area, gotta find that 'sweet spot'
Thanks for posting! :thumbsup:

ANTIQUARIAN · Nov 7, 2011

steelheadwill said:
That's a lot of diggin my friend
Looks like a great site, large area, gotta find that 'sweet spot'
Thanks for posting!

Thanks buddy, hope that snow you got last week has melted away!

Any finds from this weekend, how about posting that silver coin cache you found last week! :thumbsup:

Take care Herbie,
Dave

baywalker · Nov 7, 2011

Bought one of those harbor freight tumblers and it lasted longer then the higher priced ones at A hobby shop, got 20% OFF AND a FREE FLASHLIGHT. :laughing7: