Fun under the bleachers

[vespaboy]

I really wanted to go out Sunday morning but had to be back early for another commitment.
So I went over to one of the High Schools under the bleachers to see if anyone dropped anything.

though I was hoping for a diamond ring I found:
13 pennies, 2 dimes and 1 quarter! Plus a single earring.
(The shotgun shell and handle thingy was in my bag from the other day in the woods.)



I can't understand why some pennies look like someone took a bite out of them!
It has given me a new idea for searching after a game or week of phys ed classes!

 

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[smokeythecat]

I have an answer for the cents. The are made of zinc and zinc rots quickly in the ground, even faster in salt water.

 

[vespaboy]

Thanks! I guess that means some of those pennies are not from this weekend's game!

Some of them were so corroded I couldn't clean the clay off them, as if it were eating into the coin. Bu maybe that was just the zinc's rotting process.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice job on the recoveries!

 

[DetectingGodlikeOnOlympus]

I saw your title and thought to myself "oh boy"!

Then I saw the dirty zincolns and thought to myself "oh no"!

Ain't it funny how life goes?

 

[thrifty76now]

You at least got out,not me, Yes the pennies from mid 1982 through present day are all zinc with a coating of copper.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

My dad was a high school basketball coach. I would go under the bleachers after every game. Mostly change, occasionally a dollar bill or a watch. I would then go straight to the vending machines and buy a Hoho or Twinkee. I guess I had the bug pretty early on. Congrats on your finds.