good nickel day at the park

[cjon455]

Hit an old park ive been to many times today for an hr. I havent pulled anything old from here except 2 wheats in the past, which is surprising because of the age (1930s) Its loaded beyond belief with trash just about every inch the detector is beeping, so i figured I would concentrate my efforts on 10x10 area that i flagged out and pick out every signal possible. Well alot of the coins were on the first 1-2 inches and junk mixed in throughout. The pretty neat thing is once i removed the first layer of junk, it revealed more coins /junk at slightly deeper depths, like 2-4, once i removed those signals it still revealed even more coins/junk at around 5-6 which brings up a question: How old are those "beaver tail" type pulltabs because theyre everywhere at this place?

I think if i keep going at it at this park this way, i may be able to pull a few goodies outta there. I managed 2 wheats today 1930 and 1955d. and around a buck in clad, thanks for looking and HH

 

[goldnrelics]

very cool finds!

 

[WHADIFIND]

One way to get to the bottom of things.

(by the by, thanks for cleaning all that junk out of my way. Made it much easier. )

HH!

 

[cjon455]

One way to get to the bottom of things.

(by the by, thanks for cleaning all that junk out of my way. Made it much easier. )

HH!

lol its what i do, and an even better way would be to totally de-sod the first 5-6 inches but the park groundskeeper may have an issue with that lol

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds cjon.

 

[park pirate]

Keep diging them nickel signals, and watch the gold pop up...Good luck to ya....

 

[Daryn]

You are gonna get all kind of replies to this question. Some people don't mind digging some for good stuff and others feel that every 10th signal should be gold. My answer is to do what makes you happy.

The park may be from the 30's but just think of the coin in your pocket right now. Just looked through my change and I have a quarter from the 70's making it 40 years old. Someone in the 30's could have potentially had coins in their pockets from the turn of the century!

Just my opinion; keep digging and do what makes YOU happy!

 

[reednc]

The older style ring tops were mostly phased out by the early eighties.

 

[cjon455]

The older style ring tops were mostly phased out by the early eighties.

thanks for that, i was wondering. Im finding these around 2-3 inches at this place and theyre EVERYWHERE

 

[Daryn]

Have found them at 8 inches. Weird how earth sucks certain things in. Found a 1940's nickel at 2" and then a 1970's quarter at 6" a foot away.

 

[Wildcat1750]

One way to get to the bottom of things.

(by the by, thanks for cleaning all that junk out of my way. Made it much easier. )

HH!

...and it makes the earth a cleaner place!
Nice hunt, cjon455!

 

[Deerhunter24]

First of all, a park that old also could have had dirt moved around here and there. This could account for coins being at varying depths. Sometimes when hitting older parks, you will notice a difference in the soil, usually indicating that the dirt has been moved. At least its like that in the places that I have hit in Michigan.

Also, along the lines of the gent who mentioned having 40 plus year old coins in your pockets. I completely agree. In fact, you could even venture to say that people could be carrying coins 50 years old in their pockets on a daily basis. Pennies from the early 60's show up in pocket change.

This is how I look at that scenario. Nowadays, there are obviously people who don't care about old coins or even look at their coins that close. However, they should at least be smart enough to realize that some of these old coins have some potential value.

That being said...in the 1930's...there most likely very a lot fewer coin collectors and coin shops which would mean people were less aware of the possible value of a lot of these older coins. Therefore it is completely possible for people to be carrying 30, 40, maybe even 50+ year old coin in their pockets back then. If people are doing it now...they were doing it then.

When I walk into a park and get lots of trash signals...the first thing I think is this..."THERE ARE A LOT OF COINS HERE."

This usually proves true because if nobody took the time to dig the trash, then the good stuff is still there too. Think about the guys detecting from the 1960's through the 1980's even. If those guys found a lot good stuff...its a good bet that they dug a lot of trash too. I would say a lot more trash than most people dig now.

So I would keep doing what you are doing. Hit those trashy areas. Go slow. Dig a little trash and see what you come up with. There is a good chance that if you managed 2 wheat pennies in small area like that...there is a lot more there waiting for you. Once you get that trash out...it'll bring more targets to life.


Just my 2 cents

 

[rastinirv]

I like what deerhunter said, and I think he's right about dirt being moved around. I mean, yesterday I found an 1832 half dime at 3 inches on the same field where I find clad quarters at 5 inches. I realize the half dime is extremely light, but still.

And I like your idea of marking off an area and just digging everything. In a way it probably makes it like a new spot once you get all of that trash outta there. I'm going to have to try that soon.

Happy hunting!

 

[cjon455]

thanks! yeah its tough work and the constant chatter from the detector almost makes me go bonkers, and luckily this is one of those places where the plug just falls back into place seemlessly, the grass is kinda like a mossy carpet (if that makes any sense)