Great day at the old ballpark

Gabbit · Mar 11, 2006

Had an interresting day today.
8 silver dimes
1920 S
1940 S
1935 S
1937 P
1951 D
1949 S
1948 D
1948 S

The ring I am pretty sure is gold, but I am not seeing a stamp -- it is pretty heavy and thick and the digital on the explorer was 11/04

Total wheat back count was 26 for the day -- with quite a few early dates -- the best find was the 1914 D wheat penny though -- tried to get a good pic -- little nervous about cleaning it

Joe88 · Mar 12, 2006

WOW!! That's great!!
Congrats on the silver!!

HH!!

Joe

Gabbit · Mar 12, 2006

Sunday at the old ballpark

Hit the spot again for a couple of hours -- got 9 wheats -- 3 mercs 1936s, 1937p & 1943s -- and a silver Catholic medal.

Burdie · Mar 12, 2006

WOW you have a great site to hunt. Very nice coins. Burdie

JeffInMass · Mar 12, 2006

Absolutely incredible day! That would be a successful year for some people!

Congrats!

Jeff

Jeffro · Mar 12, 2006

Nice job again! I would think you it would be easier to scrath a coin with a toothbrush than a toothpick, because as the crud comes off, it gets in the bristles and wipes the surface of the coin, fine scratches. I use a toothpick very gently from the side of the point, and "lift" off the crud. It's slow, but does a good job for me.

azmetaldetector · Mar 13, 2006

Whatever you do, don't use olive oil. I've read on coppercoins.com that you shouldn't and I've tried it a coupel of times and it destroys the coins. If you feel you must clean it, try mineral oil, but you really should not clean it at all since it's a semi key date. Put it in a holder and leave it at that. That's a great find, don't take the chance of ruining it. by cleaning it. If you really feel the need to, send it in to get it cleaned.

Southcacalaky · Mar 14, 2006

Great Job, Can you get a close up on the ring?? HH Art...

birdman · Mar 14, 2006

Wow!!! looks like you had the best day ever.Great digs!!!

Gabbit · Mar 14, 2006

Southcacalaky said:
Great Job, Can you get a close up on the ring?? HH Art...

it won't look any different -- pretty blan -- I actually went to polish it and nothing at all came off the ring -- might not be gold -- Anyone know of any other metal that will ID like gold and not corode at all? I found it about 4-5 inchs down, so it had to spend a few years down there at the least. THere are zero markings -- other than scrape marks on the inside.