Handfuls of *OLD* Coins, Buttons and Relics

[john37115]

My son Caleb and I decided to take a little detecting vacation up to Canada to visit my friends Donny and Arthur. We stayed a week and got in about 60-70 hours each swinging a coil. Donny and Arthur put us on some hot-spots for sure. We mostly hunted farm fields and a little in parks. I still can't believe the amount of old sites there. We found some great finds and had some great guy time. I have took lots of pictures and I hope you all enjoy.

 

[john37115]

More Pics, I have also added some of Arthur's finds on the last two photo's

 

[Hunter]

Nice collection of old coins! Great haul!

 

[Nick A]

That does it! I'm movin' to Canada!
Nice finds!

 

[RPG]

Nice finds. Looks like you had a lot of fun. Did you notice the Canadian coins fair better in the ground than the U.S.?
Randy

 

[john37115]

Thanks, Hunter, at1cad and RPG.
I guess the sandy soil there in Ontario really preserves the coins, just look at the wheat pennies I found. I have never found wheats in this condition the Tennessee soil eats them up bad.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Those are some fantastic finds.

I like the heel plate that you have in the "small buckles" photo. I found one almost identical this year, and I suspect that they are from either a woman's or child's shoe.


Very Cool.




-Buckles

 

[lafatlife]

Double check that 1914 wheatie...it looks like there might be a letter under the date....it could be worth something for you!!!

Way to go!!!

What part of Canada were you in?

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Fantastic finds!!!! I saw a Wellington token posted recently on the White's forum a while back. If I remember correctly it was found out on Long Island and said "Field Marshall Wellington".

Congrats on a fantastic hunt!

 

[shaun7]

thats a lot of bells! and nice coins

 

[gmanlight]

Token

John great finds i would vaca there every year. I posted on the COIN ID FORUM a half penny token i
found yesterday under COIN / TOKEN jeff from PA added a link to the very interesting history
of these Tokens a good read Mike

 

[bigrig40]

beautiful looking coins! congrats on the finds! bigrig

 

[Ed-NH]

Absolutely fantastic finds! That pewter button is beautiful. You need to research that one a bit, perhaps it is of some significance. I'll see what I can find in my reference books.

 

[dfxmatt]

Great job on everything and i loved your post thanks

 

[terpfan]

Beautiful assortment of coins, with some great individual finds. You may want to give a close look to the 1859 Queen Victoria Large Cent. There were many minting variations and misstrikes that year--you may have found a valuable one. The website below may be helpful. Steve

http://www.calgarycoin.com/modern/cdcent.htm

 

[RELICDUDE07]

Do you know what the one relic is in the picture with the bells?

 

[fortbball9]

I would say that you-al done very well,That sure is a lot of keepers.
The coins are always exciting to find,you never know what they are until you get the dirt off of them.
Congrats on some very nice relics.

fortbball9

 

[Bob S]

Nice Finds WTG

 

[civilman1]

Absolutely Beautiful find's John.....Hat's off to you and your son Caleb Something that you'll both never forget. Great Job!!!

 

[postalgriff]

dang that is an amazing collection for a very productive hunting trip WTG!