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Heads you win - A tale of two tails and a big whatzit - ID'd
It was a gorgeous day to get out for a bit, so Mark & I hit a spot we've done well at. Hard to get targets are here and there with the occasional surprise, like that last silver George. I started low & slow and after digging some junk, I got a repeatable deep signal that sounded like an Indian. I was surprised to find a nickel and a '35 Merc in the hole together. Thought it was a buff until I looked closer at home and saw it was a '40 Jefferson. Probably the oldest one I've dug.
After a while, I moved out to my wheatie zone in the wooded area and started digging more wheats. pretty soon I found two pennies that were together. When I looked at them, I saw that they were super thin. Worn Indians maybe?
They were so full of gook that I couldn't tell what they were until I got them home to clean them. Into the container they went. When I got home, I used peroxide on them and discovered that they were two wheat cents.
The obverse wouldn't come clean - there was something stuck on that side of each one.
After studying them, I realized that what I had was two wheats that had the heads side filed down and then were glued together to make a two-tailed coin. Looking at the side view, you can see that together they are the thickness of a regular penny.
If you look at the back of the wheat on the left, it appears that some of the glue got on the one on it and the maker tried to scratch it off.
So, here are my finds for the day:
The little holed round thing made my jaw drop when I first saw it in the hole. I thought I had a half-dime.
I think it is part of a fishing lure. The big thing reminded me of me, so I took it home. Looks old, is broken down, and doesn't do anything useful anymore! 
Here's the back of it:
Anyone have a clue about what it is?
All in all, it was a good day. The weather was great, each of us got a little silver, and my cent(s) made the post-hunt cleanup interesting!
Thanks for checking out my post and HH next time you get out!
It was a gorgeous day to get out for a bit, so Mark & I hit a spot we've done well at. Hard to get targets are here and there with the occasional surprise, like that last silver George. I started low & slow and after digging some junk, I got a repeatable deep signal that sounded like an Indian. I was surprised to find a nickel and a '35 Merc in the hole together. Thought it was a buff until I looked closer at home and saw it was a '40 Jefferson. Probably the oldest one I've dug.
After a while, I moved out to my wheatie zone in the wooded area and started digging more wheats. pretty soon I found two pennies that were together. When I looked at them, I saw that they were super thin. Worn Indians maybe?
They were so full of gook that I couldn't tell what they were until I got them home to clean them. Into the container they went. When I got home, I used peroxide on them and discovered that they were two wheat cents. The obverse wouldn't come clean - there was something stuck on that side of each one.
After studying them, I realized that what I had was two wheats that had the heads side filed down and then were glued together to make a two-tailed coin. Looking at the side view, you can see that together they are the thickness of a regular penny.
If you look at the back of the wheat on the left, it appears that some of the glue got on the one on it and the maker tried to scratch it off.
So, here are my finds for the day:
The little holed round thing made my jaw drop when I first saw it in the hole. I thought I had a half-dime.
I think it is part of a fishing lure. The big thing reminded me of me, so I took it home. Looks old, is broken down, and doesn't do anything useful anymore! Here's the back of it:
Anyone have a clue about what it is?
All in all, it was a good day. The weather was great, each of us got a little silver, and my cent(s) made the post-hunt cleanup interesting!
Thanks for checking out my post and HH next time you get out!
