Hey Nick, ever find one of these?

[halfdime]

Baseball's finally over and I took the kids to our church camp for a few days. This camp dates to 1894, and there are lots of old sites to visit in the area around it; need I say more? The first find of note was a 1925 wheat down by the river where generations of kids have hung out to sample demon tobacco (not allowed on the campgrounds). The next interesting find was an old abandoned church, out in the middle of a field. My cousin took a picture with his phone; I hope I can post it well enough here. Now I was able to peer inside and spotted what I suspected might be hiding an old coin or two: an upright piano. I found a window broken out, climbed in and began to look around. Now some of you might wish to lecture me about this; go ahead, speak your piece. At the piano, I removed the board above the foot pedals and felt around a little. Sure enough, I was rewarded with a nice 1918 Buffalo nickel. The piano, and just about everything inside, is beyond salvage; I'm surprised that some of the local 'Yutes' haven't burned the place to the ground. The ground around the building is overgrown with wild blueberries and assorted brambles, so searching wasn't very good. I did speak to the closest neighbor about the place; he said the building and land had just been bought by a congregation in Pittsburgh (only about 100 miles away!) for reasons unknown. I didn't get a picture, but there was an old collapsing 2 seat outhouse around back, with no partition between seats! I can't imagine anyone but young siblings sharing it, but who knows what potty protocol was back then. I also found a cornerstone of cut sandstone dated May 5, 1895. I wish I had a picture of that, and I do on my phone, but I don't know how to transfer it here. Anyway, after exploring the church a bit, it was off to another old site I'd researched. My first find was very odd, at least for these parts: a Missouri state tax token. Naturally, I thought of my buddy Nick in St. Louis and thought, "I wonder if Nick has ever landed one of these?" Hopefully, he'll answer quick! Other highlights of the few days were a 1907 Indian, 18 and 19 wheats, a 48 Rosey and a no date V nickel. Trust me, I've tried, but it's not telling. It was nice to get away and detect for a few days after long stretches without turning on the machine.

 

[hogge]

Nice finds Halfdime. Is the buff a 1918 or a 1918D? And have you examined the date closely?

 

[halfdime]

Nice finds Halfdime. Is the buff a 1918 or a 1918D? And have you examined the date closely?

The Buff is an 18, and yes, I did look closely! No overdate .

 

[Tank69]

nice finds

 

[OldNorthwest]

What a crafty way to get an old coin!

 

[lonewolfe]

Nice!

HH

 

[Hill Billy]

Nick's down at the river with the kid's and the demon stuff.

Nice finds halfdime. I like the token! Somehow they elude me.

 

[eathabs]

Good stuff Halfdime

For your cell phone pics, can you email/text them to your home or office email address? If not sure how to do it ask the kids, they know.

Mi amico Nick must be out searching in the searing heat for the elusive token.

habs

 

[Moonshadow]

Cool story HD.....I would have gone into the abandoned church too.... Glad you had the adventure and found some keepers!

HH,
Moon

 

[Evan/tn]

good hunt and nice eyeball find on the nickel

 

[allen]

great looking finds !!
you can only imagine
what you could find
if that place was mowed
and cleaned up a bit !!!

 

[halfdime]

great looking finds !!
you can only imagine
what you could find
if that place was mowed
and cleaned up a bit !!!

I've already imagined it; it probably gets mowed once a year and I live about 95 miles away! I'll check it out again next year.

 

[vermonster]

Very cool old church, Nice finds too !

 

[mikesand]

hey halfdime,
not sure of the location, but go back and hit the place after one or two good frosts and before it gets too cold. most of those weeds and growth should die off.
HH
mike