I COULDNT BELIEVE IT.....THE 2ND ONE OF THE YEAR.......................

DPBOB · Nov 19, 2006

I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.....THE 2ND ONE OF THE YEAR.......................

NOV 19 2006

I was hunting in a side yard of an apartment building that I got permission to do. The building is from the 30's. I got a signal that was breaking up so it was an iffy signal but it also sounded good. I pinpointed it at 7 inches. Dug a nice plug and checked the plug nothing there so I checked the hole and nothing. I dug some more out of the hole and checked the pile and got a bad broken up signal . I found the coin and rubbed it a little and saw what looked like the back of a buffalo nickel. I put the coin in the pouch and began to hunt again.
On the way home I pulled over to see if there might be a date on the buffalo.
Boy was I surprised to see the 2 cents on the coin. I knew I didn't find a Buffalo.
What I did know from that was that I just found my 2nd BELGIUM 2 CENT'S COIN FOR THE YEAR. ( in Park Ridge, ILLINOIS )
I just couldn't believe it.......................
When I got home I rubbed were the date is and saw that it was from 1912....
I could see that this coin has an indentation in the center.
The first one was 1833. I'll put a pic of this 1 after the 1912.

You never know what you are going to dig.
I am not 1 to dig too many iffy signals but I do from time to time.
I know that I have probably passed up a lot of good things by not digging them.

Moonshadow · Jan 12, 2007

Re: I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.....THE 2ND ONE OF THE YEAR.......................

WOW!

The 1833 is in way better condition! Absolutely gorgeous!! I'll see if I can find it in my coin book. Thanks for sharing it!

HH,
Moon

Moonshadow · Jan 12, 2007

Re: I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.....THE 2ND ONE OF THE YEAR.......................

Sorry dude.........my book only has 1869 and above stated. 1869 2 Centimes is worth about 2.00 US. Not as much as I would have thought. It's still very cool and I'd be tickled to have found it!!

HH,
Moon

Fidgetess · Jan 12, 2007

Re: I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.....THE 2ND ONE OF THE YEAR.......................

Darnit, I thought I had an original!

I didn't find my MDing though, I think my parents bought me a grab bag of European coins a few years ago and it was in there. I really can't remember though

hollowpointred · Jan 12, 2007

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very cool!

Gribnitz · Jan 13, 2007

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Wow, that 1833 sure is a beautiful coin ! What alloy is that coin made out of ?

cheezinoot · Jan 13, 2007

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That 's just awesome,Bob!

Tourezrick · Jan 13, 2007

Re: I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.....THE 2ND ONE OF THE YEAR.......................

Sheesh Bob - you have the luck! I gotta move to the Western Suburbs! No - wait, that's right, I wanna move to Phoenix, join all the other Superstition hunters down there in the warm weather. Looks like we are finally gonna get winter. BEARS WEATHER! GO bEARS!

Tourezrick