Indians, Buffalos, Silver and my best NJ copper

[doninbrewster]

Hit a few spots recently, one being a park that has been pounded. At the park I pulled 102 coins on Sunday including 7 Indians, a couple of buffalos, Merc, Roosie, silver ring and tiny silver heart. Also pulled over 20 wheaties and a bunch of clad and memorials. Sometimes you have to dig through the clad and memorials to get to the better coins. I also pulled a flat button and old buckle from this park. Went with a friend who got permission to hunt a yard. Wasn't much, but I did find the silver Washington and war nickel, in the same hole. Finally, I went to colonial hill (more than 60 coppers have come out of this place) and after 2 hours of nothing pulled what's probably my nicest NJ out of the ground. It's a 1788 M.65-u for those interested. It's a rare variety, but nothing super rare. Much less toasted than the usual colonial I find. Also found a nickel sized flat button there.

 

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[treblehunter]

Great stuff, good work!

 

[TokenMan]

1788...That is nice! And I like the green IHC. Great day.

 

[Ahab8]

Wow some nice stuff Don. Love the state coppers

 

[park pirate]

Man ya did very well congrats..

 

[StormSurge]

Nice finds especially the copper. You pulled that many old coins out of a park that has been pounded? What was it pounded with?

 

[chkn]

Wow, sweet finds, luck dawg!

 

[Old Dude]

Man, that was a lot of good, quality finds. Very nice big copper!

 

[doninbrewster]

Nice finds especially the copper. You pulled that many old coins out of a park that has been pounded? What was it pounded with?

Actually I know people have been detecting this park for more than 35 years. There used to be a detector dealer across the street. The good thing is it's hundreds of acres. It's hard to go to this place without running into someone with a metal detector. When the park opened in the 1860's they had over 100,000 visitors the first summer. That's a lot of people to loose coins. Biggest problem is there is so much clad. It is worth digging the clad to get to the goodies. I picked up a half real and my first seated half dime there this year.

 

[pong12211]

Nice finds. Congrats on all those coins. Thats a great day of digging.

 

[StormSurge]

Actually I know people have been detecting this park for more than 35 years. There used to be a detector dealer across the street. The good thing is it's hundreds of acres. It's hard to go to this place without running into someone with a metal detector. When the park opened in the 1860's they had over 100,000 visitors the first summer. That's a lot of people to loose coins. Biggest problem is there is so much clad. It is worth digging the clad to get to the goodies. I picked up a half real and my first seated half dime there this year.

Oh OK now that makes some sence. That many people dropping stuff for that many years is a lot of stuff (coins). And hundreds of acres, well you know what they say "size matters".

I hunt a park occasionally, I would say maybe 15-20 acres, that's been pounded for years. Usually don't find much outside of clad or sometimes jewelry but every once in a while I'll get a good relic. Last time I hunted it I pulled out a nice script I coat button. It's one of my favorites. It surprised some very accomplished relic hunters who cut their teeth at this park.

Looks like you have a lot of great hunting left at your park. Best of Luck!

 

[afxtwin]

nice finds! gives me some confidence about hunting in NJ

 

[dirtlooter]

awesome finds, great work

 

[pepperj]

Nice gong on the coppers, like old parks that have a lot of natural hard to detect areas, ravines seem to hold a bit still.