interesting silver coin find this morning!!

[hollowpointred]

well i wasn't able to sleep very well last night so i found myself tossing and turning at about 5AM this morning and decided to go detecting. i went to a park in the area that is very old but rarely turns up anything good. its hard to believe that a park this old and this big could be hunted out, and i suspect that it isn't. maybe the good stuff is too deep for today's machines to hear them. at any rate, i got an iffy signal and dug down about 5 inches to find this Philippine coin from 1918 (a 1918 S to be exact). i thought it was a seated half dime when i first saw it since it is very small and silver. (smaller than a US dime). after coming home and rinsing it off it seems to be a Philippine 10 centavos coin! apparently the United States minted these coins for the Philippines and still does mint coins for them i think. i also found a 56 D Wheatie as well. not a bad morning since this place is usually a barren wasteland!

 

[EARTHWORKS]

Very cool, Like you said it looks like a seated!

 

[dex378]

My father has some of these! He brought them back after being stationed in the Philippines in the late 60's early 70's ! Very cool find!!!

 

[bootybay]

That is one neat coin Hollow, and silver on top of it too... holey cow, its really cool what it says on the USA part of it, maybe after ya find out the value of it.. if its not worth much, which I have no clue on...maybe consider making it a pendant for good luck for yourself...it is totally cool looking.. big time congrats to ya..

 

[hollowpointred]

Very cool, Like you said it looks like a seated!

well, not so much after i got a better look at it, but laying there in the bottom of the hole it sure looked good!

That is one neat coin Hollow, and silver on top of it too... holey cow, its really cool what it says on the USA part of it, maybe after ya find out the value of it.. if its not worth much, which I have no clue on...maybe consider making it a pendant for good luck for yourself...it is totally cool looking.. big time congrats to ya..

thanks! i doesnt look like i can quit my job just yet! but im happy any time i can come home with a piece of silver!

 

[weasel606]

awesome find congrats

 

[jgas]

Very cool find. Never saw one like that. WTG...jgas

 

[Captn SE]

That's a really cool find, HP!!
After research, I found that your coin is 75% silver.

Hope you can cough up a few more keepers at that old park.

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[John Deere Digger]

That's a great find. We have been hitting old parks lately and pulling alot of silver. Your park is sure to hold more. HH
JDD

 

[warsawdaddy]

Good unusual find.In fact,terrific find.That's not a real common coin to find here.WTG,glad you got out.

 

[Burdie]

Hey that is a neat find. I wonder what it's value realy is? Congrats.

Burdie

 

[civilman1]

Sweet Dig Kieth....I guess we never know what you're gonna find at any given time,that's why we do what we do!!! Well Done

 

[finderzzs]

Neat old coin, you can find it here along with value.
http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/Philippines.html

 

[the gambler]

Wow, I used to have some of those coins but I never knew it was silver. I'm from the philippines and never knew anything about it. Nice SiLvEr.

 

[cntrydncr1]

Hey Keith...nice coin you got there. congrats!

 

[lonewolfe]

Cool find HollowPoint

HH

Lonewolfe

 

[hollowpointred]

Very Nice Coinage Hollow ...

Now that you went International ~ Can we call you "The Continental" ...

HAHAHA! ive been called worse! thanks for the replies everyone.

 

[bergie]

Sweet, different find, dude. Never hunted out!

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

I believe that they were minted here, (San Francisco) and sent there. Nice old one!
CurbdiggerCarl

 

[dgaughan]

very cool coin congrats and hh