It takes a village...

[fathead]

to find 40 cents.

Thank you JuJu for your mystical soccer field assault strategy. I used my own twist (the stumble bum) to find my oldest coin yet.

I fully intended to grid out the field and work it in overlapping rows digging all targets above iron. Unfortunately, all 4 of the fields were covered up with a strange race of giant shinned dwarves. They seem to move in tight packs with a sphere as their magnetic center. Their yelling and the icy glares of their leaders forced me to wander haphazzardly to the least infested parts of the fields. I stuck it out until all of the miserable little creatures had left and hunted until dark.

I got distracted and chased a butterfly, which I caught. I dug a quarter, three pennies, and a dime that was one year too young.

I heard a zinc penny signal at 4 inches near one of the goal mouths and dug up a green coin? I thought it was a nickle.

When I got home I posted a verbal description in "coins" and "What is it" and thanks to Gary S FL, I believe I have dug a 2 cent piece.

Thanks to everyone here for helping me whenever I ask.

Thanks for looking.

-Fathead

 

[juju]

Looks like a 2 center to me. Might do to search that field low and slow. There has to be more where that came from. Congrats.

JuJu

 

[Mr Tuff]

nice old 2 or 3 center MR TUFF

 

[vayank54]

WTG on the 2 cent.

 

[JerV3]

Nice 2 center.

They are tough to come by. I'd soak that coin in extra virgin olive oil fpr awhile. It will look great over time say a month or 2. Change oil when color starts to fade all out in the oil.

HH Jer

 

[fathead]

Thank you all. I am embarrassed to say that I was unaware that there was such a coin. It is wild to think about what was going on when it was in circulation. I have it soaking in Extra Virgin Olive Oil. It will be hard not to mess with it for a couple of months, but I would like to see a little more detail.

I will definitely be hitting that same field in a more methodical way. The 1965 dime has me fired up to find some silver.

Thanks for the kind words. HH.

-FH

 

[fathead]

Do you have GPS coordinates for the 2 cent location on the photo?

I kid.

Here is a resized photo-

It is due East of George Washington and North of the butterfly.

I could say that the huge photo was to help everyone see the limited detail, but it is actually simply evidence of my limited skills.


My camera is only 3 inches by 5 inches. I don't know how it takes such huge pictures. thanks for shrinking it.

-FH