June 20, 2012: RECORD WHEAT CENT DAY - 55! Plus 1893-O Barber dime

[testing123]

It was so hot today, but plans to go swimming this afternoon fell through. That
freed up the evening for some detecting! Went to a place I've been wanting to
try but just haven't made it over. After 5 minutes a barber dime pops out! Turns
out to be a scarcer 1893-O, but the reverse has something on it - maybe rust?
Would acetone have any impact?

10 minutes later I get my first wheat
cent, swipe the coil and notice several other signals within a couple feet.
Could they be wheats too? Yes, yes they were. Then all of a sudden more signals,
and more wheats... and it just turned into an all-out wheat cent bonanza. Since
most were in a 15x15 area, someone must have put them there. Only a few were
found in other areas. My goodness, that blows away my previous one-day wheat
record - which looks to have been 19.

Here's the breakout... notice the abundance of D mint coins... hardly ever find D or S coins here in New
England

1941, 1950, 1950, 1950, 1950-S, 1951, 1951, 1951-D, 1951-D,
1951-D, 1952, 1952, 1952, 1952-D, 1952-D, 1953-D, 1953-D, 1953-D, 1953-D,
1953-D, 1953-D, 1953-D, 1953-D, 1953-D, 1954-D, 1954-D, 1954-D, 1955-D, 1955-D,
1955-D, 1956-D, 1956-D, 1956-D, 1956-D, 1956-D, 1956-D, 1956-D, 1956-D, 1956-D,
1956-D, 1956-D, 1956-D, 1956-D, 1956-D, 1957, 1957-D, 1957-D, 1957-D, 1957-D,
1957-D, 1957-D, 1957-D, 1957-D, 1958, 1958-D

HH all!

 

[7creeks]

nice bunch of wheaties

 

[Damon64]

That's a lot of wheats! Maybe they had a coin hunt in a straw pile there back in the day.

 

[antlerman23]

that sure would be fun! that beats my record wheat day by 54! nice job and Keep At It!

 

[jewelerguy]

dang.... lots-o-wheats

 

[terryo]

While a pocket full of silver bust halves would have better, I would be tickled poopless to find so many wheats (or memorials for that matter!), in one hunt....And a Barber to boot !

 

[Ground Inspector]

Wow, what a day!

 

[Steveo]

A busy day of digging no doubt.Nice haul.......................................

 

[testing123]

While a pocket full of silver bust halves would have better, I would be tickled poopless to find so many wheats (or memorials for that matter!), in one hunt....And a Barber to boot !

haha, 55 Mercury dimes or even a capped bust half would have been better, but still better than a sharp stick in the eye!

 

[CoilFisher]

Man, I never saw so many wheats at once.
Surprised there was not more silver dimes.
Nice score!

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Over a full roll, amazing!
And even with most from the 1950's, it's unusual that there are no Indians.
You need to go back and detect deeper, I guarantee you'll dig some more silver.
Kudos!
Carl

 

[testing123]

Over a full roll, amazing!
And even with most from the 1950's, it's unusual that there are no Indians.
You need to go back and detect deeper, I guarantee you'll dig some more silver.
Kudos!
Carl

Thanks! I don't think they were lost in the 50s unfortunately. They look to have been "lost" within the past 10 to 20 years as they were all relatively shallow.

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Thanks! I don't think they were lost in the 50s unfortunately. They look to have been "lost" within the past 10 to 20 years as they were all relatively shallow.

I don't know if I can agree with your premise, 20 years ago you would find more Wheaties in circulation, but not at those percentages.
Your site would obsess me until I dug a it few more times.
I think you'll be surprised.
Carl