True, the rest of the denominations except the nickel were silver mid-sixties and before. As I said, I had found all the years in the 60s but never a ‘65 so was quite stoked!
People knew what they were dropping, they just were very careful in dropping any silver..1965 Pennies are very common - you just never seemed to come across one before.
1964 was the last year they minted 90% Silver coins.
The curse of this hobby is digging the never ending amount of 1965 Dimes and Quarters.
A few years ago I dug four 1965 Quarter's in one yard and no Silver coins at all.
Out of 250 coins here in Ontario, I’ve found only two silver, one a 1910 dime and one a 1928 quarter. So, 1 in 125 for me.I wonder if there is a digger's ratio of copper coins to silver? That even applies to the older coins as well? 500/1?
I never found a 1965 until now, detecting during the summers & falls for 2.5 years now.
You live in the US most probably, I had never found any coins from 1965, no US no Canadian either while metal detecting.
. In my defense of not doing my front yard I live in an area of history so I'm usually after colonial and civil war artifacts. With the loss of old hunting areas and the increase in value of silver I plan on hitting some yards for coins this fall.
I like to add that the 1910 dime was found on a church ground permission while the 1928 quarter was found in an old park, which yielded for me no other coin of value despite hitting it many times after finding that 1928 quarter. I particularly disliked going there trying to duplicate that success to absolutely no avail. I will maybe never understand why that happened.
do the detecting now, you're lucky to have a 1967 house, you will almost certainly find 1947 date coins at a minimum if not 1937, change in pockets is average 20 to 30 years old in my experience from checking my change, it varies I know, place to place and year to year, but I'm saying on average, cashiers would know best I guessFind an older subdivision and you may increase your chances for earlier coins. Go to the library and research where old fairs or carnivals may have been held in your area to increase your odds too.
I bought my 1967 house in 2001. I have been detecting since 94. I have yet to metal detect my front yard. I had a digging buddy who claimed the same thing
thanks a lot PenguinDetectsCA
, that number was a bit disturbing
always
there are now 1.497,224,899 somewhere other than in my hand😁I was born in 1965 and to celebrate, the U.S. Mint made 1,497,224,900 cents.
