key date 1909

[RonnieAZ]

Hi everyone, I was out detecting yesterday found a few silver and a handful of wheats, when I got home and looked up my finds I see the 1909 V.D.B. I found is the first year wheat pennies were made I didnt think much of it when i first found it but what a nice supprise, thanks for looking - RonnieAZ

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Cool, I've never dug a 1909. 8)

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[PAULWYO]

WTG I 'VE DUG A COUPLE COOL DIGS

 

[DigginThePast]

What year is the Mercury dime? I can see 192_. If it is 1921, then you have a great find. Congrats on all of them.

 

[RonnieAZ]

DigginThePast, Hi sorry I cropped a bigger picture just to show the 1909 penny my other finds didnt seem to great the merc dime is a 1920 S.

 

[Ricky1601 aka pull tab king]

congrats on the great finds, thanks for sharing and hh

 

[Cachefinder]

Ronnie --nice finds


where in AZ are you?
Where were you hunting when u found this?


Cachefinder-

 

[Dan32981]

Great finds man!, congrats on the V.D.B! Happy Dirt Fishing!

-Dan

 

[RonnieAZ]

LOL Dan thanks for the laugh I never heard it called dirt fishing before.

Cachefinder I live near prescott.

Thanks for all your views and comments GL out there - RonnieAZ

 

[allen]

you are definetily on a great site !!
hit it hard, but go slow !

 

[ridgehunter58]

It's the 1909s VDB that has value........that appears to be a 1909 no mint mark, still good find though

 

[johnnycat]

My first wheatie was a 1909 S. Heck, I was so green I didn't even know what I had found until later.

 

[FatCat]

Great finds bro. Wish I was there diggin and shootin the breeze around the campfire like we used too.

 

[olekyground]

Cool! Yeah thats the first 1909 I have ever seen. good work!!

 

[RonnieAZ]

ME too FatCat me too one of

these days we will get out beep'n again.

 

[eathabs]

Good stuff Ronnie

Do you have a pic of the reverse side of the 1909 penny?

habs

 

[mlayers]

That was a lot of wheaties. I have only found around 20 this year and it looks like you got about that many on a hunt. WTG.......Matt

 

[TommNJ]

WTG on the silver & wheats !!!

TommNJ

 

[capndan151]

awesome. next one will have an s and vdb. keep at it

 

[RonnieAZ]

Hey Eathabs, Heres the back the vdb is tiny at the bottom. - Ronnie
I may have to do this again the pic looks kinda small but maybe it will be ok.

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