MN Deer Hunting Time means one thing....road trip... 11-07-2008

[GMan00001]

So as mentioned in the title, the MN deer hunting season started this past weekend and I took my annual pilgrimage to my parent's house for the weekend. And since I could, I took Friday off and took a different route than I typically do and did some bank hopping along the way.

Ended up stopping at 24 banks, before closing time finally stopped me.
Picked up the following over all banks combined...
$961 in loose half dollars
1 - $500 bag of dimes
1 - $200 bag of nickels
2 - $100 bags of nickels
3 - $50 bags of pennies
3 - $25 bags of pennies

I had searched through the "known good bag of halves" when I first got to my parents ($161 worth), and had edge-scanned most of the rest as I was driving, but today I finally finished with the full half dollar search so I can post my results

In the "good" $161 was the following (good variety):

1 Walking Liberty (1917)

1 Franklin (1961-D)

3 - 90% Kennedy (1964, 1964-D(2))

2 - 40% Kennedy (1965, 1968-D)

3 Canadian 2-Dollar (1996, 2004, 2006-RCM)

4 Foreign
Denmark, 2 kroner 1892. King Christian IX and Queen Louise, Golden Wedding Anniversary. <--silver http://www.gladsaxegymnasium.dk/2/soemod/18881892.htm The second coin down is mine..if only I could read danish...
Great Britain, Half Crown (1922) <---silver
Mexico, 20 Centavos (1953, 1973)


First National Bank of St. Paul 100 Years token (1953)
Post Exchange Token - Ft. McPherson, GA (25 cents)
Camp Ripley National Guard Training Token.
Religious Medal,
Free Beer or Bar Rail at G-Spot Timberland, WI

1 Quarter
1 Penny

And in the rest of the halves there was the following:
4 - 40% Kennedy (1967(3), 1969-D)

11 NIFC (2004-P, 2006-P(5), 2006-D(3), 2007-P, 2007-D)

1 Proof Kennedy (1972-S)

1 - 1974-D DDO


Now I just need to find time to search through the rest of the coins....

 

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[GMan00001]

Note..the walker was my first of the year and my oldest half dollar ever.

 

[GMan00001]

Tonight I went through the $500 bag of dimes
1 Mercury (1942)

1 pre-1965 Roosevelt (1960-D)

10 Canadian (1945, 1964, 1968 nickel flat grooves, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1995)

1 Foreign (Great Britain, 1/2 New Penny (1971))

7 Pennies


I also went through the $50 bag of pennies from the same stop as the $161 in half dollars....great bag.

73 wheat pennies (1909, 1913, 1916-D, 1917-D, 1919-D, 1920, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1940-D, 1941, 1941-D(3), 1942, 1943-D, 1944(5), 1944-D, 1944-S(4), 1945(4), 1945-D(2), 1946(2), 1946-D(4), 1947-D(2), 1950-D, 1951-D(2), 1952-D(6), 1952-S, 1953, 1953-D, 1953-S, 1954-D(2), 1955-D(2), 1956, 1956-D(2), 1957-D(5), 1958-D(7))

38 Canadian (1945, 1951, 1960, 1961(2), 1963, 1964(3), 1965, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1975(2), 1976(2), 1977(3), 1978(2), 1980, 1981(3), 1982, 1985, 1986, 1989(2), 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002)

I wonder how the $200 in nickels from that stop will be...guess those'll have to wait until later.

 

[BBcardsRI]

Grats on that walker!

Not a bad stash from the halves.

Dimes didn't produce too well, but it fall in line with my own personal averages from them, and it certainly beats a skunk!

Good luck on the rest of it!

~Dave

 

[kestrelia]

Congrats on those great foreign coins!

 

[maine_Jim]

Interesting coins there - some really nice finds. It seems like the NIFC seem to be showing up more and more. Look forward to the next report!

Maine_Jim

 

[mistergee]

....just had this vision of you sitting in a treestand checking coins while the deer walked right past you

 

[snappy]

I live here in Montana and hunting season is on. opening day got a MD doe went out 2 days ago and got a WT doe and went out this morning got a WT buck 3x3 There was a 5x6 with him but I passed on him because the smaller bucks have better meat. A guy watching (about a 3/4 mile away) asked why I passed on the big one to take the smaller one and I said better eating. The rut is starting and the big bucks get to tasting bad.

 

[Joliet Jake]

Your diligence paid off, good work on the silver and copper!

Question, do you guys detect while you hunt?

 

[GMan00001]

....just had this vision of you sitting in a treestand checking coins while the deer walked right past you

It's amazing how attracted deer are to the sound of silver....

 

[Narthoniel]

Very nice scores on the halves and pennies!

 

[TxTim]

GMan-

How did you do this year on the deer - as good as last year?

 

[fiddycent]

"It's amazing how attracted deer are to the sound of silver...."

if some old guy stumbles up to your stand while you're dropping coins....DON'T SHOOT!!! IT'S ONLY ME!!! moth to a flame...gets me every time.

 

[mistergee]

There was a 5x6 with him but I passed on him because the smaller bucks have better meat

agreed....its nice to know not everyone is a trophy hunter.....i too would rather shoot a doe or small buck for the meat

 

[GMan00001]

Finished the rest of the bags over the weekend...nothing too exciting other than a couple of older foreign coins

Not a single US nickel that I didn't already have a roll of or was a war nickel out of $400 worth....disappointing..

$200 bag of nickels
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51 pre-1960 Jefferson (1938, 1939, 1940(2), 1940-D, 1940-S(2), 1941(5), 1941-D(2), 1942, 1946(4), 1946-D, 1947-S, 1948-S, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1953-D, 1954, 1954-D(4), 1955-D(6), 1956-D, 1957, 1957-D(5), 1958-D(3), 1959, 1959-D(3))

2 Canadian (1987, 1989)

6 Foreign (Belgium, 1 Franc (1972), Germany, 50 Pfennig (1972-F, 1974-F), Germany, 5 Euro Cent (2002-G), Norway, 2 Ore (1923), Switzerland, 20 Rappen (1947))

1 Dime
3 Pennies

$100 bag of nickels #1
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22 pre-1960 Jefferson (1939, 1940(3), 1940-S(2), 1941-S Small S, 1947, 1948-D, 1949, 1951, 1952-D(2), 1953, 1953-D, 1956-D(2), 1957(2), 1958-D(2), 1959-D)

8 Canadian (1971, 1982, 1987, 1992(3), 1993, 2002-P)

1 Quarter
4 Dimes
8 Pennies

$100 bag of nickels #2
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22 pre-1960 Jefferson (1940(3), 1941-D(2), 1942, 1946, 1946-D, 1947-S, 1951-D, 1953-D, 1954-S, 1955-D, 1956-D, 1958-D(4), 1959, 1959-D(3))

5 Canadian (1975, 1988, 1996, 2002-P, 2006-P)


$50 bag of pennies #2
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12 wheat pennies (1944-D, 1945, 1946, 1947-D, 1952-D, 1954-D, 1955-D, 1956-D(3), 1957, 1958-D)

25 Canadian (1963, 1965, 1972, 1973(2), 1974(3), 1979(2), 1980, 1981(4), 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1994, 1999(2), 2002(2), 2005)


$50 bag of pennies #3
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10 wheat pennies (1936, 1940, 1942-D, 1946-D, 1950, 1953-D(2), 1956-D(2), 1958)

34 Canadian (1952, 1960, 1965, 1966(4), 1968, 1970, 1975, 1978(4), 1979(2), 1981, 1983(3), 1984, 1986, 1989(3), 1990, 1991(2), 1993, 1994, 1996, 2005(3))

1 Foreign (Germany, 5 Pfennig (1990-D))


$25 bag of pennies #1
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10 wheat pennies (1912, 1941-D, 1944, 1944-S, 1946, 1947-D, 1952-D, 1955-D, 1958-D(2))

15 Canadian (1945, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1982, 1983(2), 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2006)


$25 bag of pennies #2
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13 wheat pennies (1937-D, 1941, 1944, 1944-D(2), 1945, 1946-D, 1951, 1951-D, 1952-D, 1956-D, 1958-D(2))

6 Canadian (1973, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 2004)

18 Dimes
1 Nickel


$25 bag of pennies #3
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6 wheat pennies (1944, 1951, 1953-D, 1955-S, 1957-D, 1958-D)

13 Canadian (1965, 1970, 1976, 1978, 1983(2), 1984, 1988(2), 1990, 1992, 1993, 2001)

2 Dimes