Lone_Star
Greenie
- May 1, 2015
- 10
- 40
- Detector(s) used
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•’14-‘16 Bounty Hunter Discovery 1100
•’16-‘19 Tecknetics Delta 4000
•’19-‘current Garret AT Pro
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
It’s been five years since I’ve last posted
and boy do I have a lot of catching up to do.
Quite recently, About three weeks ago I was detecting parking strips
in a somewhat old area of Austin during late afternoon. I was approached
by guy that wanted me to come and see what I could find in the empty lot
next to his house.(also his property)
The sun was almost down but I did have my headlamp
so how could I pass that up.
Immediately I saw an old Stonewall on the property as well as
an old massive Live Oak.
I dug a few pull tabs then decided to focus
on the base of the old tree.
Just as the sun was sure as set I got a fairly good signal nestled in the roots.
Nothing special, rang up as a good solid 83.
(Rocking a Garret AT Pro)
I dug four or five inches down
And coins started spilling out
the sides of the hole.
Was my first old coin “cache”.
A few days later after some research
I found out that was the site of an old hunting lodge
that overlooked Shoal Creek.
Out of that one hole I pulled:
• 1898 Barber quarter
• 1915 Barber quarter
• 1930 Standing liberty quarter
• 1914 Barber half dollar(1930)
• 1907 Barber dime
• 1896 Indian head penny
• 6x liberty head nickels(most to corroded to date)(one 1910)
•A good luck token��
•1942 S Penny(strangely corroded like zinc
)
And In excellent condition..
•1942 Mercury Dime
Due to the 50 year date difference
I assume it must’ve been a kids collection buried around the end of World War II.
If anyone can help me ID this token it would be much appreciated. ��
MD4LIFE
and boy do I have a lot of catching up to do.
Quite recently, About three weeks ago I was detecting parking strips
in a somewhat old area of Austin during late afternoon. I was approached
by guy that wanted me to come and see what I could find in the empty lot
next to his house.(also his property)
The sun was almost down but I did have my headlamp
so how could I pass that up.
Immediately I saw an old Stonewall on the property as well as
an old massive Live Oak.
I dug a few pull tabs then decided to focus
on the base of the old tree.
Just as the sun was sure as set I got a fairly good signal nestled in the roots.
Nothing special, rang up as a good solid 83.
(Rocking a Garret AT Pro)
I dug four or five inches down
And coins started spilling out
the sides of the hole.
Was my first old coin “cache”.
A few days later after some research
I found out that was the site of an old hunting lodge
that overlooked Shoal Creek.
Out of that one hole I pulled:
• 1898 Barber quarter
• 1915 Barber quarter
• 1930 Standing liberty quarter
• 1914 Barber half dollar(1930)
• 1907 Barber dime
• 1896 Indian head penny
• 6x liberty head nickels(most to corroded to date)(one 1910)
•A good luck token��
•1942 S Penny(strangely corroded like zinc
)And In excellent condition..
•1942 Mercury Dime
Due to the 50 year date difference
I assume it must’ve been a kids collection buried around the end of World War II.
If anyone can help me ID this token it would be much appreciated. ��
MD4LIFE
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Were you in NJ lately?....
Those coins may even have still been in circulation at the end of WWII, but probably were accumulated over a period of years. Why and how they ended up in the ground together waiting for you to discover them we will never know.
