My First Elongated Coin

PlotDigger · Mar 21, 2016

It's my 4th day with my first Metal Detector I was pretty happy to find this in a local park in Montreal.Nothing compared to some of very cool stuff I've seen you guys find.Hope to find more in the future as I plan to hunt as much as I can

FreeBirdTim · Mar 22, 2016

I've been detecting for three years and only found one of those elongated coins. Not worth a lot, but a cool find anyway! Good job!

Texas Ed · Mar 22, 2016

Congrats on your find PlotDigger and wish you many more while out dirt fishing.

Texas ED
S/E Texas Gulf Coast

Scrappy · Mar 22, 2016

PlotDigger said:
It's my 4th day with my first Metal Detector I was pretty happy to find this in a local park in Montreal.Nothing compared to some of very cool stuff I've seen you guys find.Hope to find more in the future as I plan to hunt as much as I can

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Cool man. I never dug one of those. How is the digging in Montreal? Any old spots still intact or is everything built over?

Nice find

Steve

Trezurehunter · Mar 22, 2016

Those elongated pennies are a nice find. I like finding them because they show the business, organization, or place that they were tied to.

trapperart · Mar 22, 2016

Welcome and congrats on the find

Carolina Tom · Mar 22, 2016

Nice find and welcome to TNet.

I was told that they have a machine that you put a cent into, crank the handle, and out comes the "elongated" souvenir coin.

I found one from the SC Aquarium in a school yard.

Best of luck to you sir!

Captain Caveman · Mar 22, 2016

Congratz! I only have 4 of those: one from a local church event, one from the Jackson Zoo, one from Graceland and one from Bass Pro Shops. I love 'em!

SirWalterRaleigh · Mar 22, 2016

Nice job! What does it say? I've foud three so far. One was from Seattle and I'm in Cental NC

wpsgta1000 · Mar 22, 2016

Found one in Georgia from the 1939 Worlds Fair.

Subterranean · Mar 22, 2016

They are fun to dig, and they do have a different signal and sound than an intact cent in my ATPro for some reason. I have dug dozens, nearly all at elementary school yards, where kids take them to show off, and lose them. Best of luck and I hope you find some more. Sub 8-)