azmetaldetector
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Went to a downtown Phoenix lot that a couple of months ago I got booted out of no sooner than I got the detector going. Tried it again this past weekend and no one bothered us.
Found a nice variety of stuff in a supposedly hunted out lot.
First is the group photo. The item in the center with the Cherub rang up as a solid 12-14 on the trusty MXT. When I dug it I almost pitched it cuz it's very delicate and feels like foil, but I looked a little closer and noticed the writing on it, so I saved it. It says 'Fleurs Damour Rogers-Gallent Paris'. I did some research and this was something off of a perfume bottle that dates back to the mid-1920s. I really like this, but it's quite delicate.
Then I got the AZ Tax token which I like to find even though they are quite common.
Then I got this 1909 Wheat penny. In the field I couldn't make out a date, but I'm not very patient so I wet it and rubbed until I thought I could see '09. My heart started racing hoping it would be the 1909 S- VDB, but as you can see the coin is in pretty bad shape. The picture that you see is a cleaned up coin believe it or not. It was much worse before. It's very corroded and pitted, especially for a copper coin. Apparently the soil in this lot was not kind to this penny. Well after the cleaning (tumbled it), there is no 'S' mintmark and no 'VDB' either so it's the most common of the 1909's. I thought it would at least be a 1909 s as the wheat cents I find out here in AZ are more times than not the 'S' mintmark due to our locale to San Francisco. Of course when I WANT it to be, it's not. Well this coin had me hoping for a day or so until I got it cleaned up.
Also found a broken clock key, a 'Talon' zipper pull, which I normally would have thrown out except I'm now motivated to keep them since 'BobbyDoo' saved and photographed his. Also found a 1957 Jefferson nickel, shell casing that dates back to early 1900s, couple of brass/copper do-dads, a metal button and a piece of what looks like silver ware marked 'Made in U.S.A.'.
So nothing extraordinary, but found some 'fun' things.
Also, the very odd- shaped item is a severly corroded zincoln that the soil took a serious liking to, as it's almost completely dissolved.
Found a nice variety of stuff in a supposedly hunted out lot.
First is the group photo. The item in the center with the Cherub rang up as a solid 12-14 on the trusty MXT. When I dug it I almost pitched it cuz it's very delicate and feels like foil, but I looked a little closer and noticed the writing on it, so I saved it. It says 'Fleurs Damour Rogers-Gallent Paris'. I did some research and this was something off of a perfume bottle that dates back to the mid-1920s. I really like this, but it's quite delicate.
Then I got the AZ Tax token which I like to find even though they are quite common.
Then I got this 1909 Wheat penny. In the field I couldn't make out a date, but I'm not very patient so I wet it and rubbed until I thought I could see '09. My heart started racing hoping it would be the 1909 S- VDB, but as you can see the coin is in pretty bad shape. The picture that you see is a cleaned up coin believe it or not. It was much worse before. It's very corroded and pitted, especially for a copper coin. Apparently the soil in this lot was not kind to this penny. Well after the cleaning (tumbled it), there is no 'S' mintmark and no 'VDB' either so it's the most common of the 1909's. I thought it would at least be a 1909 s as the wheat cents I find out here in AZ are more times than not the 'S' mintmark due to our locale to San Francisco. Of course when I WANT it to be, it's not. Well this coin had me hoping for a day or so until I got it cleaned up.
Also found a broken clock key, a 'Talon' zipper pull, which I normally would have thrown out except I'm now motivated to keep them since 'BobbyDoo' saved and photographed his. Also found a 1957 Jefferson nickel, shell casing that dates back to early 1900s, couple of brass/copper do-dads, a metal button and a piece of what looks like silver ware marked 'Made in U.S.A.'.
So nothing extraordinary, but found some 'fun' things.
Also, the very odd- shaped item is a severly corroded zincoln that the soil took a serious liking to, as it's almost completely dissolved.
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Mastereagle loves the zipper pulls.
