Old station finds part 2 !!

[Deepdiger60]

before it got dark i went back to that gas station site the heavy equipment had finish grading the dirt for the day about a foot and a half down pushing it up in piles at the end of the property the foundation was still there all heavy stone to make a very long storie short because iam still in shock what i found in 7 different holes all around 7 to 8 inches deep ill try maybe tomm. to give better details 1 hole gave up 5 half's another had inches apart 3 silver dollars the rest of the coins was found all near by those finds .i can not believe what i found !! tg that bull dozier operator did what he did or i never could of got that deep with my DFX i need to shake his hand tomm.? lol heres some pics i took, before i detected early this morning found a few good things i went to work then back to the same spot again just a 60 minutes before dark iam so tired now but iam still staring at these coins . Total finds today 14 silver 1 IH and a small gold high school 1959 pin 10k . I think just off the top of my head the 1886 O Morgan is a key date coin ? and i just love that 1893 Colombian Half , also a 1850 Seated half dime i almost missed it , it took 3 times to see it in my hand in the dirt lol . these finds all where found hear where the old pumps used to be i think it was a ESSO station before that iam not sure . STILL IN SHOCK !! HH Jim

 

[HCW]

A beautiful find! I used to go to Mattituck as a kid also. The Polish farm kids who threw 100# potato sacks around all day would love to into town to hassle the soft city kids like myself. Drinking age was 18 then and I got thrown out of the bar called the "Apple Tree" more than once.

The soil is very sandy on Long Island perhaps that is why they look so good.

Tom

the Apple Tree Lounge yes. I'm pretty sure it's gone now. My Dad built a summer home on Cox Neck Lane in (started in '65 and finished in'71). We used to fish off Naugles dock or rent sciffs at Capt. Marty's.

 

[Bridge End Farm]

Fantastic coins Jim. A well deserved BANNER day indeed.
Congrats & looking forward to hopefuly seeing more on your return.
-MM-

Well i just drove the wife to work and OH NO ! some time during the night someone put one of those 6 foot chain link temp fences up all around the property with a SIGN !that reads no trespassing !! all along the fence one guy was there in a truck he said because of insurance regulations they have to do that he also said today they are pulling up the 2 underground gas tanks i can understand that i had my shot and happy about it, i properly will never get a find like that again , i was ready this time DFX camera and knee pads lol hey this 60 year old knees just aint what they used to be . OMG !! i see i made a Banner ? uumm just what is the Banner Ive only been in this GREAT SITE a few months not very knowledgeable about these things ? but thank you all ! Jim and HH

sometimes they will let you on after hours, and as others said ask where the dirt is going is a great idea too
nice finds

 

[cheffer]

Wow, nice coins....
You've found 5 silver dollars in 5 months? A lot luckier than me, I've been at this for years and am still waiting for BIG silver.
Congratulations on a sweet collection,
Steve

 

[Deepdiger60]

A beautiful find! I used to go to Mattituck as a kid also. The Polish farm kids who threw 100# potato sacks around all day would love to into town to hassle the soft city kids like myself. Drinking age was 18 then and I got thrown out of the bar called the "Apple Tree" more than once.

The soil is very sandy on Long Island perhaps that is why they look so good.

Tom

Hi Daydream the soil is sandy here but not everywhere a lot of areas have a layer of sea shells mostly oyster and scallop that starts down about 7 inches ive yet to find anything below that layer very salty to , this year my son who is 32 worked Johnnie S potato farm during harvest diggin those spuds !!!! his back still hurts 27 truck loads !! lol . I think the Apple Tree is gone now .
HH Jim

 

[wyattrr]

Nice Digs...It's hard to top a day like that. Go Back Again for more...Congrats and HH

 

[Urban Prospector]

congrates on the finds. A couple of thoughts come to mind. Could the coins have been preserved by oil /grease intentionally or petroleum residue in the soil since it was a filling station? Here in Cali all the dirt would be handled as toxic waste and hauled of to an incinerator. I worked in a gas station many years ago and the boss hated big silver cuz there wasn't a cubby hole in the cash box for them. My first impression is they were planted and possibly greased for preservation much like cosmoleane ( which, like Obama, doesn't exist according to my spell check) on a military item.

 

[crazyjarhead]

WTG Jim on an awesome find. Those coins are sweet.

 

[allen]

congrats on all of those awesome coins
and on making the banner as well !!!

 

[RonnieAZ]

Very cool indeed I wish I could have a day like that i've been hunting a fairgrounds that started 1850s as a rodeo grounds I know there had to be some oldies around this huge area but so far I only found a few weaties and 2 silver dimes a 63 and 64 I'm sure its been detected many times before but there has to be a few good ones left. -RonnieAZ

 

[lastleg]

RonnieAZ:

Use a large coil and dig up odd signals. Those old coins are probably beyond
reach of a small coil.

 

[61willys]

holy Cow wow and congrats....just got me thinkin about old...station nearby....Hope to hear more soon...
Dave

 

[HISPAN]

Nice Treasure... y vote Banner !

 

[gmanlight]

Banner Silver kind of day.

 

[steelheadwill]

Great Bunch of Hi-Grade Silver!
Guess I missed the boat up here,
same situation, old station bulldozed out, spent only 15 minutes there. :P

well, at the time had another spot that was giving good
Thanks for showing!

 

[teleman 2525]

holy cash cow batman way to hit jackpot

 

[capri_auto]

n way those coins were dug, sorry but come on....

 

[umrgolf]

n way those coins were dug, sorry but come on....

Like the others, I think someone must have recently lost their coin collection there.

 

[Lookin]

Holy smokes!! Nice digging!! I think I would have slipped that truck driver a $20 to slip into the fence for another hour or two...."environmental sampling for heavy metals!"

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

This thread was posted last year at this time is instant replay on

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Wow Jim!

I just saw this post man. Great finds buddy.

I hope your feeling good.