Old wallet with silver.....and other old coins

[Fyrguy86]

Hit my one of honey holes before work. Interesting signal. Definitely silver sound, but mixed junk too. Etrac showed 8". I dug down and thought I hit junk. It turned out to be an old wallet with the change pocket full! The coins were all stuck together mixed in with carnival ride tickets. So after I soaked them a bit, they came apart. There's a silver half. Two silver Washington's (39 & 43), silver mercury dime, a buff, a Jefferson, and two pennies. One is a wheat. The other is crusted so bad I can't tell. And about 25 5cent ride tickets! All the coins are very crusty. And ideas on trying to clean? Thanks.

 

[Lord Verdigris]

Nice find(s)! (:

 

[46Wheat]

Nice digs. Thanks for the pics

 

[david680]

Next best thing to a cache.

 

[Old Dude]

Very good recovery. If you have an electrolysis setup, try that. A good long water soak might be the next thing.

 

[jamey]

cool find soak it all in olive oil,does the buffalo have three legs

 

[Argentium]

Great find ! I'm kind of surprised at how crusty those silvers are - I wonder if it's something to do with the chemicals in the leather ?

 

[Sooper Dave]

That's such a cool find! I bet that guy was bummed when he lost that!

 

[unfound]

Thats like finding a cache...way cool !!! soak in lemon juice for a half hour or so...then add some baking soda...let them soak...then rub with baking soda and a little water between fingers.

 

[mr helton]

I would be ecstatic if I found that!

I would definitely use electrolysis on those coins. It'll clean the silvers right up, and help a lot with the others.

 

[dirtlooter]

no matter what, still cool

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

thats freaking awesome!!

 

[beez0404]

FANTASTIC!

 

[thommo59]

Great find

 

[cjon455]

That's insane, congrats on a very unique find!

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Congrats you can cross one off your bucket listing !!! "Finding a lost wallet with coins inside !!" Fantastic good hunting there !!

 

[Randyg12]

I bet that sounded different! Great find!

 

[Pointman]

Neat. If they are common date silver, I would attempt to soak them in white vinegar and see if that would clean them up and then set up a simple electrolysis set-up. I am eager to see those coins shiny. Post more pics once you get them cleaned.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Electrolysis on the silvers... it will clean them up.

That is an awesome find... a wallet... with silver coins... half dollar coin too! Nice save.

 

[alwayssearching]

Wow..