WHADIFIND
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But its never about "quantity".
And, no....I wasn't hunting a golf course.
Interesting?
As I was walking along, enjoying a wonderful day for detecting in a cornfield. I was getting very bored with every signal being 27-29!! When I barely caught a glimpse of a 51! Inbetween all those 29 hits. Did I mention I was bored?
I stopped, checked again. Deep but unmistakably a nickle hit! I dug....several times. Finally, at about 14 inches! The shield nickle showed up! I didn't try to clean in the field but could tell it was a shield!
Happy camper!
Still humming to myself after that one, I got another, similar hit less than a foot away!!
Couldn't tell , but, this close to the last one!? Turns out that someone had a *VERY* bad day! Losing five whole cents!? Back then!?!? I had to dig!!
A foot away and almost exactly the same depth, one of my favorite coins shows itself! A *lovely* Two Cent Piece!!!
A pocket spill! Just had to come from a same pocket!!
Boy! Talk about a bad day!!!
And as a bonus? They are both in wonderful condition!!
It has been a *VERY* long time since I found a pocket spill from the 1860's
1866 & 1864!!
Now *THIS* is more like why I got in this hobby!
Thanks for peeking and for giving me a place to share my joy!
And, no....I wasn't hunting a golf course.
Interesting?
As I was walking along, enjoying a wonderful day for detecting in a cornfield. I was getting very bored with every signal being 27-29!! When I barely caught a glimpse of a 51! Inbetween all those 29 hits. Did I mention I was bored?
I stopped, checked again. Deep but unmistakably a nickle hit! I dug....several times. Finally, at about 14 inches! The shield nickle showed up! I didn't try to clean in the field but could tell it was a shield!
Happy camper!
Still humming to myself after that one, I got another, similar hit less than a foot away!!
Couldn't tell , but, this close to the last one!? Turns out that someone had a *VERY* bad day! Losing five whole cents!? Back then!?!? I had to dig!!
A foot away and almost exactly the same depth, one of my favorite coins shows itself! A *lovely* Two Cent Piece!!!
A pocket spill! Just had to come from a same pocket!!
Boy! Talk about a bad day!!!
And as a bonus? They are both in wonderful condition!!
It has been a *VERY* long time since I found a pocket spill from the 1860's
1866 & 1864!!
Now *THIS* is more like why I got in this hobby!
Thanks for peeking and for giving me a place to share my joy!
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