People who hate pocket change....THE MOTHER LODE!!!

piggman1 · Apr 27, 2007

As I was driving down the road the other day, I saw where they were tearing down 2 houses that I know have been there for at least 40 years. I contacted the owner and got permission to hunt the property. I went there the next evening to start the search and play around with my new Eagle Spectrum. The first place I started to look was the driveway to the house that was still standing. The drive consisted of pea gravel on caliche. I fired up the detector, lowered the coil to the ground to ground balance and found it wouldn't take. After a short search, I finally found an area where I could get it to balance. I started to swing the detector and it went crazy. It was banging everywhere, in fact, I thought something was wrong with the detector. This driveway is only about 10' X 35'. It sounded like it was solid metal. I started to dig and found that all of the signals were coins. I WAS IN DETECTORIST HEAVEN! I hunted for about an hour and a half and came up with about 170 coins, and didn't even come near covering 1/2 the drive. I went back today and worked about 1/2 a day, and still have not finished with the drive, much less start the yard. My total coins for today was 265, for a total of over 400 coins. All clad except 1 wheat cent. These people must have hated pocket change! Anyway, I'll be going back for awhile, hopefully starting the yard tomorrow. I am totally amazed, any signal you get here, you dig. The most amazing part was I only dug 8 pull tabs and a couple of the old soda pop caps so far. This is the place you dream of. Here is a picture of my finds so far. I will post more as the finds increase.

ivan salis · Apr 27, 2007

good greif---must have just dumped rhe change in the yard.

Dimeman · Apr 27, 2007

Could have been some kind of coin machine vendor and taking the machines in and out of the car along the driveway to the garage or house...losing the coins and not noticing. or even may have been self employed at his house.. cash business... Ice cream truck, or something..

What a haul!!!!!! And there is more

?? You may need to call in some help to hunt that area..... looks like there is plenty to dig.....

Montana Jim · Apr 28, 2007

Holy Moly...

hasbeen · Apr 30, 2007

Sure beats my 105 coins in 2 1/2 hours,especially since 99 of those were pennies.

hasbeen

EDDE · Apr 30, 2007

bring a helper 8)

Capefearsman · Apr 30, 2007

I hit a place kinda like that but I only dug 106 coins, after I dug the first I never got up, I stayed on my knees until I had cleaned that place out.

piggman1 · Apr 30, 2007

I went back yesterday for the 3rd day for awhile and went over the small yard out front. My finds for the yard were less, but still not bad. It got to the point of not being able to bend over, and soreness in my legs and shoulders from the previous 2 days finally got the best of me. I still came away with 2 quarters, 10 dimes, 3 nickels, and 40 pennies, for a total of 55 coins. Before I left, I walked back over the driveway just for grins, and believe it or not, there are still signals everywhere. The problem was, my get up and go had got up and left already. I didn't dig a one. That's OK, I think they are reproducing as fast as I am removing them. I was glad to see it raining today, which gives me a day or two to rest before I attack it again. The back yard is where I really want to hit because I knew the kids who grew up there about 35 years ago, I just haven't been able to get away from this driveway.

piggman1 · Apr 30, 2007

This was the second days finds in the driveway. Didn't stay long, started to get too sore and tired. This is the haul, another 68 coins and a long way to go. Geology pick worked great on the caliche. This post is the day before my last post

piggman1 · May 2, 2007

It wasn't raining this morning, so I headed over to the house I've been doing. The ground was too wet to do anything in the yards, sooooo, I hit the driveway one more time. This driveway tatally blows me away! I found 45 pennies, 5 dimes, and 6 nickels for a total of 56 more coins. This brings the total coins found in and around the driveway to 614. The count is 425 pennies, 38 nickels, 103 dimes, and 48 quarters. Unbelievable! Now, when the ground dries up alittle more, I am headed for the back yard. I have taken some pictures of this place and what I found today. Hopefully the rain is over.