Short Hunt Produces Very Worn Standing Liberty And A Chinese Coin

[Sooper Dave]

I was too busy over the weekend to get out and swing . But today I was off from work early because the kids only had a half day of school. So what to do for a couple of hours...Yep go on a hunt for lost treasure. I packed up the kids and we went to an old house that I have hunted before. The first time I found a few Wheats and a 1925 Merc. This place is almost too clean, you can swing for a long time and not even get a break in the threshold. So you get excited to get any signal to dig. It was over an hour before I even dug a penny. It turned around when I got a really nice quarter signal and did the "please let it be silver" talk to myself, and dug my plug. About 3 inches down in the hole was that sweet shine of a silver quarter. It turned out to be a very worn dateless Standing Liberty Quarter! This is only my second one to dig, this one has seen better days but it was awesome to find. A few minutes later I found a Canadian Penny and then I got a really good high tone and signal and was the Chinese coin with a dragon on it and is bigger than a half dollar. I don't know how old it is so any help on an ID would be great. Did not dig a lot of signals but it was great to be out. The kids like it too, because I got a deal with them, if we find silver we go out for ice cream.

 

[hikeinmts]

Hey Dave, good finds. The Chinese coin is late 1800's/early 1900's. It is one of the provincial coins, I think. Not enough detail for me to make a sure
i.d. I have a few that I have found or bought. They are always nice to find.....huge when they come out of the ground.
Good luck on future hunts. hikeinmts

 

[oldsalty19]

 

[Erik in NJ]

Nice finds there Dave! Standing Liberty quarters are not easy to come by and the Chinese coin is a real conversation piece--much nicer than the cash coins you often see posted. I see you found a couple harmonica reeds as well. And those wedge shaped items--I just dug 2 this past weekend (and dug some a few years back)....not sure what they are, but I'm sure someone will tell us.

 

[Sooper Dave]

Thanks Erik, those are some type of strap/clamp that is used on a phone wire to attach it to the pole. They come up as a real nice dime/quarter on the detector and the joy is short lived when you see that it's not a coin.