bazinga
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Today was one of those days where we decide to hunt a different park that dates back to the 1940s or so we believe. I was going along and getting nothing and walk to a different area right up near one of the areas where they have picnic tables under a roof.
Prior to this we were all digging memorials in the 5-6" deep range. I get a signal at about 4" deep and dig the plug hoping that I could find an area with a wheat and pray for some silver nearby. Turn the plug over and see a coin.... It's an 1889 Indian Head penny.... Right next to it at the same depth I dig a 1919 wheat penny. Then when it was all said and done from a little 10x10 area I dug 2 more indian heads (1889 and 1909) and 6 more wheats (1910, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19). It was a little hot spot full of old coins. And a few feet away from this area at the same depth I get a silver signal and told Lee "Now here is my silver!" Dig the plug... 4" down see a silver edge of a dime.... We were thinking barber or early mercury... 1939, haha, oh well.
I also found a play dime that is actually dated 1950. Never seen one of those before. After I've gone over this tiny little area a dozen times I move some more and start digging more memorials at 5" deep or deeper.
I then got a penny sounding signal and dug that 1946 canadian nickel. Is there some silver content in it? It was about 5" deep around a spot that produced a couple 1940s wheaties. The reason I ask is because of the signal it gave me and that it came out clean and not all rusty red like nickels normally do.
Then I dug that little medal that has no markings but I'm pretty sure it is silver.
And then I got that little metal coin holder. It fits two nickels on the inside. It is spring loaded. I dug a 1940s wheat at about 5" deep and this was another couple inches deeper right underneath it. Sadly there was no nickel inside of it
Totals...
3 indians
11 wheats
1 mercury
17 memorials
1 canadian nickel
1 jefferson nickel
Prior to this we were all digging memorials in the 5-6" deep range. I get a signal at about 4" deep and dig the plug hoping that I could find an area with a wheat and pray for some silver nearby. Turn the plug over and see a coin.... It's an 1889 Indian Head penny.... Right next to it at the same depth I dig a 1919 wheat penny. Then when it was all said and done from a little 10x10 area I dug 2 more indian heads (1889 and 1909) and 6 more wheats (1910, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19). It was a little hot spot full of old coins. And a few feet away from this area at the same depth I get a silver signal and told Lee "Now here is my silver!" Dig the plug... 4" down see a silver edge of a dime.... We were thinking barber or early mercury... 1939, haha, oh well.
I also found a play dime that is actually dated 1950. Never seen one of those before. After I've gone over this tiny little area a dozen times I move some more and start digging more memorials at 5" deep or deeper.
I then got a penny sounding signal and dug that 1946 canadian nickel. Is there some silver content in it? It was about 5" deep around a spot that produced a couple 1940s wheaties. The reason I ask is because of the signal it gave me and that it came out clean and not all rusty red like nickels normally do.
Then I dug that little medal that has no markings but I'm pretty sure it is silver.
And then I got that little metal coin holder. It fits two nickels on the inside. It is spring loaded. I dug a 1940s wheat at about 5" deep and this was another couple inches deeper right underneath it. Sadly there was no nickel inside of it
Totals...
3 indians
11 wheats
1 mercury
17 memorials
1 canadian nickel
1 jefferson nickel
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