Sweet Surprise!!!

[Dirt fishing Wolf]

Went out Sunday late morning for a short hunt in someones yard down the road for 2 hours.
They had torn down a building and are going to blacktop over that spot today. I just hunted
the 30' by 50' area. Lots of Aluminium nails in the turned dirt and a few Strong Al.can type hits.
Dug some and got lucky on one to pull this 3" by 3" copper thin piece. Before cleaning I noticed
the one side was hinged, after the rinse I worked it open hoping to see a picture or paper inside
but to my surprise I could see the shape of a coin. My Heart stopped, OMG, I hope its an oldie.
Had to take pics and has it turned out it was only a lucky coin. Sometimes the good small coin
size signals aren't the best finds of the day! Also pulled 1 Mem, 61d Rosie and a silver plated spoon.
Red Ryder Lucky Coin. They were attached to fringed riding gloves sold by Penny's.

 

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[marinedad]

nice finds rich, is the lucky coin the same as the red ryder bb gun fame?

 

[Dirt fishing Wolf]

nice finds rich, is the lucky coin the same as the red ryder bb gun fame?

could be, I only saw info on the gloves with the coin

 

[kimsdad]

A fun hunt and cool finds!!!

Looks like you found someone's treasure chest.

 

[dirtyJohn]

I bet that nearly caused a Fibrillation.
HH
John

 

[Lowbatts]

Yep, something nice inside! I see one of those tokens going for 25 bucks at an auction site and it looks dug also.

Good hunt!

 

[MR Senior L4S]

NICE surprise

 

[scrounger d detector collector]

nice going wolf. u saved it b4 it got paved over.

i have a red ryder bb gun somewhere

 

[Lookn4Seated]

I'd be happy with anything inside of a tine like that. Congrats on a sweet surprise.

 

[watercolor]

Cool hunt Rich!!

That RR coin was probably some kid's prize possession at one time