Unhunted creek yields two hundred coin days!

[Baggins]

Almost two weeks ago I hunted in a creek adjacent to an old park I like to bottle dig at....well I decided to walk the creek a bit that is just off of a spill way.....I usually find some coins near where I dig, so I started looking....I made it up the creek a bit from where I usually look, and started seeing a bunch of old spark plugs and older material in an low lying area....Ito dig a bit, and started coming up with coins out of the sand....before I knew it I had 25 or so coins....it was getting late, so I left with plans to go back that next day....When I got there, I started in the same area and the first coin I saw stuck between two rocks turned out to be a first for me...a 1926 Standing Liberty quarter! Well this was the way to start off the day! I spent about two hours there digging in the sand and water, and ended up finding over 100 coins! Also found some jewelry and other odds and ends....again, I left and came back the day after, only to dig up another 120 or so coins! My total for the three days of digging were 270 coins! I didn't even have to bring my detector! I figured that years of flooding on and off washed all of the coins and things to an outside curve of the creek....I am going to go back and dig the area really well and find the heavier silver....I did end up getting the standing liberty, a merc ('26) two dateless buffalo nickels, a mexican coin, and a british 20Pcoin from '67...also found a gold plated ring, a girls scout badge, a silver ID bracelet with a name, and a date on the back of 6.1.58....also found what looks like the rowel off of a spur...Can't wait to go back...it looks as if this spot has NEVER been hunted.....Not shown are about 20 keys, 30 or so spark plugs, various pieces of copper tubing and brass pieces, and tons of metal for my mother in laws art projects....I have stumbled onto a really productive area!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!
Baggins

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[DMN]

Looks like a good scooper would do the trick. That's quite a load...and I'm sure there's more there if you get past the junk on top!

 

[Baggins]

Looks like a good scooper would do the trick. That's quite a load...and I'm sure there's more there if you get past the junk on top!

Yea, there is a TON of junk in there...you'd never get a detector anywhere near the water...just gonna have to dig...most of this stuff all came out of an area maybe 20' x 10'.....not pictured is about 50 plus pounds of metal and junk....with triple that that I could not carry out...
Baggins

 

[CAgem]

That's quite a haul! I hope you get lots more.

 

[Saabman]

WTG!!!! That's some heavy duty huntin'!

 

[Silver Searcher]

That's a lot of coins the rowel thing is actually a pastry cutter

SS

 

[Baggins]

That's a lot of coins the rowel thing is actually a pastry cutter

SS

Thanks SS, thought it looked a bit thick for a rowel..
Baggins

 

[Tin Nugget]

Great job, I like the OLD QUAKER whiskey bottle!

 

[deanv63]

sweet recovery.

 

[warsawdaddy]

Terrific find,buddy.The rest of the 'six pack' must have missed your call,right?Just kiddin'.I think you are on to something great there.Remember that gold sinks faster so it's probably under that stuff you are finding.Keep us posted as you dig/recover.

 

[civilman1]

Very nice Sean.....I hope you can hit when's there's a good drought Nice save's

 

[Tuberale]

Found the money hole, huh? Good for you! More people should try hunting the gravel and sand bars of their local streams during low water times. If shallow streams are involved, you can come up with some real winners!

Check those sparkplugs, too. Probably not going to find the ones I'm thinking about: used in jet airplanes, and have to be changed out every week or so. But some specialized sparkplugs have platinum in 'em. Word to the wise.

 

[Baggins]

Found the money hole, huh? Good for you! More people should try hunting the gravel and sand bars of their local streams during low water times. If shallow streams are involved, you can come up with some real winners!

Check those sparkplugs, too. Probably not going to find the ones I'm thinking about: used in jet airplanes, and have to be changed out every week or so. But some specialized sparkplugs have platinum in 'em. Word to the wise.

Thanks for the heads up...how can you tell? I still have a ton of them there to pick up...
Baggins

 

[River Rat]

Great finds, Baggins! I resized your pics per the request of several people who wanted to see em better.

Hope you have this much success next week...see you then.

RR

 

[Baggins]

Hey RR, thanks for the help...and if I don't find as much...that's ok, I get to see yall!
Baggins

 

[jeffmrgan]

thats very cool, got an idea about a place like that. hope you find more old coins

 

[kenley]

I had a simular experience 30/40 years ago in an old creek bed below the park. The swimming pools didn't have a filter system and the pool was drained every three days. This spot was down stream about 50 feet from where the drain came out of the ground. Wasn't any junk that I remember, but lots of coins and jewelry. This was before I even heard of a metal detector. Make a screen sifter.

 

[Mental Granny]

WTG very, very, cool ! Glad you had a fantastic hunt!

 

[Baggins]

I had a simular experience 30/40 years ago in an old creek bed below the park. The swimming pools didn't have a filter system and the pool was drained every three days. This spot was down stream about 50 feet from where the drain came out of the ground. Wasn't any junk that I remember, but lots of coins and jewelry. This was before I even heard of a metal detector. Make a screen sifter.

Totally, a screen is gonna be the next thing I make to take down there!
Baggins

 

[fossis]

Now that's a 'hot spot', great finds.

Fossis...........