Unusal Curb Strip Coin Spill.....

[Chizzy]

Since I've been having some luck with rings, I decided to hit the hillside at a local school for an hour. I managed to pull quite a bit of clad, but no bling. Seems that when I plan to look for something in particular, it rarely, if ever, comes to fruition........
So, I went back to the "dozer lot" that gave up the '05 V Nickel to see if there were any other coins from that era, but only managed another "doughboy".......my third.
Then I went to the "Merry Widows" lot and worked (very briefly) on part of a curb strip. I managed a couple of zincolns and some can slaw then I was overwhelmed with an enormously loud signal that covered about 9" in diameter. The way my luck was running, I figured someone with a lawn mower just sat on a can for 5 minutes and chopped it to shreds. I was going to walk away......but, I if I want to come to this spot repeatedly, might as well clean it out. It was going to be my last plug of the day, anyhow..........



The plug was FULL of coins!! They are mostly foreign.......14 Canadians cents, the oldest a '43 George IV and an assortment from Central America, Europe, Mid East and an 1895 bronze 1 cent from Haiti. Included with this menagerie was an 1865 IHP that has an "X" scratched on both sides, a '74d Lincoln Memorial with Lincoln looking at Kennedy, a '45 wheat and a steel wheat. And, just inches away was the .925 Mexico earrring(?).

Just goes to show.......ya never know 'til ya dig 'em up..............

Thanks for lookin' in and best to all of you on your hunts!!

 

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[kingskid1611]

That would have been an exciting find. even if foreign it still makes the adrenaline flow.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

A nice couple of hunts, congratulations!

 

[Truth]

That must of been a great feeling. Congratulations

 

[hbru123]

Nice finds! Congrats!

 

[BLK HOLE]

Hmm very strange coin spill but hey I'd take it Congratulations

 

[Javadroid]

Excellent treasure haul mate - congrats on the interesting finds!

 

[CASPER-2]

we call "curd strips" tree belts up here and they are passed over by most
because many guys don't want to be that close to side walk or the road or because some can gather a lot of trash
I started hitting them in older areas or at spots that were "cleaned out" - I hit ones near old schools and old parks
and started finding all kinds of good keepers - they opened up a new realm to me for awhile until it got out
that I was hitting "virgin" soil by hitting them - then everybody started doing the same - they never thought
that there would be much on them - but up here - that is where they put the snow - so if someone dropped
anything on the side walk in the snow - good chance it would end up there - near any old candy stores or old general
stores - taverns etc are good too -ive done them in old neighborhoods and gotten Barbers and His
Keep it up

 

[against the wind]

Very nice hunt,
Congratulations on your finds.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on that unusual pile of coins Chizzy. That had to be exciting to see all the different foreign coins coming out of the dirt.

 

[A2coins]

love coin spills

 

[Hawks88]

You were rewarded for sticking around for 1 more dig. Congrats

 

[GB1]

nice weird spill some one's small collection

 

[Chizzy]

we call "curd strips" tree belts up here and they are passed over by most
because many guys don't want to be that close to side walk or the road or because some can gather a lot of trash
I started hitting them in older areas or at spots that were "cleaned out" - I hit ones near old schools and old parks
and started finding all kinds of good keepers - they opened up a new realm to me for awhile until it got out
that I was hitting "virgin" soil by hitting them - then everybody started doing the same - they never thought
that there would be much on them - but up here - that is where they put the snow - so if someone dropped
anything on the side walk in the snow - good chance it would end up there - near any old candy stores or old general
stores - taverns etc are good too -ive done them in old neighborhoods and gotten Barbers and His
Keep it up

Thanks, Casper. I get after the curb strips whenever opportunity presents. Lots of rings in there, too. Folks will take off the gloves while shoveling snow to scratch an itch or clear that runny nose........rings tend to come off in the cold. Our older former affluent neighborhoods tend to have bricks 4 to 6 inches down and the older ethnic neighborhoods of the common folk have gravel 4 to 6 inches down that is like concrete........makes it difficult to retrieve any aged coins.