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  1. Yocum Silver?

    The Yocums settled on the James River in Stone County, Mo. in the 1830's. Ozark Folklore says the 4 Yocum Brothers made their own Silver Dollars from Silver mined by the Delaware Indians. I found this Half Dollar size of solid Silver on Yocum's land yesterday. I also found several 1830's flat...
  2. 2020 SILVER!!!

    First ever non modern coins from the Coin Star machine!!! Biggest find yet! So cool! A 1945 nickle and a 1966 silver dime. Before this my biggest find was 5.75 all at once. Hope to find more!
  3. Doctor Rings and Things

    I found a 1943 steel penny metal detecting, how do I find out if it is worth anything can anyone help?
  4. Can I leave Israel with these coins?

    Hello everyone! Please, I have a question. I'm in Israel and I'm going to take a plane in about 3 months. I have a lot of Israeli coins, something like 6kg. Nothing too old, something like 80 years old now. My question is, will I have trouble leaving Israel with these coins? I have nothing of...
  5. SPANISH SILVER ! 2 REALE 1782 (Long Island)

    I found a 2 REALE 1782 (holed) in Long Island. I’m still amazed.
  6. Random First Time Find

    Awesome Day out Metal Detecting, So may outstanding finds!
  7. 3 BU 1943 Lincoln steel wheat cents question

    I have 3 nice bu 1943 steel wheats. I have a 1943,1943D and a 43s. I Would like to send these coins in to be graded however they have sat in a damp garage for years so they have a film on them that I would like to clean off before I send them in I know cleaning is not recommended but surely...
  8. Old School

  9. re: Cache in North Long Beach, CA

    re: Cache in North Long Beach, CA Does anyone have contact in Southern California who can check this out? Seen on Twi**er: 1/5 re: Coincidence & #dirtfishing in North Long Beach - Speaking of detecting, following was seen on one of the goldpanning/detector forums ... #90805 #metaldetector...
  10. Visitor now Registered

    i was impressed as a visitor, so now am a member.The only treasures I have ever found are by accident--digging up old coins while gardening in old 18th century towns, at garage/yard sales, and early 20th century stamped post cards from my grandmother after her death.In the vicinity of the...
  11. Heavy metallic cube and ???wtf

    Found along with 1870s-1970s Spanish coins or ptas. Really smooth sides on the cube and, well I'm just stumped as to what the rest of this is.
  12. The Ski Lodge Parking Lot was pretty much a Winning Slot Machine

  13. 1916 Wheaty, and Many Adventures

  14. Large copper, silver and a mystery button

    After hours off looking, my hubby keeps saying, i want to find a old coin. So within minutes he finds tjus beautiful 1939 quarter, the old button then a 1914 wheat.Theres a small eagle on it. Ive been cleaning with qtips and toothpick gently for hours. Looks like a gilt to it. Anazing, then...
  15. 1968 Lincoln penny ..letters touching rim

    Don’t know if this is common or not it caught my attention so thought I’d post it to see what people think 🤓
  16. I found a SILVER CARIBOU!!!

    First silver of 2019, first silver found with my new detector, and first silver quarter found other then the one I found on my lawn!!! Woo! Scratched it on the back on the left... oh well. Also found a 1944 penny and a costume ring. This is the fourth silver item found at this park! Im going...
  17. OLD TOKEN with a MOVIE STAR on it!

    I was at the railway tracks with my new bounty hunter land ranger pro and searched where I found a 1930-40 baby carriage wheel at the tracks. I got a quarter signal. I pulled out this flat circle that I thought was trash in till I took a closer look. I saw faint words on it so I kept it and...
  18. 1991 D double Die Penny

    Hi everyone, I found this double die penny and would like to know what it may be worth. Overse and reverse double die, but much more noticeable on reverse, including Lincoln Memorial. Photos are microscope photos for better detail. Thank you.
  19. Weekend finds - Coins from 1758/59

    Hey All! I haven't found anything in a while but the last weekend I went on a road trip and I found a couple of interesting coins that I wanted to share. I believe I found a British shilling from 1758 and a Dutch 1/4 Gulden from 1759. The funny thing was that I found these coins together, so I...
  20. 1960 D Penny found in my own back yard!!

    Small date or large date on the number 6?? please help!!
  21. ✅ SOLVED Has anyone ever found this tiny coin ?

    I found this years back when I was able to metal Detect . Found it in a play ground in the sand . I know it's not that old , but just wonder why they were even made . They are the same as a regular size far as looks on both sides but very tiny . Sorry about such poor pictures . :BangHead:
  22. GOLD COIN!!!😲

    Haha! Got you!!! Happy birthday to me! I made this cake for my party. (Sorry that it's upside down) It a hole with dirt (cookie crumbs), a worm and a *gold* coin! I place a few candy rocks, a fake lady bug or two, stuck in a mini shovel and vwola... a metal detecting cake! I got this coin book...
  23. don't forget sofas in public places for coin drops

    Back in my college days I worked in the library. Actually two libraries side by side at GA Tech. Nobody liked to work the night closing shift for some reason. My predecessor clued me into a little bonanza. All over both libraries were sofas with cushions. 4 floors in the under grad lib and 8...
  24. Earn a little CASH with u.s. dimes???

    Hello there. I live in Canada so was wondering if I had a bunch of u.s. dimes from roll hunting wether I could trade them in at a bank and earn a little since they are worth more than our dimes. Do they do this or should I go somewhere else? Right now a roll of u.s. dimes would be worth about 6...
  25. First Day w/ CORS Strike on Fisher F22 in Korea + Father-in-Law's First Hunt

    Yesterday, I took my father-in-law out for some beach metal detecting. While he had been out with us to a beach before, he has never done the detecting and digging himself. Call it beginners luck, but he found more coins than I did. It was also the first day on my new CORS Strike coil that I...
  26. Really Neat OLD COIN With a HOLE in it!

    What do you think about this dime? It's weird... it's so shiny like tin foil it almost doesn't seem like it could be silver. That's why it's not clear... too much glare. Also why does it have a hole in it?! Right by the hole it looks like the shiny stuff is chipped... could it be siliver plated...
  27. Some coins and buttons

    These are a few finds of mine over the past few weeks. pommel of a WW2 knife i believe. Very old buckle hinge napoleon coin (very rough condition) Prussian button (front and back) Old watch (date stamp either 1847 or 1947) Old glass bottle and either decanter top or candlestick holder 1922...
  28. more thoughts on cashless society and loss of dropped coins.

    Some progressive European countries (the people who brought us 2 world wars) are going cashless so goodbye to dropped coins. One guy posted that he thought that the metal detector technology would advance where we could detect a Rosie at 2 feet. Hmmm, digging two feet holes? I even see evidence...
  29. $2 bill sheet

    bought this in a garage sale for $50.
  30. Morgan silver dollar

    1881 no mint mark good condition with original luster.
  31. Old Park Former Golf Club in Panama

    This is my first post on my findings in this amazing hobbie. I have to say that in 1 complete month of pulling out just garbage, at last I digged out a couple of coins. And it feels just GREAT!!!! 1. Coca Cola Bottle Cap 2. Pulltab 3. Melted Aluminium 4. 1 American Cent (imposible to get...
  32. Mute Canadian Coins

    I'm reaching out to the Treasure.net experts for advise ! I have about 50 lbs of misc. Canadian Coins that are not fit for circulation. Dented, Twisted, Chipped and the like. The RCM (Royal Canadian Mint) does not accept mute coin for reclaim as does the US mint so over the years it has just...
  33. Another SILVER!!!

    Found lots of old pennies at the park where I found the two rings... today I found a 1968 silver dime!!! My fourth silver coin of the year!
  34. How do I clean my silver?

    Hi, how do I clean my silver? I know it can decrease it's value for coins but mine are only valuable because of the silver content, so it's ok to clean right???
  35. WHAT ON EARTH is wrong with my penny?!

    So I found this 1965 canadian penny... but what is wrong with it?! And error?! It looks almost fine on the front... but on the back it say liberty and has a curved dent in it! Could it be that a u.s. penny got pressed into it??? HELP ME!!!!
  36. Natural toning?

    Hi, can someone help me? Is this toning? You can only see the colors ifor you tilt it towards light. The pennie is a nice red color. If this is natural toning (I found them with my detector) could you sell them? If you can sell these what price should I ask?
  37. Natural toning?

    Hi, can anyone tell me if these coins are worth anything? I found them with my detector. For the nickel and quarter, the only way to see the colors is by tilting it so light shines on it. This is natural toning right? Will people buy these and if they will how much will they sell for? What about...
  38. new to the coin world

    Hi everyone, I'm sifting through my mom's collection of coins and deciding what to keep and what to sell. I'm new to this world and am enjoying researching about coins, what makes certain ones valuable, where they are from, which ones look interesting to me, etc. I'm finding that the more I get...
  39. 1853 Temperance token

    I purchased this for a dollar and I was wondering the value and any info on it I had a hard time finding info on the English Temperance tokens.
  40. 8.19.2018 local park

    I am posting this just as a way to look back at my progress, I spent 2.5 hours out at the local park yesterday, I really am just trying to put in the footwork and understand my machine better. So I found my first $1.00 coin today (TreasureMaster) I’m also not a complete newb to earrings...
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