100 Year Old Coin Purse Gives Up the Silver!

Silvermonkey

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Apr 24, 2013
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Eastern Massachusetts
🥇 Banner finds
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AT Pro, XP Deus
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Metal Detecting
Happy Wednesday T-Net Nation!

I was out hunting a very overgrown picnic area this afternoon, and swung over the remains of a 100 year old coin purse. There was very little of the purse left, but it contained a collection of 13 coins, ranging in date from 1909- 1919. The two SLQ's were actually fused together, as you can see in the pictures

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The total included: 2 SLQ's, 1914 Barber quarter, 1909 Liberty nickel, 1 Buffalo nickel, and 8 wheaties ( 1911, 1914, 1914, 1914, 1918, 1919, 1919, and 1919). I was super excited about this find, especially given the three silver quarters!

On my way back to the car, I also managed a 1944 Merc, and a 1911-D Barber quarter

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The quarter is in great shape, and turns out to be a semi key date, with only 933,000 minted!

All in all a fantastic day for me. Not sure how many hunts will be left in 2024, but if this turns out to be the last one...I couldn't be happier!

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Thanks for taking a look, and wishing everyone good hunting!
Cheers!
 

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Wow that's a fantastic find. Did it give you kind of a broken signal as it looks like iron in the mix ?
 

I can't believe more people haven't voted Banner on this one. Extremely cool find in my book.
Every 👍 up is a vote for the banner.
60 is the usual threshold.
Then the story, and general appeal of the recovery.
 

Wow that's a fantastic find. Did it give you kind of a broken signal as it looks like iron in the mix ?
Thanks detectorguy. The signal was pretty solid, but the VDI was only an "83" on my Deus 2. All those pennies and two nickels really dragged the number down. I wasn't expecting to see any silvers in the hole. For me, a silver quarter is usually in the 94-95 range. A very happy surprise!
 

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