Canadian quarters dime and penny found vicinity to a GTA flea-market

[metalman2024]

Thank you whenever you can read and reply. I appreciate it.

Found those coins 3 to 4 inches deep in turf, three were located within 6 feet from one another and the penny was some 20 feet away, I wonder why the corrosion occurs like that in Canadian coins?
I use a White's GMT and a pulse induction pin-pointer.

One of the neatest things about metal detecting coins, is seeing the date on the coin and realizing that the EARLIEST time that the coin would have been dropped is AFTER the year date on the coin, it might seem obvious but it's still cool to me to somewhat date that spot or field. Any comments are welcome on the logicality or otherwise of the comment.

Want to ask, where are the best metal detecting spots in everyone's opinion?

 

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[vpnavy]

...I wonder why the corrosion occurs like that in Canadian coins?...

If no one pipes in - you might consider posting your pictures on COINS for additional exposure...

 

[Almy]

Good finds. Welcome to an absorbing hobby! My answers to your questions follow.
Corrosion has a lot to do with the soil's composition. Salts (fertilizer and road salt) are corroders. Perhaps in your case, road salt, a Canadian staple, was in the soil.
The date is one of the big attractions about coins for me. The older the better! I have been able to approximately date old sites by the coins I found there. Some of my sites have coins starting early 1700s and in others the earliest coins are early 1800s. The 1700s sites are the first English settlers and the 1800s their offspring.
The best metal detecting spots are where you expect to make finds you are interested in. I like old artifacts and coins, so my best sites are old homesteads. You may like modern coins and jewelry which are more likely to be found in beaches and fairgrounds.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Nice finds - well done !
Hold on to your hat - the longer your in this hobby - the better it gets !

Good Hunting !

 

[oldmxrat]

Welcome to the forum!
Keep at it, there's a lot of good stuff out there just waiting to see the light of day

 

[ArfieBoy]

Nice finds! Congratulations and welcome to the forum from Oregon! Thanks for sharing.

 

[pepperj]

Thank you whenever you can read and reply. I appreciate it.

Found those coins 3 to 4 inches deep in turf, three were located within 6 feet from one another and the penny was some 20 feet away, I wonder why the corrosion occurs like that in Canadian coins?
I use a White's GMT and a pulse induction pin-pointer.

One of the neatest things about metal detecting coins, is seeing the date on the coin and realizing that the EARLIEST time that the coin would have been dropped is AFTER the year date on the coin, it might seem obvious but it's still cool to me to somewhat date that spot or field. Any comments are welcome on the logicality or otherwise of the comment.

Want to ask, where are the best metal detecting spots in everyone's opinion?

The quarter could of been laying there for 50yrs.
The rust could be from the steel in the coinage.
Did alot of detecting in the GTA.
The history is there, just have to think out of the box a bit.
There's always some untapped locations.
Just have to get the coil over them.
Best of luck.

 

[metalman2024]

Good finds. Welcome to an absorbing hobby! My answers to your questions follow.
Corrosion has a lot to do with the soil's composition. Salts (fertilizer and road salt) are corroders. Perhaps in your case, road salt, a Canadian staple, was in the soil.
The date is one of the big attractions about coins for me. The older the better! I have been able to approximately date old sites by the coins I found there. Some of my sites have coins starting early 1700s and in others the earliest coins are early 1800s. The 1700s sites are the first English settlers and the 1800s their offspring.
The best metal detecting spots are where you expect to make finds you are interested in. I like old artifacts and coins, so my best sites are old homesteads. You may like modern coins and jewelry which are more likely to be found in beaches and fairgrounds.

Thank you for your post, it never occurred to me it was the road-salts, it doesn't seem to affect the pure copper coins. The copper clad zinc ones are unreadable and the nickel-copper and perhaps alloyed also with iron coins develop those zits which you kindly explained why! I like the older coins of course but have never been able to find one older than 1950, wish me luck!

 

[metalman2024]

the iron

The quarter could of been laying there for 50yrs.
The rust could be from the steel in the coinage.
Did alot of detecting in the GTA.
The history is there, just have to think out of the box a bit.
There's always some untapped locations.
Just have to get the coil over them

The quarter could of been laying there for 50yrs.
The rust could be from the steel in the coinage.
Did alot of detecting in the GTA.
The history is there, just have to think out of the box a bit.
There's always some untapped locations.
Just have to get the coil over them.
Best of luck.

Thank you, I get it it's the iron component of the coin that is causing the annoying zits!

 

[metalman2024]

Nice finds - well done !
Hold on to your hat - the longer your in this hobby - the better it gets !

Good Hunting !

I'm crossing my fingers in finding something from the 20s, 30s or 40s. I'm not too hopeful on 19th century, that seems an impossible thing!