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I hit a new park on Sunday. I could tell right away that the main lawns had been cherry picked by the absence of quarters.
I started to look for hard to get to places like steeper hills and areas that didn't provide prime scenery. I found a spot that faced the street on the west side of the park. It had a view of a few apartment buildings across the street and would probably offer a little shade in the summer. I started getting a few signals in the nickel range.
Out of the ground comes a few coins that I wasn't all that familiar with. In a 20 by 20 foot area, I began to recover quite a few foreign coins from all over the world. Before the flurry stopped I had 42 coins from 11 different countries. The United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, The U.S.S.R., Canada, Columbia, Bermuda, Jamaica, and Guyana. I can't begin to explain why there was such a concentration of foreign coins in such a small area. Maybe someone stole a jar of coins from someone and didn't want the foreign coins and threw them out. Most of the dates were from the late 60's and early 70's.
Among these coins were a few pleasant surprises. A 1900 Canadian silver dime, a 1908 "V" nickel, and a Green River Whiskey Token,
(Circa 1930's). My coin totals for the day were 132 coins. There are a few more steep hills on the perimeter of this park that I may have to investigate on some return trips.
I started to look for hard to get to places like steeper hills and areas that didn't provide prime scenery. I found a spot that faced the street on the west side of the park. It had a view of a few apartment buildings across the street and would probably offer a little shade in the summer. I started getting a few signals in the nickel range.
Out of the ground comes a few coins that I wasn't all that familiar with. In a 20 by 20 foot area, I began to recover quite a few foreign coins from all over the world. Before the flurry stopped I had 42 coins from 11 different countries. The United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, The U.S.S.R., Canada, Columbia, Bermuda, Jamaica, and Guyana. I can't begin to explain why there was such a concentration of foreign coins in such a small area. Maybe someone stole a jar of coins from someone and didn't want the foreign coins and threw them out. Most of the dates were from the late 60's and early 70's.
Among these coins were a few pleasant surprises. A 1900 Canadian silver dime, a 1908 "V" nickel, and a Green River Whiskey Token,
(Circa 1930's). My coin totals for the day were 132 coins. There are a few more steep hills on the perimeter of this park that I may have to investigate on some return trips.
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I'd be glad pulling all those in a day.
