Last hunt of the season for me

[jas314]

Well, this is it for me this year. The ground was so frozen I could only dig maybe 1 out of every 20 singals I got But had a great time doing it, and it ended with silver so that makes me happy. And really the 1915 Canadian dime is a good year and so is the 1912 S wheat too. Happy hunting everyone and thanks for looking

 

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[mjc_lakedweller]

That 1912S Wheatie looks great! Way to go out with a bang. Pretty soon our grounds in MI will be solid and I'll have to get into the researching.

 

[tarpon192]

Well, this is it for me this year. The ground was so frozen I could only dig maybe 1 out of every 20 singals I got But had a great time doing it, and it ended with silver so that makes me happy. And really the 1915 Canadian dime is a good year and so is the 1912 S wheat too. Happy hunting everyone and thanks for looking

WAY TO GO. NICE COINS.
YOU COULD ALWAYS HEAD DOWN TO FLORIDA, AND ENJOY THE WEATHER AND HUNTING.

 

[Mud Magnet]

Yarp I know the feelin. I finally decided to hang it up for the season yesterday after spending 20 minutes chipping a 1924d Wheat out of a frozen lake bed.

The mud was only frozen a couple inches deep under these frozen puddles unfortunately I didn't figure that out until the end of the day.

Thinking about heading over to Seattle in January to get some digging in. Do you know anything about park restrictions over there?

 

[TheGeorgiaCanuck]

Lovely wheat cents, though I'd take that silver any day over a wheat cent.

 

[jas314]

Yarp I know the feelin. I finally decided to hang it up for the season yesterday after spending 20 minutes chipping a 1924d Wheat out of a frozen lake bed.

The mud was only frozen a couple inches deep under these frozen puddles unfortunately I didn't figure that out until the end of the day.

Thinking about heading over to Seattle in January to get some digging in. Do you know anything about park restrictions over there?

No Cant say as I've ever detected in Seattle. My brother has I will ask him, but if I remember right what he did was just sidewalk strips..
I hear ya about it taking 20mins just to get a coin out. Today was rough. I even snapped a screwdriver trying to get a hole started as a knife or a shovel just wasnt doing it lo.

Lovely wheat cents, though I'd take that silver any day over a wheat cent.

I like finding wheats and ih's some people say they get tired of digging them, but I never seem too Love finding silver too though

That 1912S Wheatie looks great! Way to go out with a bang. Pretty soon our grounds in MI will be solid and I'll have to get into the researching.

Yup time to do research here too.

Well, this is it for me this year. The ground was so frozen I could only dig maybe 1 out of every 20 singals I got But had a great time doing it, and it ended with silver so that makes me happy. And really the 1915 Canadian dime is a good year and so is the 1912 S wheat too. Happy hunting everyone and thanks for looking

WAY TO GO. NICE COINS.
YOU COULD ALWAYS HEAD DOWN TO FLORIDA, AND ENJOY THE WEATHER AND HUNTING.

Dunno If I would pick florida, but Im sure I could find some place warmer I've always wanted to detect

 

[TheGeorgiaCanuck]

Oh I don't mind finding old coins of any kind. But I have a real love for old silver. I'm still hunting for my 1st fishscale.

 

[jas314]

Oh I don't mind finding old coins of any kind. But I have a real love for old silver. I'm still hunting for my 1st fishscale.

Same here yet to find one of the Canadian 5 centers. Find the dime quite often though. I would really love to find a LC from Canada as well

 

[TheGeorgiaCanuck]

Oh I don't mind finding old coins of any kind. But I have a real love for old silver. I'm still hunting for my 1st fishscale.

Same here yet to find one of the Canadian 5 centers. Find the dime quite often though. I would really love to find a LC from Canada as well

Yep I'm still trying for a LC too. Oldest so far is two 1934 pennies and a 1908 V nickle in very bad shape.

 

[metalman531]

Ya today really sucked as far as digging goes,but hey we will be back out there before we know it.just gotta wait for mother nature to get the cold out of its system.

 

[Mud Magnet]

Oh I don't mind finding old coins of any kind. But I have a real love for old silver. I'm still hunting for my 1st fishscale.

Same here yet to find one of the Canadian 5 centers. Find the dime quite often though. I would really love to find a LC from Canada as well

Didn't know they were called fishscales, found my first one in November. Didn't even know about this denomination until I found it.

Would love to add a Canadian Large cent to the collection someday.

 

[TheGeorgiaCanuck]

Oh I don't mind finding old coins of any kind. But I have a real love for old silver. I'm still hunting for my 1st fishscale.

Same here yet to find one of the Canadian 5 centers. Find the dime quite often though. I would really love to find a LC from Canada as well

Didn't know they were called fishscales, found my first one in November. Didn't even know about this denomination until I found it.

Would love to add a Canadian Large cent to the collection someday.

The first Canadian five-cent coins were struck by the Royal Mint in London as part of the introductory 1858 coinage of the Province of Canada. The coins were the same size and general composition as the corresponding American coins of the time, so the five-cent coin was based on the half dime. Although the American denomination was introduced as a larger copper-nickel coin in 1866, and the 5 cent silver was retired in 1873, the Canadian five-cent coins remained small and silver until 1922.

All Canadian coins (including five-cent coins) were struck in England at the Royal Mint (no mint mark) and the Birmingham Mint (H mint mark) until 1908, when the Ottawa branch of the Royal Mint opened. With the exception of some 1968 dimes struck at the Philadelphia Mint, all Canadian coins since 1908 have been minted in Canada.

Due to a rise in the price of silver, Canadian coinage was debased from sterling silver (925 fine) to 800 fine in 1920. In 1922, silver was removed entirely from the five-cent coin, replacing it with a coin of roughly the same dimensions and mass as the American nickel. However, unlike the American coin, which was 75% copper and 25% nickel, the Canadian coin was pure nickel, as Canada was the world's largest producer of the metal. This coin has since been known almost universally as the nickel.

The five-cent coin of Newfoundland, on the other hand, remained silver until the end of the Newfoundland coinage in 1947.

 

[jewelerguy]

great finds!

 

[Lanny in AB]

Jas--great finds!! I love old silver as well, and the pennies are sweet!

Oh I don't mind finding old coins of any kind. But I have a real love for old silver. I'm still hunting for my 1st fishscale.

Found two fishscales this fall: 1914 and 1917--blew me away. A guy had his yard ripped-up for renovations and he let me hunt it--lots of old pennies as well.

All the best,

Lanny

 

[treasurepirate1]

the season is pretty much over for me as well we have an inch of snow now, but may manage a couple more holes.

 

[kleinerschmitter]

I can't even imagine what it must be like to have frozen solid ground, I live in Central Texas and not trying to rub it in but can detect all winter long. Sure, it will get cold and below freezing sometimes, but more often than not our January days reach highs above the 60s rather than below 32. I don't think the ground has been frozen more than a small layer on top anytime during my life. Now, we do have to watch out for those 111-115 degree days during the summer and the last couple of summers we've had 60+ consecutive days of 100+ weather. We set a new record this last summer.

 

[Ifoundit69]

I like the canadian dime I found one of those 1889 I think I first thought it was play money till I saw the date . Awesome finds !

 

[jas314]

I like the canadian dime I found one of those 1889 I think I first thought it was play money till I saw the date . Awesome finds !

Always like the old Canadian coins

I can't even imagine what it must be like to have frozen solid ground, I live in Central Texas and not trying to rub it in but can detect all winter long. Sure, it will get cold and below freezing sometimes, but more often than not our January days reach highs above the 60s rather than below 32. I don't think the ground has been frozen more than a small layer on top anytime during my life. Now, we do have to watch out for those 111-115 degree days during the summer and the last couple of summers we've had 60+ consecutive days of 100+ weather. We set a new record this last summer.

Well, had a high temp of 25 yesterday so yeah its fairly froze probably will be till march or so. Texas sounds like my kind of place though lol

the season is pretty much over for me as well we have an inch of snow now, but may manage a couple more holes.

Hear ya on that one kinda what I thought on this hunt but wasnt going to happen

Jas--great finds!! I love old silver as well, and the pennies are sweet!

Oh I don't mind finding old coins of any kind. But I have a real love for old silver. I'm still hunting for my 1st fishscale.

Found two fishscales this fall: 1914 and 1917--blew me away. A guy had his yard ripped-up for renovations and he let me hunt it--lots of old pennies as well.

All the best,

Lanny

Thanks lanny

great finds!

Thank you

 

[flatbuttonman]

Well, this is it for me this year. The ground was so frozen I could only dig maybe 1 out of every 20 singals I got But had a great time doing it, and it ended with silver so that makes me happy. And really the 1915 Canadian dime is a good year and so is the 1912 S wheat too. Happy hunting everyone and thanks for looking

Wow!!! great job, I love the 1912 wheat,and the 1905 Indian head they look 2 b n great shape. Way to go out with those finds,thanks for saving history one piece at a time.
flatbuttonman