Witness014
Greenie
- Aug 19, 2013
- 14
- 6
- Detector(s) used
- Bounty Hunter Pioneer EX
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Hello, everyone! This is Witness014 speaking, I'm a relative newcomer on the site but I've been actively treasure hunting since joining; I would have shared these finds sooner, but I only just now got access to a camera! 
I've arranged all my finds by type, not by when I found them; to date, I've sorted 10 penny boxes, so 25,000 pennies alone, 2 nickel boxes, so 4,000 nickels, probably another 1,000 coins in the rolls of dimes, halves, and quarters I've gotten. Some of the finds here weren't even from CRH at all, I talked a couple of my friends into letting me sort their change collections for them and they let me keep some rather nice finds from that. I apologize for how long this post is, as well as how many pictures there are in it; I was really hoping to get a camera for showing these finds much sooner, but now that I've shown off the bulk of my finds here, I can do little posts for new finds that come my way so there won't be an avalanche of pictures like this again.
Shown here are the Jefferson nickels I got out of CRH and pocket change, the finds include:
4-1939 P
3-1940 P
4-1941 P, 1-1941 S, 1-1941 D
3-1942 P (nickel version)
1-1946 P, 1-1946 D
3-1947 P, 1-1947 D
1-1948 D
1-1949 P
1-1951 D
1-1952 P, 1-1952 S
1-1953 P, 1-1953 S, 1-1953 D
1-1954 S, 1-1954 D
1-1955 D
1-1956 D
4-1957 D
3-1958 D
5-1959 D
4-1960 P, 4-1960 D
1-1961 P, 7-1961 D
3-1962 P, 7-1962 D
5-1963 P, 14-1963 D
26-1964 P, 76-1964 D
6-1965
4-1966
3-1967
A beautiful 1992 S circulated proof I found only a few hours ago, sorting my friend's change! Both of the proof coins I've found the last two months came from the accumulated change from friends I sorted for keepers. This little gem is going in a 2x2 as soon as I get more in the mail.
A nice, fiery red 1955 D wheatback cent I found coin roll hunting. I do not believe it has been cleaned as it has a brilliant luster to it and I cannot find traces of whizzing on it or residue around the date and devices which is left by chemical cleaners. I think this one looks as nice as it does from purely natural luck!
This 2008 D cent was almost passed by in my search for pre-1982 copper cents and '92, '98, '99, and '00 cents for close/wide AMs, but I happened to spot the back and knew this was a find indeed. I believe this one has been struck through grease, as the back is copper still, not zinc showing through as a damaged coin would have. Definitely an interesting one.
Out of all the old nickels I found doing two nickel boxes these past two months, this 1944 D was the only silver nickel I found. Fairly worn, but still a nice find and proof that I can find them still.
My wheaties found crh and in change:
1-1930 P
1-1934 P
1-1935 D
1-1940 P
1-1941 P
1-1942 D
3-1944 D
3-1945 P, 1-1945 S, 1-1945 D
1-1946 P, 1-1946 D
1-1948 D
1-1949 D
1-1950 P, 1-1950 S, 1-1950 D
4-1951 D
1-1952 P, 1-1952 S, 3-1952 D
1-1953 P, 2-1953 D
2-1954 D
1-1955 P, 2-1955 D
1-1956 D
1-1957 P, 3-1957 D
5-1958 D
The over 330 1960s cents I picked out of crh, and that doesn't include S mintmarks. Found a couple small dates, but only for 1960 D.
This 1984 P dime has very peculiar reverse features; everything looks mushy and unclear, and some of the letters seem to taper into nothing at their tops. I believe this is a mint error, but I'm not sure what it is. Anyone have advice on this?
This 1961 P penny was an oddity to me; I was sorting a penny box and heard it hit my desk, but it sounded wrong, like a zinc penny. The coin next to it is a 1960 2 Ore coin from Denmark, which is made of zinc, and both coins have a similar tone when dropped. Again, I have no idea what would cause that kind of tone difference, but I will add that this strange penny feels very dry to the touch and it doesn't feel like it's quite the same weight as other copper pennies, it feels a tiny bit heavier. Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated!
The oldest coin I've gotten from CRH, a rather worn 1910 P wheatback cent. Was rather pleased with this find; it's not quite an Indian Head and it isn't as interesting as a 1909, for the possibility of having VDB on it, but it goes to show that you can still find some really old stuff out there.
A really pretty, perhaps AU or even close to BU, 1973 D penny. I picked this out of the pile of shiny copper pennies I've been saving and put in a slipcover because of how nice it looked.
I realize that it may be hard to make out here, due to the fact that I'm still trying to figure out the camera I'm using so I had only so many angles to work with in my light source, but I believe this 1954 D nickel I got out of CRH may, in fact, be a rare D over S mintmark. From what I've seen online, that variety has the top left corner of the D bumping out with some of the features of the S underneath, and I've tried to capture that anomaly on my coin with this photo. It could just be my eyes playing tricks on me, but in any case, I put this one in a slipcover just in case.
Here is a 1970 S circulated proof quarter that I found earlier this month sorting change for another friend. So far, the only circulated proofs I have ever found are through that method, but I'm happy enough to have the proofs, no matter how I got them. This one's seen some use, more than the 1992 S penny I showed earlier, but I still liked it for the sheen.
Got this series 1988 dollar back in change from the store a few weeks ago, maybe a couple of weeks after I had started looking into paper money collecting; I already have a collection of old foreign money, but as far as US paper money goes, I had only a few silver certificate and US Notes from the 1960s that my dad gave me. When I saw the date on this one, though, and how crisp it was with only a couple of folds to detract from the grade, I quickly squirreled it away with my other US paper money. Hoping to find more like this, or star notes, or anything rare, soon!
The last picture, and it's my first silver find that I've shown on the site! Wasn't expecting it, given that it came out of a penny box, but I was happy to find it nonetheless. This is a 20 centavos coin from Mexico, dated 1939, and it's made of .720 silver. It's just about the same size as a penny, so I figure that someone must have thrown it into the roll without even taking a close look at it. Fairly worn, but silver is silver so I'm not complaining in the slightest. To date, nothing out of my penny boxes has come close to this in being such an uncanny find, but there's still a few months left for me to one-up it. :P
I've arranged all my finds by type, not by when I found them; to date, I've sorted 10 penny boxes, so 25,000 pennies alone, 2 nickel boxes, so 4,000 nickels, probably another 1,000 coins in the rolls of dimes, halves, and quarters I've gotten. Some of the finds here weren't even from CRH at all, I talked a couple of my friends into letting me sort their change collections for them and they let me keep some rather nice finds from that. I apologize for how long this post is, as well as how many pictures there are in it; I was really hoping to get a camera for showing these finds much sooner, but now that I've shown off the bulk of my finds here, I can do little posts for new finds that come my way so there won't be an avalanche of pictures like this again.Shown here are the Jefferson nickels I got out of CRH and pocket change, the finds include:
4-1939 P
3-1940 P
4-1941 P, 1-1941 S, 1-1941 D
3-1942 P (nickel version)
1-1946 P, 1-1946 D
3-1947 P, 1-1947 D
1-1948 D
1-1949 P
1-1951 D
1-1952 P, 1-1952 S
1-1953 P, 1-1953 S, 1-1953 D
1-1954 S, 1-1954 D
1-1955 D
1-1956 D
4-1957 D
3-1958 D
5-1959 D
4-1960 P, 4-1960 D
1-1961 P, 7-1961 D
3-1962 P, 7-1962 D
5-1963 P, 14-1963 D
26-1964 P, 76-1964 D
6-1965
4-1966
3-1967
A beautiful 1992 S circulated proof I found only a few hours ago, sorting my friend's change! Both of the proof coins I've found the last two months came from the accumulated change from friends I sorted for keepers. This little gem is going in a 2x2 as soon as I get more in the mail.
A nice, fiery red 1955 D wheatback cent I found coin roll hunting. I do not believe it has been cleaned as it has a brilliant luster to it and I cannot find traces of whizzing on it or residue around the date and devices which is left by chemical cleaners. I think this one looks as nice as it does from purely natural luck!
This 2008 D cent was almost passed by in my search for pre-1982 copper cents and '92, '98, '99, and '00 cents for close/wide AMs, but I happened to spot the back and knew this was a find indeed. I believe this one has been struck through grease, as the back is copper still, not zinc showing through as a damaged coin would have. Definitely an interesting one.
Out of all the old nickels I found doing two nickel boxes these past two months, this 1944 D was the only silver nickel I found. Fairly worn, but still a nice find and proof that I can find them still.
My wheaties found crh and in change:
1-1930 P
1-1934 P
1-1935 D
1-1940 P
1-1941 P
1-1942 D
3-1944 D
3-1945 P, 1-1945 S, 1-1945 D
1-1946 P, 1-1946 D
1-1948 D
1-1949 D
1-1950 P, 1-1950 S, 1-1950 D
4-1951 D
1-1952 P, 1-1952 S, 3-1952 D
1-1953 P, 2-1953 D
2-1954 D
1-1955 P, 2-1955 D
1-1956 D
1-1957 P, 3-1957 D
5-1958 D
The over 330 1960s cents I picked out of crh, and that doesn't include S mintmarks. Found a couple small dates, but only for 1960 D.
This 1984 P dime has very peculiar reverse features; everything looks mushy and unclear, and some of the letters seem to taper into nothing at their tops. I believe this is a mint error, but I'm not sure what it is. Anyone have advice on this?
This 1961 P penny was an oddity to me; I was sorting a penny box and heard it hit my desk, but it sounded wrong, like a zinc penny. The coin next to it is a 1960 2 Ore coin from Denmark, which is made of zinc, and both coins have a similar tone when dropped. Again, I have no idea what would cause that kind of tone difference, but I will add that this strange penny feels very dry to the touch and it doesn't feel like it's quite the same weight as other copper pennies, it feels a tiny bit heavier. Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated!
The oldest coin I've gotten from CRH, a rather worn 1910 P wheatback cent. Was rather pleased with this find; it's not quite an Indian Head and it isn't as interesting as a 1909, for the possibility of having VDB on it, but it goes to show that you can still find some really old stuff out there.
A really pretty, perhaps AU or even close to BU, 1973 D penny. I picked this out of the pile of shiny copper pennies I've been saving and put in a slipcover because of how nice it looked.
I realize that it may be hard to make out here, due to the fact that I'm still trying to figure out the camera I'm using so I had only so many angles to work with in my light source, but I believe this 1954 D nickel I got out of CRH may, in fact, be a rare D over S mintmark. From what I've seen online, that variety has the top left corner of the D bumping out with some of the features of the S underneath, and I've tried to capture that anomaly on my coin with this photo. It could just be my eyes playing tricks on me, but in any case, I put this one in a slipcover just in case.
Here is a 1970 S circulated proof quarter that I found earlier this month sorting change for another friend. So far, the only circulated proofs I have ever found are through that method, but I'm happy enough to have the proofs, no matter how I got them.
This one's seen some use, more than the 1992 S penny I showed earlier, but I still liked it for the sheen. Got this series 1988 dollar back in change from the store a few weeks ago, maybe a couple of weeks after I had started looking into paper money collecting; I already have a collection of old foreign money, but as far as US paper money goes, I had only a few silver certificate and US Notes from the 1960s that my dad gave me. When I saw the date on this one, though, and how crisp it was with only a couple of folds to detract from the grade, I quickly squirreled it away with my other US paper money. Hoping to find more like this, or star notes, or anything rare, soon!
The last picture, and it's my first silver find that I've shown on the site! Wasn't expecting it, given that it came out of a penny box, but I was happy to find it nonetheless. This is a 20 centavos coin from Mexico, dated 1939, and it's made of .720 silver. It's just about the same size as a penny, so I figure that someone must have thrown it into the roll without even taking a close look at it. Fairly worn, but silver is silver so I'm not complaining in the slightest. To date, nothing out of my penny boxes has come close to this in being such an uncanny find, but there's still a few months left for me to one-up it. :P
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