New Site Produces A nearly Perfect Semi-Key Date Indian and Another Oldie

[crazyjarhead]

Good evening everyone. Hope everyone is doing fine and enjoying the final days of Summer. As for me I sure have lately. I hunted an area which I have overlooked before and I don't know why. This baseball field has been around since baseball began, as my father recently told me. My Father, Mother and Great Grandfather and 2 Great Uncles went to school here. I have hunted the surrounding grounds but nothing real old. Lot's of wheat's but no silver. The ground has been excavated a little when the 2 schools were razed in the early 70's. I remember playing basketball here in the 60's and 70's. I was able to find a picture of the high School but not the Grade School. My Grandmother (95) has pictures but she is not doing well and has been in the hospital 3 times this year. I'll try to obtain better pictures later.

Anyway, I finally realized that the baseball field might be the best place to hunt. And it was. Not much trash just pull tabs and some foil here and there. The IH's and wheat's were down 6 inches or better. Signal was iffy on one and I only had a beep going one way. So I pinpointed and dug. Fist IH was the 1874. The other was 1887. The 1887 is not as good as the 1874. Liberty is clearly visible however my picture doesn't do it a whole lot of justice. I have macro zoom but my kitchen light is not helping either. I included a picture from 1928 of the Woodstock Tiger's baseball team. I also included a picture of the high school. The school was a fortress as was most old structures in the 1800's. Why did they have to knock it down Beautiful castle

I also found some early wheat's 1916, 1920, 1926, 1929. Found some modern clad, an old pocket knife at 6 inches and an old bullet casing.
Thanks for looking. Ron

 

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[TimTrac]

Those indians look great....

 

[Ray S ECenFL]

The IH cleaned up real nice. Congrats on a nice find.

Ray S

 

[nova]

Wow only 6" deep that's not to shabby. I'm lucky to find a corroded zink at 6" at the local park

 

[Nana40]

First of all...I think it's pretty special that you still have your Grandmother! God bless her! And those pictures are super! The indian is beautiful!!! You could probably go over that ground a couple of more times and find more goodies.

Fantastic hunt!!!

Nana

 

[crazyjarhead]

Wow only 6" deep that's not to shabby. I'm lucky to find a corroded zink at 6" at the local park

Most of my good keepers on coins is about 4-6. I usually don't dig less than 2. I hate them Zincolns. I dig some that are only 2 years old and they are shot already. Cheap coins won't be here for the next generation of treasure hunters

 

[crazyjarhead]

First of all...I think it's pretty special that you still have your Grandmother! God bless her! And those pictures are super! The indian is beautiful!!! You could probably go over that ground a couple of more times and find more goodies.

Fantastic hunt!!!

Nana

Thanks Nana. I don't think she is going to be around too much longer. She has really gone down hill this year. She needs a walker and can't talk very well. She is also not eating well like she used to. I don't know if I wan't to live that long or not

 

[sscindercoop]

Wow that IHP is in great shape

 

[LI Tom]

Very nice!!That '74 IH is in super shape!

 

[hogge]

Nice IH's Crazy! Those cleaned up real well. Congrats...........Hogge

 

[wingmaster]

Great finds there congrats.

 

[spartacus53]

Before I get to your finds I want to thank you for the before and after pictures, they are great. The funny thing is that baseball team doesn't look like a bunch of happy campers Those IH are in beautiful shape You're also right about future coin hunters, once these new pennies hit the soil they will be gone in under 3 years!!!

 

[testing123]

How'd you clean those IHCs? I found a few green ones the other day and would love to have them come out like yours!

 

[hammong]

How'd you clean those IHCs? I found a few green ones the other day and would love to have them come out like yours!

That's what I wanna know!

- Greg

 

[crazyjarhead]

How'd you clean those IHCs? I found a few green ones the other day and would love to have them come out like yours!

I just use water, soap and a Q-tip with a little peroxide. I don't soak them. A nice soft, clean cotton towel to wipe over and over until no dirt comes off. Then a light coat of olive oil. Very light. Then lightly wipe it off.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Before I get to your finds I want to thank you for the before and after pictures, they are great. The funny thing is that baseball team doesn't look like a bunch of happy campers Those IH are in beautiful shape You're also right about future coin hunters, once these new pennies hit the soil they will be gone in under 3 years!!!

I notice that in most all old photo's people always look the same........... not happy. I guess times were hard back in those days.

 

[FortBedfordbob]

Beautiful Coin, So hard to get like that

 

[dirtscratcher]

Thats enough indians to make a John Wayne movie.

 

[allen]

wtg on those awesome indians !!

 

[mpostma]

Sweet Indians! Congrats!

Just a note on the old photos. The reason you don't see alot of smiles is that the pictures took so long to take that people had to use a facial expression that they could hold without moving for a long period. They had to sit very still, so as not to blur the photo. The older the photo, basically the longer it took. By the time pictures were taken with a short shutter time it had become normal not to smile.

Congrats again!
Good Luck,
Mark