Snow Day: Dug Lincolns... Plus A Surprise!

[Carolina Tom]

It was cold and icy here in Charlotte, over the weekend. I was unable to get out and hunt, so I decided to clean some clad, and build a dug Lincoln cent folder. I dumped a bunch of clad into the coin cleaner, and as usual, a few items came out that were not coins.

After tumbling, this item appeared to be a washer. However, I could see a little writing on it...



I used the Hillbilly Zapper (electrolysis) on it, and this nickel sized trade stimulator token appeared from under the crud.



Be careful what you throw out!

I also found this "coin" in the tumbled items. Same size as a Lincoln cent, I remember finding it with other coins, but it's made of steel!



I hooked it up to the Hillbilly Zapper, and low and behold, Lincoln's bust appeared... or at least part of the outline of the bust appeared. Squint and use your imagination. Yes, I know the coin is a train wreck. But, it's my first 1943 steel cent!



Now for the dug folder, here it is. I did fairly well, except for the "S" mint mark coins. There were only about (8) "S" mint marks in the 2000 cents I searched! I plugged the steelie into the folder, even though you can't ID it. I call that "cheating".



Thanks for looking, and best of luck on your hunts!

 

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[Scrappy]

That's a great dug steelie Tom. I've only dug one, and it was a rusty disk with no definition. The only way I knew it was a steelie is because it was part of a coin spill. Great post bud, glad you got out. It's 9 degrees here this morning. Cheers

 

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[Trezurehunter]

Nice finds. I like the way that token cleaned up.

 

[OutdoorAdv]

Nice job Tom! I tumble a ton of iron nails. I suck them up from the trash pit with a 405lb magnet and toss them in the tumbler by the handful. Every now and then I get a surprise when I check the tumbler. Once I found a brass link ring to some cufflinks.... stuff must stick to the iron or something. Its always cool to check it and see if there's something unexpected in there.... so congrats on the token and steel cent. I think we see more gold coins dug than steel war cents dug

 

[A2coins]

Nice save I just tumbled a Mercury dime cleaning all my 2016 clad nice coin there Tom Good luck this year!!!@@@@@@

 

[treblehunter]

Tom, how do you know it's not the 44? Nice finds buddy. You could try and let that steel cent soak for a few weeks in vinegar just keep changing the vinegar every time it turns dark color use a toothpick knock off the rust. Maybe you'll come up with a clear date?