STERLING silver Airplane lapel pin and 1943-s Merc dime

[oddcoins]

Hello!

It's been a while since I've posted here on Tnet. Haven't been out detecting nearly as much as I'd like to lately ~ but I got out for a couple hours today!

I dug 9 wheat cents dating from 1916 to 1958 ~ 1943-S Merc dime ~ and a couple dollars in clad. But the cool thing is this little airplane shaped lapel pin marked STERLING ~ it weighs only 1.5 grams! I almost didn't dig it at first because it came in just like a zinc cent on my eTrac . . . . . but when I pinpointed it it seemed to be a little deep, so I assumed it was gonna be a old green wheat cent. A nice little supprise!

Thanks for looking!
Neil

 

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[creskol]

That little plane pin is cool as the dickens .. I wonder what the story is on that? Nice dime too!

Sounds like you had a fun day of it!

 

[kansas coin hunter]

thats a p 38 lighting airplane like the ones used in the pacfic in world war 2 its a sweethaert pin. nice find.

 

[creskol]

thats a p 38 lighting airplane like the ones used in the pacfic in world war 2 its a sweethaert pin. nice find.

WoW ... Very cool! Thanks for the info!

 

[olekyground]

That's really cool! Love the plane. Plus that's a good chunk o' silver!! congrats

 

[PikesPeakCharlie]

Nice find !!!! congrats !!! To bad the plane didnt say dog tax huh

 

[jewelerguy]

very cool P-38 pin. I've seen another one identical posted on a detecting forum maybe a couple of years ago

 

[RONC(OR)]

sweet find buddy congrats

 

[dbsmokey]

Nice finds!

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

thats a p 38 lighting airplane like the ones used in the pacfic in world war 2 its a sweethaert pin. nice find.

As well as the European theater. Goering referred to it as the "fork tailed devil"
Killer finds!
Carl

 

[KyFreeBird]

Cool finds !!!!!!!!!! Love the P-38 Lightning !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[gold nuggets]

Nice finds OC.....congrats on the two silvers and the wheat cents.
That sterling P-38 lapel pin is a sweet find for sure.
Gold Nuggets

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

P-38 Lightning pin and the 1943 merc. lost together during WW II "great fighter plane" pin ! 8) 8) 8) CMD

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

that is too cool!

 

[halfdime]

Excellent! And I'm impressed how many were able to identify the P-38.

 

[jasonbo]

http://www.antiquerecon.com/wwiiusp-38sweetheartpin-homefront.aspx


WW II US P-38 SWEET HEART PIN - HOME FRONT

Price: $19.99
Item Number: HF2200000025
Quantity:
World War II US P-38 Sweetheart pin in very good condition. The plane is Sterling marked with a pin back fastener. This has enameled stars on the wings. The pin has a 3/4 inch wing span. Authentic to the WW II era.

 

[EagleDown]

Yikes, the old P-38 Lockeed Lightning.

As a 9 year old, it was my favorite toy.

Great find!!

Eagle

 

[mcmurphi]

The pin is really a nice find. Thanks for posting it.

 

[Ken in Georgia]

Cool sweet heart pin, I have the one from my Grandmother!!!!