The BEST for last :-) UPDATED PICS of finds!

diamondjim

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I had to go up north this weekend, 650 miles to Columbus, Ohio...knew I would have a little extra time up there in between other crap I had to do, so I packed the detector too. Thought it might be fun to hit some of my old honey holes one last time.

Day 1 we dig Goodale Park and the old cellar hole. Today I tried a few favorite spots but went back to Goodale where I got 2 silver dimes yesterday because the others were completely worked out it seems.

Didn't start out too great either, maybe the dimes were just a random thing...but then suddenly I started getting all sorts of interesting old items. Copper cross, tiny hunk of something marked "sterling", skeleton key, more. By now discrimination is down to just above iron nail and I'm digging everything that repeats and some things that don't. But I'm pulling all these cool trinkets anyways (along with a mountain of screwed up pull tabs.)

Finally I get this "zinc penny" ID, having dug many indians here in the past, I'm excited to see that ID in the patch of old trinkets...sure enough, I see the wreath pop out...but when I flipped it over...well, I turned off the detector, filled in the hole and I knew it was the last hole I'd ever dig in Columbus. 1877!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HOO-RAH :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

Nice to be back home in SC though...I'll be back out the beach soon, but that injun is gonna be a tough one to top!
 

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wow, let me be the first to say congratulations on a sweet find! :thumbsup: yours looks better than the one that is already on the banner. where is all the other trinkets you found? congrats again!
 

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Nice Indian Jim !
 

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wa hooo!!!! join the club ya found one. great feeling isnt it. willy.
 

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Banner find! I am surprised to see how many 77s are left to be found. I have seen a bunch found in the last 3 months. I was talking to a guy from Mass who found 4 of them at a picnic grove in Pittsfield.
 

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I'll get pics of everything else when the car gets unpacked, found an unusual number of "neat" things in a small area...I was just pretty pumped about the 77. :-)

I think so many get found because this coin was just spent as money way back in the day, it got lost just like ordinary money...so there are still more out there somewhere!
 

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creeper71 said:
kevin11 said:
WTG real nice I say banner.
Kevin
I would have to agree but there is already one on the banner

Just my luck! I FINALLY have something banner worthy and there's already one up there like it!

;D ;D ;D

Oh well, maybe the next one in a million coin I dig will make it.

Actually I was thinking it might be cool to collect all the "key dates" posts/pics in one place...09 S VDB, 16 D, 1877 IH, more...the real dream coins. Not as a "show off" thing, but as encouragement, this crap is REALLY out there. There was nothing special or unusual about my find, I don't have super expensive brand new machine, it's not a super secret site...this was 2 inches deep in an ordinary city park visited by hundreds of people a day. Which means it can happen to anyone at any time and you gotta do to play is go dig holes!
 

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I gotta vote banner (but I don't want to....lol) Poacher! lol

Tim from Ohio
 

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UPDATED PICS of the rest of the finds!

1942 D merc
1951 D Rosy
Thin pressed sheet of "sterling"
2 marbles
little religous icon
Old Ford car key
Skeleton key
Suitcase key
Thin copper cross
Hook from toy truck
5 wheats
Top to pocket watch case
Round Iron tag
Part of spoon handle
2 rings, one junk, the other 1/20th gold filled junk.

And ALL this in a small 10 X 10 area, except the dimes and some wheats found near by...finding stuff like this you can see why I was scrubbing the ground chasing every tiny signal.
 

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that is a great bunch of finds, congrats on some good oldies. I vote banner too, even though there is one already up there.
 

that is my dream find! congrats!
 

Good lord man! That is a SWEET injun. I sure hope there was not another in the hole, did you recheck it or just grab the coin and run?

Seems like you have the magic touch wherever you go. Congrats on another outstanding find!

Anthony
 

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