tnt-hunter
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- Apr 20, 2018
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- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I went to the pool park and worked on cleaning up a section and did a little walk around checking for goodies. In 5 hours I found 90 coins with a face value of $3.87, a monopoly game tab a cats eye marble (eyeball find) a wheatie, some tabs and a pile of can slaw.
The wheatie is in better shape than most I find in this soil. Sometimes dates are hard to read, but this one is clean and clear and missing the last digit. Normally I can clean them up and change the angle of view and see the whole date, but not this one. It looks like the digit was never there. It probably was rubbed out some how, I have seen coins caught in a machine that have things rubbed out all around the rim, but this one is localized to the date. It may even have been intentional like the large cents with the E changed to a U or a hobo nickel. I seriously DOUBT that this is any kind of error coin, just odd. S pennies of the teen years are hard to come by. It’s a shame this one has an incomplete date.
I went back to the wildlife rescue facility hoping for more silver. I spent another 5 hours with the CZ21 I found 43 coins with a face value of $3.49, a car key, 3 number tags, 2 game tabs, 2 Mercury dimes, a wheatie, a rabies tag, can slaw and more tabs.
Both silver dimes where in the same hole. (This place seems to only produce them in pairs for some reason) I popped one out of the plug, put it away and then found the second one in the same plug. They are a 1939 with a small scratch on the shoulder (I believe I nicked it) and a 1944. The wheatie is a 1950 which is a nice coincidence. My birthday was 2 days after I found this one and I was born in 1950.
The tags are not used by the rescue facility and the staff believes they are from the old bar/picnic facility. They think there may have been a pool here and these may be claim tags from the changing room. The funny thing is I found them in numeric order. The 402 early on and later the 446 and then 3 inches away the 448.
The tabs are both from Pepsi can monopoly games. The 904 V stay on tab is from the newer game. You had to keep the tab on the can to claim the prize. The beaver tail pull off tab is the older of the 2 and actually has the monopoly property name printed on it. You will notice that both tabs have the number 904 on them. In doing some research I saw a site where the person saw the 1935 date and thought it was the age of the can. It is actually the copyright date for the monopoly game. The cans are from the 70’s and 80’s.
Then it was back to the scout camp for 2 more days to finish my week. Day one was the usual 6 hours swinging the CZ21 with 111 coins with a face value of $12.35, 59 camp tent pegs, 3 knives (1 is dead), a stainless mess kit spoon, part of a bolo tie, pieces of fishing lures, a mushroomed bullet, watch guts, sinkers, a rope tensioner, melted aluminum and some tabs.
The second trip was a little better in my 6 hours I found 151 coins with a face value of $12.88, 81 camp tent pegs, a live 22 round, a Cinemark token, an older bullet, an American Legion Citizenship medal, a set of mess kit silverware (complete with plastic pouch, a mess kit fork, a fork head with the handle missing, a dead pocket knife, melted aluminum and some tabs.
Believe it or not all 4 of these coins are dimes. The soil can be really hard on some coins and the 3 on the right must have been in the ground for the whole 40 years the camp has been open. I can make out just enough to tell they are dimes, but they are thin and smaller in diameter. For me they count as coins found, but they have no value.
More clad, a little silver and more interesting stuff out of the ground. Not a stellar week, but fun and exercise for the old man. Thanks for looking, stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
The wheatie is in better shape than most I find in this soil. Sometimes dates are hard to read, but this one is clean and clear and missing the last digit. Normally I can clean them up and change the angle of view and see the whole date, but not this one. It looks like the digit was never there. It probably was rubbed out some how, I have seen coins caught in a machine that have things rubbed out all around the rim, but this one is localized to the date. It may even have been intentional like the large cents with the E changed to a U or a hobo nickel. I seriously DOUBT that this is any kind of error coin, just odd. S pennies of the teen years are hard to come by. It’s a shame this one has an incomplete date.
I went back to the wildlife rescue facility hoping for more silver. I spent another 5 hours with the CZ21 I found 43 coins with a face value of $3.49, a car key, 3 number tags, 2 game tabs, 2 Mercury dimes, a wheatie, a rabies tag, can slaw and more tabs.
Both silver dimes where in the same hole. (This place seems to only produce them in pairs for some reason) I popped one out of the plug, put it away and then found the second one in the same plug. They are a 1939 with a small scratch on the shoulder (I believe I nicked it) and a 1944. The wheatie is a 1950 which is a nice coincidence. My birthday was 2 days after I found this one and I was born in 1950.
The tags are not used by the rescue facility and the staff believes they are from the old bar/picnic facility. They think there may have been a pool here and these may be claim tags from the changing room. The funny thing is I found them in numeric order. The 402 early on and later the 446 and then 3 inches away the 448.
The tabs are both from Pepsi can monopoly games. The 904 V stay on tab is from the newer game. You had to keep the tab on the can to claim the prize. The beaver tail pull off tab is the older of the 2 and actually has the monopoly property name printed on it. You will notice that both tabs have the number 904 on them. In doing some research I saw a site where the person saw the 1935 date and thought it was the age of the can. It is actually the copyright date for the monopoly game. The cans are from the 70’s and 80’s.
Then it was back to the scout camp for 2 more days to finish my week. Day one was the usual 6 hours swinging the CZ21 with 111 coins with a face value of $12.35, 59 camp tent pegs, 3 knives (1 is dead), a stainless mess kit spoon, part of a bolo tie, pieces of fishing lures, a mushroomed bullet, watch guts, sinkers, a rope tensioner, melted aluminum and some tabs.
The second trip was a little better in my 6 hours I found 151 coins with a face value of $12.88, 81 camp tent pegs, a live 22 round, a Cinemark token, an older bullet, an American Legion Citizenship medal, a set of mess kit silverware (complete with plastic pouch, a mess kit fork, a fork head with the handle missing, a dead pocket knife, melted aluminum and some tabs.
Believe it or not all 4 of these coins are dimes. The soil can be really hard on some coins and the 3 on the right must have been in the ground for the whole 40 years the camp has been open. I can make out just enough to tell they are dimes, but they are thin and smaller in diameter. For me they count as coins found, but they have no value.
More clad, a little silver and more interesting stuff out of the ground. Not a stellar week, but fun and exercise for the old man. Thanks for looking, stay safe and may your coil lead you to good things.
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