2005 Coin Haul

[NorthCentral MN TreasureSeeker]

Hey everyone,
This is my good coin finds for the 2005 hunting season. It doesn't include the gobs of Wheaties or the $40+ in spending change that I have also found.

For anyone who thinks "young" towns don't have anything good to offer, they may wish to look a my photo. I have an 1895 local county map & my home town isn't even on it, yet all the coins shown were found in it, with my old White's 6000Di PRO SL.

I didn't get out near as much last year as I would have liked to, as I've done much better in previous years, but this year will be different! Already in just the past week I've found nearly as many Mercury dimes as I did all of last year. I've also just found a 1915-D Buffalo nickel in VG to Fine condition ($20+)!

About some of the pictured coins: I've found several Barber dimes in the past, but this is my first Barber quarter & half dollar. The German coin was found within a half mile from one of Roosevelt's old CC Camps. During WWII it was used as a German officer POW camp. Around 1910 to 1940 my home town was a railroad Mecca with its own round house. Many immigrants from all over the world (including Russia) moved here to work on the railways. The Russian coin was found within a couple of blocks from the rail yards. (I have just been offered $100 for all the coins pictured!)

At the end of this season I will post a picture of this years finds. Enjoy!

P.S. - Treasure unsearched is treasure that remains lost. Don't allow the earth to be the sole benefactor. Hunt on everyone!

 

[Hunt4Fun]

Congratulations on all of the great coin finds. Great display picture .... and labeling.

Thanks for sharing.
HH Bob

 

[RonNH]

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[brnn53]

Very nice! How are you cleaning your coins? I found a 1937 buffalo nickel yesterday and neither olive oil nor electrolysis is removing the black gunk on it.
Mike

 

[NorthCentral MN TreasureSeeker]

Hi brnn53,
The only coin cleaning I do is with pennies. I use nothing more than an ordinary tooth brush & some tooth paste! It works OK & will take off some of the surface crud. My brother is quite a coin collector & has dealt with professional collectors for several years. He has used a tooth brush with a little hand soap if he does any cleaning at all. His opinion though, is most good collectors are very funny about cleaned coins. If you clean a coin & try and sell it, you must list it as being cleaned. He also told me that most of the professional collectors opinions are you shouldn't clean them at all with any chemicals, as they will loose their some of their value if you do! So unless you intend on keeping the coins for yourself, don't do a thing to them! Hope this helps.

 

[Chris(SoCenWI)]

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[white's boy]

nice haul! Thanks for sharing your finds. At the end of last year, I upgraded from my trusty 6000Di PRO/SL to an XL Pro and the year has produced some good old silver already. Great machines, aren't they? If they still made the XL Pro, I'd buy another and put it in a closet and not touch it until my current one wore out- but that would probably never happen, because they're White's! -Rob

 

[Fred/in Fla.]

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[I a thr]

Good group of finds, let us know what develops with the logging camp
Bill