7hrs at the silver mine today

[TheGeorgiaCanuck]

Went and spent 7hrs SLOWLY going over new areas and some old areas of the silver mine. I think my time was well spent today. I enjoyed the park, the weather and the finds. I hope you do too!

The finds. One toonie, one loonie, one 1968 quarter, two modern dimes, 37 pennies. one spoon, one key, one junk jewelry and a whatsit.

A 1953 Elizabth penny.

A 1944 S Mercury Dime in very good condition. My first Merc and in Canada no less. I did not expect this to pop out of the ground.

And a 1922 George V Five Cent piece. Finally got me one. This now is my oldest Canadian coin. COME ON Edward VII!!!!

Spoon made in USA.

Little update on the hallmarks on the copper? fork.

Symbols by number.

1. Maker: Unknown yet.
2. & (AND)
3. CO. (Company)
4. Date: might be 1848 or 1851, personally I think it's 1851 Sheffield.
5. Country or Ruler: Unknown yet.

GL & HH ALL!!

 

[John-Edmonton]

And silver at this time of year is a gift!

 

[TheGeorgiaCanuck]

And silver at this time of year is a gift!

Thanks John! If you get out this way sometime, let me know and bring your AT-Gold. We'll hit the silver mine and see if your gold can find the gold I can't seem to locate.

Forgot to mention. DANG IT! Missed getting a silver nickel by 1 year. If it was 1921 I'd have had a 80% silver one!! DANG DURN DARN IT!!

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

Congrats on the oldies !

 

[Marc-Montana]

Very nice finds! Picking up some of that lost American money! I wonder how much there is out there if it was all in a pile...

 

[dflan83]

heya nice finds there

 

[B.RATNY]

n/t

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

Wow! You had fun!

 

[deepseeker442]

good hunt .wtg

 

[hotrodzincoln]

Looks like you had a great day! I'd settle for a mediocre day right now, as the ground is frozen.

 

[TheGeorgiaCanuck]

Looks like you had a great day! I'd settle for a mediocre day right now, as the ground is frozen.

Go west young man, go west! Will be 5C here tomorrow and partly cloudy. I'm gonna hit the park after work for 45mins, wish me luck!

 

[TheDualFieldBandit]

I all ways like finding those mercury dimes. Nice haul!

 

[Johnny Cache]

Cool digs. I like the Georgivs V nickel. I have found all kinds of coinage from that era, but never the Georgivs V nickel...maybe next spring!

 

[TheGeorgiaCanuck]

Cool digs. I like the Georgivs V nickel. I have found all kinds of coinage from that era, but never the Georgivs V nickel...maybe next spring!

Good luck! I'm still hoping for a fishscale and a Large Cent.

 

[TheGeorgiaCanuck]

Update:

I was whining about missing silver on the 1922 nickel...

But if it HAD been a 1921 George V nickel....I'd be alot richer than just silver. I didn't notice but there's only #400 1921 George V nickels know to exist. The value is from $2,000 for a VG8 up to $30,000 for a MS64.

Now I'm crying...