fwcrawford
Well-known member
I got out to do a little detecting yesterday and the weather was perfect.. up in the upper 60's.
Not sure how many more of those days are left, and rain in the forecast for the next couple of days, but mild outside.
I went to an old high school sports field that has given up a few silver dimes recently and decided this site would be my best bet.
I got a wheat penny very soon and not long after finding a few deep clad coins, I got the '51 quarter.
Shortly after a few more wheats and clad, I got another quarter.. '58.
Been a while since I've found a silver quarter and first time to find two in one hunt.
A little while later I got a nice signal, and was pretty sure it was going to be a silver dime which it was.. a '62 Rosie.
While detecting shortly after the second silver quarter was found, I got a deep signal and when I recovered the target, it looked like a silver dime, but was a wheat penny that had been plated and made into a pendant.
The little loop broke off later while cleaning it off.
I think it is an actual wheat penny that has been made into a pendant by someone.
The other odd find of the day was the little liberty head.... it is the exact size of the image on a mercury dime and while enlarging the photo, I could actually make out some of the details that are on the back of it that would also be on the coin.
Not sure what they used it for, but it has two small posts on the rear for mounting it or fastening it to something.
Kind of curious to see if anyone else has come across something like this.
It took some skill and patience to perform this task and they even shaped it into a concave shape.
Thanks for looking!!
Not sure how many more of those days are left, and rain in the forecast for the next couple of days, but mild outside.
I went to an old high school sports field that has given up a few silver dimes recently and decided this site would be my best bet.
I got a wheat penny very soon and not long after finding a few deep clad coins, I got the '51 quarter.
Shortly after a few more wheats and clad, I got another quarter.. '58.
Been a while since I've found a silver quarter and first time to find two in one hunt.
A little while later I got a nice signal, and was pretty sure it was going to be a silver dime which it was.. a '62 Rosie.
While detecting shortly after the second silver quarter was found, I got a deep signal and when I recovered the target, it looked like a silver dime, but was a wheat penny that had been plated and made into a pendant.
The little loop broke off later while cleaning it off.
I think it is an actual wheat penny that has been made into a pendant by someone.
The other odd find of the day was the little liberty head.... it is the exact size of the image on a mercury dime and while enlarging the photo, I could actually make out some of the details that are on the back of it that would also be on the coin.
Not sure what they used it for, but it has two small posts on the rear for mounting it or fastening it to something.
Kind of curious to see if anyone else has come across something like this.
It took some skill and patience to perform this task and they even shaped it into a concave shape.
Thanks for looking!!
