There is an old park in our city, more then one actually, that has history dating well back into the 1800's and for decades has been a favorite for old coin and relic hunting by an un-told number of treasure hunters. I retired in 2006 and have spent many, many enjoyable hours hunting this old park ever since.
About six or 7 years ago now I was searching for old coins one afternoon on a patch of turf that ran adjacent to a service road and walking path at this old park. At the time I was swinging the camo version of a regular Fisher F 75. This strip of ground was by no means some piece of off the beaten path strip of ground. Anybody with a metal that was hunting in this area of the park had more then likely made a few token swings down its 60 or so yards of length at one time or another. Just as I was doing on that particular day. About two thirds of the way down the patch I received a good hit with my F 75 and ended up recovering a cut six pence coin. I remember being a little disappointed that it was cut or had tangled with a lawn mower, as it was the first six pence I had ever found and the missing piece was the portion with the date on it.
Anyway, after getting home that evening I did a little research on the coin and found out it was a Queen Victoria six pence and the coin would at least date back into the 1800's.
Fast forward to yesterday when my hunting buddy and I were hunting in the general area of that of that strip of ground and I decided to give it another careful shot. This time, with my Garrett A T Pro. Yep, about two thirds of the way down the strip I got a faint, kind of broken signal with the A T Pro and ended up recovering a sliver of a silver coin and my buddy could see the date, 1897. At the time I thought it might be from a Barber dime, as it wasn't thick enough to be a quarter.
Upon getting home I realized it was to big to be from a dime and it hit me like a ton of bricks that it could be the piece from that six pence I had found several years back from the same piece of ground. I dug around until I found my foreign coin bag and located the cut six pence and much to my amazement, both pieces matched up. Well, except for the slight bend in the smaller of the two pieces.
I've dug numerous lawn mower clipped coins over the years, but never have I ever matched two pieces up. And to have done it with something like a 1897 six pence still near astounds me. Merry Christmas, all. HH jim tn
About six or 7 years ago now I was searching for old coins one afternoon on a patch of turf that ran adjacent to a service road and walking path at this old park. At the time I was swinging the camo version of a regular Fisher F 75. This strip of ground was by no means some piece of off the beaten path strip of ground. Anybody with a metal that was hunting in this area of the park had more then likely made a few token swings down its 60 or so yards of length at one time or another. Just as I was doing on that particular day. About two thirds of the way down the patch I received a good hit with my F 75 and ended up recovering a cut six pence coin. I remember being a little disappointed that it was cut or had tangled with a lawn mower, as it was the first six pence I had ever found and the missing piece was the portion with the date on it.
Anyway, after getting home that evening I did a little research on the coin and found out it was a Queen Victoria six pence and the coin would at least date back into the 1800's.
Fast forward to yesterday when my hunting buddy and I were hunting in the general area of that of that strip of ground and I decided to give it another careful shot. This time, with my Garrett A T Pro. Yep, about two thirds of the way down the strip I got a faint, kind of broken signal with the A T Pro and ended up recovering a sliver of a silver coin and my buddy could see the date, 1897. At the time I thought it might be from a Barber dime, as it wasn't thick enough to be a quarter.
Upon getting home I realized it was to big to be from a dime and it hit me like a ton of bricks that it could be the piece from that six pence I had found several years back from the same piece of ground. I dug around until I found my foreign coin bag and located the cut six pence and much to my amazement, both pieces matched up. Well, except for the slight bend in the smaller of the two pieces.
I've dug numerous lawn mower clipped coins over the years, but never have I ever matched two pieces up. And to have done it with something like a 1897 six pence still near astounds me. Merry Christmas, all. HH jim tn
