A US dime on the wrong side of the world meets a couple of Chinese.

[Mick in Dubbo]

Went to a neighbouring town 130kms away to pick up my son from a trip, so I packed the 1500 to fill in a few hours while I waited. It was a pretty hot day (around 38C) and found that I was drinking way more water than normal.
Anyway I had a park in particular in mind that was worth a good working over.Armed with the 5x10 coil the targets came up quickly at first, then slowed down noticeably. It could have been that the heated was distracting my concentration, plus I think my poor old Pro pointer seems to be on it's last legs. It starts sounding off on it's owned as if it was low on battery charge. A change of batteries didn't change things. It's been a great asset. I got used to hunting without one, but the Pro pointer has spoilt me.
I got a couple of really great surprises. I pulled up a US dime, which here in Australia is not a common find. It hit just above goldie notch but I was curious. About 2 hours later and a heat break I came across 2 very close positive signals that immediately grabbed my attention and after a quick investigation, up popped these 2 very old Chines coins! Only the second time that I have recovered a Chinese coin. They are of the same denomination. I placed them in the Photo to show the markings on each side. Ended the hunt with $25 in modern stuff, a junk ring, the dime and these 2 Chinese coins.
Mick Evans.
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[Joel-Winnipeg]

Good hunt and finds

 

[fongu]

Nice finds, Mick. WTG on the dime and the Chinese coins. I wonder why the put that square hole in the middle? I also wish the USA would go to 1 & 2 dollar coins.

 

[MrGee]

It's only fair, Mick. I've found a few of your coins up here in Wisconsin in the US. I've always wondered how the non US coins got there. Canadian and Mexican are no surprise, but how to explain Irish, British, German, Philippines, Chinese, Israel, Jamaica, Turkey and probably some others I can't think of right off hand. I gotta be honest....we're not exactly an international tourist destination. What was the date on that dime? I always enjoy your posts so Good Hunting.

MrGee

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

It was a 1984 dime. I liked the idea of posting the photo of it next to the other coins as it gives a good readily understood size comparison that US forum members can relate to.
You are quite right. I also get quite a buzz when I pull up a foreign coin. They are so unexpected, they give your heart a bit of a skip. My favourite to date was a United Arab Emirates coin with a picture of what looked like a very tall tea pot. At the time I had the Ace250 in my hands and I was within $5 of hitting a goal. (Hit the goal about an hour later.)
What was the Aussie coin that you found?
Mick Evans.

 

[broadestpower]

Nice finds, found a chinese coin this year also 1700's one of your coins looks identical to the
one I found.

 

[Robert2300]

Mick
You ever hunt up around Broom?

 

[fongu]

Are you sure that tall tea pot on the united arab emirates coin wasn't a hookah or water pipe? They were popular in their culture, I believe. After running out of American cigarettes while on duty in Germany in 1972, I bought some tobacco out of the beer joint I was in or maybe they called it a beer garden, but it was some nasty stuff. Horrible, worse than homeruns or some type of cigarette they used to sell in Louisianna. Glad I left that habit a long time ago, but understand why they would need those water pipes to smoke that stuff. HH