Filipinas United States coins in Texas

[daddyflea]

OK guys I have not Hunted in quite a while. Broke out my Metal Detectors and spent most of the afternoon figuring out the TID numbers on my Deleon. Finally found a promising place to hunt and right off the bat people were telling me about a White Haired man that had already went over the place real good. In fact I had hunted here twice myself. After spending all that time with the Deleon I used my old Golden Saber II. I only got about an hour to hunt but I found these. The Golden just barely picked them up at a little more than 6 inches. The first is a Filipinas United States of America ten cent piece with a date of 1945. The second is another Filipinas United States of America 20 cent piece dated 1918. Both are silver and both were underneath a Copper penny and a Clad Quarter. This goes to prove you should always check your holes. Anybody know what these may be worth? Pictures attached

 

[matthias]

Cool finds. HH. Matt

 

[Woodchuck]

What are Filipinas coins ? what country?

 

[daddyflea]

What are Filipinas coins ? what country?

That is the really neat part they are stamped United States of America on back

 

[scubadetector]

Coins from the Phillipines. Servicemen probably brought them home after WW2

 

[jim tn]

n/t

 

[daddyflea]

From some reading I have done you are correct and they are marked United States of America just like our coins.

 

[daddyflea]

Went back to the same place yesterday with my Golden Saber and dug clad constantly. No way I am going to find any more old coins till I dig up all the clad. Sad part is that I hunted this place several times before myself and was told about someone else also hunting it. We sure missed a heck of a lot of coins. I ordered a Cortez that should be here Friday so this will be a good place for its maiden voyage.