Ronstar
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Well it finally melted just enough snow to where patches of grassy areas are accessible. Went back to the old city park where I was digging those IH pennies and the two near mint old nickels.
Spent the first 90 minutes finding a lot of iron and foil numbers and only digging the solid sounds (some older bottle caps and nuts and bolts). Decided to start winding down so headed towards the car where there was another patch of more exposed lawn under the big old trees.
First good coin signal on the Legend was a solid 46 deep so in I went, 1917S wheatie. Probably not more than 10 feet away I got a solid 25 semi shallow (3”) and thought likely a nickel, hard to get the date as there was damage on the front but under 30x I could confirm it was a 1923 Buffalo nickel. Next was another 5 feet away and it was a 26 deep and I thought “no way” so lets find out. It was tin like metal folded over in thirds and about the size of a nickel and struck me like some type of a fastener or the like. And by deep I mean 6-8” which is where most of these old coins seem to gather.
Once home I was able to carefully pry it open and could see the letters BUS and a partial letter and still room for one more letter. The missing letter would have been on a missing piece. So far I’m unable to identify the piece or what the last letter might be.
2:30 hrs at least got me started on the books with 45c clad, a 100 year old nickel, and a 106 yr old penny.
Its a start…….
Spent the first 90 minutes finding a lot of iron and foil numbers and only digging the solid sounds (some older bottle caps and nuts and bolts). Decided to start winding down so headed towards the car where there was another patch of more exposed lawn under the big old trees.
First good coin signal on the Legend was a solid 46 deep so in I went, 1917S wheatie. Probably not more than 10 feet away I got a solid 25 semi shallow (3”) and thought likely a nickel, hard to get the date as there was damage on the front but under 30x I could confirm it was a 1923 Buffalo nickel. Next was another 5 feet away and it was a 26 deep and I thought “no way” so lets find out. It was tin like metal folded over in thirds and about the size of a nickel and struck me like some type of a fastener or the like. And by deep I mean 6-8” which is where most of these old coins seem to gather.
Once home I was able to carefully pry it open and could see the letters BUS and a partial letter and still room for one more letter. The missing letter would have been on a missing piece. So far I’m unable to identify the piece or what the last letter might be.
2:30 hrs at least got me started on the books with 45c clad, a 100 year old nickel, and a 106 yr old penny.
Its a start…….
