Weather was beautiful here in Ct on New Year's Day! Sunny and 50ish. Didn't have alot of time so I went to my old standby - "IH Park".
I can always count on this spot producing something, so I use it as a "go to" spot. I've picked at it for about a year now and I think there have been only two times when I didn't find at least one IH. Even the wheats tend to be in the older range - more than half have been pre-1920. The ratio of silver to cents is a bit low but I ain't complaining!
This time my results were:
5 IHs - 1883, 1884, 1892, 1898, 1902 (1883 & 1892 out of the same hole)
8 wheats incl 1910, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1918
1 Liberty nickel 1912
I also found a tiny marble-like ball while I was digging a coin. It's clay or ceramic, like a marble but much smaller. I took a picture next to an IH for scale. Any ideas? Maybe a game piece or part of a primitive rattle?
My totals for a year at IH Park:
1 large cent gaming token
4 large cents
1 Canadian bank token
1 flying eagle cent
165 IHs
241 wheats (130 are pre-1920)
2 two centers
1 half reale
1 silver 3 center
4 Liberty nickels
9 buffalo nickels
1 silver war nickel
3 seated dimes
7 barber dimes
11 Mercs
3 silver rosies
2 Barber quarters
1 silver Washington quarter
1 German 2 phennig 1912
1 British 1/2 penny 1908
1 Italian 5c 1928
Also an array of artifacts including military buttons, etc.
Thanks for sharing. Bruce in Ct
I can always count on this spot producing something, so I use it as a "go to" spot. I've picked at it for about a year now and I think there have been only two times when I didn't find at least one IH. Even the wheats tend to be in the older range - more than half have been pre-1920. The ratio of silver to cents is a bit low but I ain't complaining!
This time my results were:
5 IHs - 1883, 1884, 1892, 1898, 1902 (1883 & 1892 out of the same hole)
8 wheats incl 1910, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1918
1 Liberty nickel 1912
I also found a tiny marble-like ball while I was digging a coin. It's clay or ceramic, like a marble but much smaller. I took a picture next to an IH for scale. Any ideas? Maybe a game piece or part of a primitive rattle?
My totals for a year at IH Park:
1 large cent gaming token
4 large cents
1 Canadian bank token
1 flying eagle cent
165 IHs
241 wheats (130 are pre-1920)
2 two centers
1 half reale
1 silver 3 center
4 Liberty nickels
9 buffalo nickels
1 silver war nickel
3 seated dimes
7 barber dimes
11 Mercs
3 silver rosies
2 Barber quarters
1 silver Washington quarter
1 German 2 phennig 1912
1 British 1/2 penny 1908
1 Italian 5c 1928
Also an array of artifacts including military buttons, etc.
Thanks for sharing. Bruce in Ct
