Friday goodies...

[Anonymous]

I finally got out of work early enough to do some TH'ing, and it wasn't raining! I went off to a school I found last weekend. I couldn't see a dated cornerstone anywhere, but the school looked just barely old enough to possibly hold some older goodies. I started working a lane across a combination baseball/soccer field. Wouldn't you know it, the third or fourth coin up was this dime! It's only a '64, so I guess I got lucky. The only other old coin I got was a corroded '44D Wheat. Most of the coins date from the '70's and late '60's, so I doubt I'll get many more older coins. But, there's quite a bit of clad that needs to be harvested, so I'm planning on sweeping the field good anyway.

HH from Allen in MI

 

[MikeW]

sounds like ya got a good spot.Clad will pay for the batteries,should be some jewelry there, good luck,silver is always nice)

 

[mtdoramike]

n/t

 

[Anonymous]

That dime looks like it's in almost mint condition, but if you look closely on the obverse, top and left, you'll see some spotting. That's actually pitting from this weird grey crust that was on the coin. Since the field looks like it's going to be a moist one, any other silver that comes out, I expect to be mottled black, but the crust was odd.

There should be quite a bit of clad, as I've only been there twice, and pulled out over $5 in clad. Most likely my local competition hasn't noticed this school. I'm hoping for jewelry, but it'll probably be the usual kiddie silver and junk. There's a HS about a mile away, that I've hit several times, that has produced lots of clad, and some jewelry, but only one piece of good silver jewelry, no gold. I may have to go back, as we've been getting lots of rain lately, and the ground should be nice and moist.

HH from Allen in MI