Ed (Upstate NY)
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Last few hunts have really been futile with nothing to show but a couple of wheaties and a bus token. Decided a change of scenery might help so I headed to a park where I found a few older nickels last week. First target I dug there was a nice 1863 Robinson & Ballou Grocers, Troy NY, civil war token. Since I was hunting a park in Troy, this token was appropriate ! Fifth civil war token I have dug this year. After moving to a different section of the park, I dug a shallow 1907 Barber dime from a depth of maybe 4". Not far from the dime I got a text book indian head cent hit and from about 7" deep I pulled out the 1898 indian head cent. Also dug a wheatie, a large musketball and a costume jewelry pin to round out the morning's finds. Sure felt good to get a few keepers. I was getting frustrated the last week or so with the lack of old coins.