floodplaindetector
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I saw an exceptional December warmup coming a couple of states down, so I took advantage of my holiday time off, worked on building my public site research game plan list and headed to Iowa.
All finds shown are from Iowa public city parks and old schools that I thought had a chance of still holding some oldies.
My XP Deus 2 machines were used to pull everything. It was a great way to finish the year.
The 1919s Walker and the 1870 Shield Nickel were found at the same location about 30 feet from each other.
I was thrilled to get the old half dollar but then the shield nickel was icing on the cake as it has been a while since I pulled a shield nickel.
The 1967 Centennial Canadian quarter isn't very old, but I was also happy to get that as it has a neat bobcat design on the reverse. Based on its gram weight, it is the 80% silver variety.
The 1898 quarter was one of the more difficult signals as it was about a foot deep with a large old roofing nail laying right next to it.
I just caught a faint chirp on that one but got enough of a repeatable signal that said, 'dig me'. The '61 quarter and tootsie toy came from the same park.
The handmade rosary cross came yesterday morning as I was heading back home.
Thanks for looking and have a happy new year!
Dave
Coin Finds
1919s Walking Liberty Half Dollar
1898,1961, 1967 Canadian centennial quarter
1906,1914 barber dimes and 6 other silver dimes back to 1923
1943,1944 silver war nickels
1870 shield, 1897, 1901,1910 V nickels, 6 buffalo nickels back to 1919
1901,1906,1908 Indian head pennies
* Not pictured are 9 Jefferson nickels from 40s and 50s and 36 wheat pennies back to 1916.
Other Finds
2 sterling rings
Sterling flag pin with the town name on it
Handmade rosary cross
Various old buttons including the 3-legged bird button which seems to have ties to Hessian Military. Could be a very old blazer button.
10 cent gold plated token or play coin. This had some depth and based on the script I think it has some age.
Couple old brass pins
Fishing hook
Old spoon
Biggest square nail spike I have ever pulled
All finds shown are from Iowa public city parks and old schools that I thought had a chance of still holding some oldies.
My XP Deus 2 machines were used to pull everything. It was a great way to finish the year.
The 1919s Walker and the 1870 Shield Nickel were found at the same location about 30 feet from each other.
I was thrilled to get the old half dollar but then the shield nickel was icing on the cake as it has been a while since I pulled a shield nickel.
The 1967 Centennial Canadian quarter isn't very old, but I was also happy to get that as it has a neat bobcat design on the reverse. Based on its gram weight, it is the 80% silver variety.
The 1898 quarter was one of the more difficult signals as it was about a foot deep with a large old roofing nail laying right next to it.
I just caught a faint chirp on that one but got enough of a repeatable signal that said, 'dig me'. The '61 quarter and tootsie toy came from the same park.
The handmade rosary cross came yesterday morning as I was heading back home.
Thanks for looking and have a happy new year!
Dave
Coin Finds
1919s Walking Liberty Half Dollar
1898,1961, 1967 Canadian centennial quarter
1906,1914 barber dimes and 6 other silver dimes back to 1923
1943,1944 silver war nickels
1870 shield, 1897, 1901,1910 V nickels, 6 buffalo nickels back to 1919
1901,1906,1908 Indian head pennies
* Not pictured are 9 Jefferson nickels from 40s and 50s and 36 wheat pennies back to 1916.
Other Finds
2 sterling rings
Sterling flag pin with the town name on it
Handmade rosary cross
Various old buttons including the 3-legged bird button which seems to have ties to Hessian Military. Could be a very old blazer button.
10 cent gold plated token or play coin. This had some depth and based on the script I think it has some age.
Couple old brass pins
Fishing hook
Old spoon
Biggest square nail spike I have ever pulled
