Hunt + interesting observation

[Beyonder]

While hunting a very hunted out school, I found a few keepers. A near mint 1927 merc, this has all the detail like it was dropped just after someone got it from the mint. This came in at 11 14--42 44 on high trash at about 6-7 inches.

The other interesting find was a 1919 worn wheat with a 1902 indian stuck to it. Not glued or anything but they were obviously dropped at the same time by the same person (penny pocket spill). The unique information this gives me is that these two coins were prolly dropped in 1924-1929 or later due to the 1919 being so worn (you figure that it has 5-10 years of wear). If thats the case this also tells me that indians were still in circulation in the 1930's. Add to the fact that this was dropped by an elementary school student (most likely as this was always an elementary school) and you can further guess that there were many indians mixed in with their current coinage (otherwise the student may have kept it because it was unique). So what does all this mean? If you are hunting a site in which you dont know the age, you can take a guess using the information above and then know what to look for. So I know that even though there were indian pennies there, chances are there aren't going to be any seated, shield nicks, largies etc. However there could be v nicks, barbers... This came in at 7-38 at about 7+ inches high trash

 

[GKMan]

Good observations...If I were there, I would be looking for those faint 7 inch plus signals hoping it could be older vintage coins.

 

[nolanation]

I too hunt an elementary school that was built in the 60's....I have found anything from modern gold rings to civil war buttons. I think with most schools it is hard to judge what you will find, as you don't know how it got there. Did a kid get into mom and dads collection, did mom and dad drop it, or was it there before all of that? I believe indians were in circulation longer than the 30's as some wheats are still in cirulation today, 55 years later.

 

[GKMan]

my idea about the wheat cents has always been that they look so much like like a memorial cent that they have just stayed in circulation.

 

[parkgt]

Good observations...If I were there, I would be looking for those faint 7 inch plus signals hoping it could be older vintage coins.

Beyonder,

How was your CTX set up for this hunt. It seems very few run their volume gain low enough to get a faint signal as mentioned above; so many crank it so high that almost all signals are going to scream. Does it even matter?

Were yours faint?

 

[sube]

Lot's of schools are built were the old school use to be. As far as Indians in circulation my Dad said they were common in the 40s.sube

 

[GKMan]

I hunt with my gain quite a bit lower especially when I am in a park or a school setting since I don't want every clad kids and drop in the past 10 years to sound the same as every week or Indian that's a couple inches deeper..of course if you're digging every signal it doesn't matter as much but I personally like hearing those whispers it helps me quickly discern if I should investigate the signal more or not..

ugh I hate voice recognition sorry for any grammar errors

 

[squirrel1]

I too have dug a wheat penny stuck to an IH twice. Actually one scenario was an IH stuck to 2 Abes. With the three coin setup I was picking them up with coil raised 6 inches off the ground. Thought for sure can but after circling the target with the coil it seemed smaller than a can. Coin caches can fool a detectorists with them thinking can all the way. I will dig them at most sites, you never know And yes the lincolns were a 30 something and the IHs 190xs.

 

[AngelicStorm]

I have found an 1893 IH that was well worn around 1998-1999 when I first started coin roll hunting. It came from one of my first rolls of pennies and the IH was well worn as if it had been in circulation a looong time. To bad I didn't know any better and cleaned it to a brand new polished look. It still has not tarnished btw open to air. Point is that even back in the late 90s there were decent coinage floating around in circulation.

Another point that is relevant to your find is just a few days ago I found a Barber Dime in the same hole as a Mercury Dime. The Barber is well worn 1901 and the Mercury is a worn 1919. Thing is the Mercury has wear like your wheat cent but not as much as the Barber such as your Indian. My thoughts are the same that these were dropped maybe in the late 1920s through the 1930s because of the evidence provided by the years to wear.