Find's Treasure Forums

Welcome to Find's Treasure Forums, Guests!

You are viewing this forums as a guest which limits you to read only status.

Only registered members may post stories, questions, classifieds, reply to other posts, contact other members using built in messaging and use many other features found on these forums.

Why not register and join us today? It's free! (We don't share your email addresses with anyone.) We keep email addresses of our users to protect them and others from bad people posting things they shouldn't.

Click here to register!



Need Support Help?

Cannot log in?, click here to have new password emailed to you

Changed email? Forgot to update your account with new email address? Need assistance with something else?, click here to go to Find's Support Form and fill out the form.

I find more rings then these things:heh:

John 'n' W.Va

Active member
Hey John, I bet you wish you could say that! I found a 1945 Canadian penny. Second day at the new site. Only a little over an hour MDing. Had to do a little P.R. with the neighbor and scope out 2 new sites. I found another house being torn down. Hey guys, I need some help! First is the good, bad and the ugly. The second and third picture are just the coins front and back.
 
[size=small]...pretty common house finds. Ive found them all, or something like them. Ill bet most of us have boxes of such things, I know I do. Its great isnt it?? In many ways, these things become more appealing than the "goodies" and they start to tell their own story. What do

Engraved tin/brass Xmas ornaments?....Coins from the 40's?...Pulltabs?...Older metal toy soldier and dinkie?...1/8" flared tubing pipe-t and fresh copper tubing?...

Tell you? Mid century house, at least, with a long span of occupation during that time. Good site and typical finds from such a place. They have always been my favorites. Hunt it some more.[/size]
 
Nice to see our funny money has been circulating around for some time. Could you imagine what detecting would be if we did dig more rings then junk? :yikes:

What a hobby it would turn out to be.....
 
... well, perhaps. But, perhaps more possible than you think. We DO like to think that the things we find are unique. Yet, look around YOUR house at the odd things you have. Anyone of which can be lost for the next detectorist.

Florida has been a popular destination about as long as the populace has been able to get around easily. Too, Canadians and Americans have enjoyed a long history of commerce and intercourse for as long as, well, as long as there has been a Canada and America. It's not such a stretch, really. Now a 1945 Finnish coin - that might be an oddity.

We tend to like foreign coins, as they are "neat" to us. Many carry them around for that reason and some even consider them good luck. I have a 1932 Wheatie I got in pocket change recently, that I hung on my bulletin board. Thats how neat-o I considered it!

Also have you heard about the "Eight-Ten Rule?" Most coins in your pocket are, on average, eight to ten years old. Try it. Pull out all the change in your pockets and that of your family members and add up the dates, then divide by the total of coins for the average. How close to 8-10 years old are they, on average? Pretty close, I'm willing to bet.

In the old days when people were more tight fisted with their money, they circulated even longer and the ages stretched out. The US mint has done studies on this very thing. I even considered it for a dissertation, once.

I found a red, AU 1947 Wheat cent once in the playground. It couldnt've been there more than a few days. A 1945 Canadian cent? It could have floated around for a decade - or more - before it was dropped. As we say in this hobby, "You never know."
 
Top