Interesting Finds with the Sovereign

[Ron from Michigan]

Just had enough time for a three hour search today.Nothing like the smell of hot dogs on the grill as I was searching today in the park.Anyway found a silver cross and two Indo China dimes a 1922 and 1937 which have holes drilled on each coin.A little excitement for the first 10 cent Indo China coin,which I thought it was a Seated Liberty dime.The value of each coin in a world coin book with a copyright of 1971 is $1.25 but that was 36yrs ago and each coin has a small hole drilled for a necklace.

 

[D Wes]

Thats a nice cross. Good find.

 

[Ron from Michigan]

D WES,The cross does have a lot of detail.The Tornado 800 seems to have great separation and good depth.I'm still learning to use the Sovereign. Thanks

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

Is the one foreign coin silver?

They all look great!

Tony

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Tony,I think both of the Indo China 10 Centimes are silver.These are coins from French controlled Vietnam,Laos and Cambodia.

 

[Ron from Michigan]

After checking around about these coins yes they are silver.The value of each not sure.Even with the drilled hole in each coin they are worth more than I first thought.

 

[DonNWF]

I can see where coming out of dirt that one could look like a seated liberty dime. Foreign silver is interesting. Maybe a good story connection there too. HH Don

 

[MontanaMatt]

Nice score on the silver cross Ron! How did it show up on your meter?

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Don,I was actually disappointed that it wasn't even a Roosevelt, but after searching on Ebay and a couple of coin sites I have changed my mind.

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Matt,the figure on the cross is probably not silver,bounce from 178-179.Recovered one a old ball field with sod probably about a depth of four inches.