Now here was a Fun find!…...

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

I don't often hunt for clad, but now and then I will hit some tot lots looking for possible jewelry and dig the clad as I go. I take my daughter and she rides her bike while I detect. This particular site has sand in the play areas so I bring my adjustable sand scoop that I use on dry sand beaches. I had a few coins and I was detecting under some swings when I got a good coin hit. Well I scooped one then had another target so scooped got two more etc… Seems there was a pocket spill so I dug deep in the middle of the target and then shook the sand out. I looked in the scoop and was surprised to see over 30 coins in the scoop! OK this didn't seem to be a spill, but more like buried treasure by some kid. By the time I was done I had dug 72 coins from that hole! It was a new record for coins in one hole. Previous record was 49 pennies. There was a 1935 wheat and a 1950 Canadian penny in that mini cache. Total coins from that tot lot was 81. Like most I have my cell phone on me while detecting. The pic of coins in the scoop is right after shaking the sand out from the scoop as it happened. $4.50 clad total and two keepers.
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[SeniorSeeker]

Fantastic Mike! My best find was a roll of quarters in one hole. Apparently some kid had a roll of quarters, in his/her pocket, and drop it in the soft dirt. It still amazes me that another kid didn't find it before I did. The paper had rotted away and all that was left was the quarters. Some strange things come out of tot lots.

 

[steve in so la]

They must have been buried on purpose. What a fun time you must have had.
I dug a roll of pennies under the swings one time. Steve in so la

 

[Missouri--Ma Betty]

Yes, finding those coins in one hole is always a happy dig! I found pennies (don't remember how many) around a tree after our club hunt was over, so guess someone dumped their pennies there but I keep even one penny I find, for they do add up over time! Congrats and glad you and Grace had a good time being together on an outing! It was on Mother's Day and I had asked God to please help me to find a silver $...well I found two silver quarters and one silver halve which made a $1.00 amount of silver found! Sometimes our Lord is humorous! Good times and good memories! Ma

 

[Mike Chgo area]

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