Sometimes I Don't Understand..!

[fastdraw]

The wife and I hit the Carson River (NV) today..! We had to bring her two worthless dogs. But it was OK...
Anyway... here's what I don't understand sometimes...!
There is a Penny from 1920 that looks like it came from a coin store. But the rest of the modern coins look like Garbage...! Except for the old beat-Up beat half Dime, which is Silver, so I get that.
But they were all found within 100-yards of each other..!! This 1920 Wheat Penny should look terrible...!!

 

[fwcrawford]

I have run into that too..., no answer for you though.... were all the coins found in the stream?
Lots of odd things occur while detecting and making finds.
Yesterday I found a 1925 Mercury dime that was so shallow , I thought it was just a clad dime that was recently lost.

 

[fwcrawford]

BTW..... interesting looking scenery in that photo of you detecting!

 

[bootyhoundpa]

That is a great question... once In a great while I find a large cent that isn’t heavily corroded ,the last one I found that was in great shape was found in the clay layer below the plow line and packed tightly which protectEd it from decades of fertilizers also the clay layer has natural oils in it which is kind of what I theorize might have happened to that 1920 penny or being and older penny it could have been in circulation much longer than any of those others you found collecting a small amount of hand oil from every person that has handled it...just a theory...

 

[utmike]

Sorry, I can't concentrate on the condition of the wheat because you got a SEATED HALF DIME. That's a big time wish lister for me, congrats!

 

[wildwilly]

"Very, very strange" said the little guy in the Nazi helmet.

 

[fastdraw]

Sorry, I can't concentrate on the condition of the wheat because you got a SEATED HALF DIME. That's a big time wish lister for me, congrats!

It's my third Half Dime in a year.. Two of them are bet and bent-up, because their so thin.... The other one had a hole drilled in it. But get what your saying.

 

[fastdraw]

I have run into that too..., no answer for you though.... were all the coins found in the stream?
Lots of odd things occur while detecting and making finds.
Yesterday I found a 1925 Mercury dime that was so shallow , I thought it was just a clad dime that was recently lost.

Fwcrawford..... Your 1925 shallow Mercury looks like new... isn't that the weirdest thing..? I just always find it fascinating

 

[fwcrawford]

Actually what I meant is that I thought it was a clad dime because it was so shallow and I could see some silver... my thought was that it had not been there long enough to tarnish..it was not bright silver like I usually find.