floodplaindetector
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Finds are from the last 2 weeks at various city parks and old schools.
The half dollars were found at different locations. One from an old city park and the other from a local school.
The 1942 walker was about a foot deep and the 1935 walker was about 7 inches on edge in the hole.
The old Prussian copper was about 10 inches deep. It took my wife and I a while to figure out what it was as the back had just enough on it to ID it.
The front is completely slick. I knew it was very old as I found the sharp 1909 Canadian Large Cent not too far from it.
It appears to be a Friedrich Wilhelm III 3 Pfenning (1821-1840). I scratched it when digging as there was a lot of Iron in the park and I was having a little trouble pinpointing with my NEL Thunder coil.
The old car printing plate was about 14 inches deep. Originally I thought it might be junk and was really wedged in the hole and I broke it trying to loosen it
from the hole. Once I saw the piece with the old car wheel on it I knew it was something good and worked the rest out of the hole. So if it wouldn't have broke I would have
given up on digging it as it was so deep I couldn't see what it was. The reversed print on the bottom displays "Sturdy as The Oak". It is approximately 1915.
The small Watkins 1907 "Dough" token was a bonus and came from a quick 2 hour hunt on Friday morning from a local old school. I also pulled the 1895 Indian and 5 other old coins there.
The token sounded like an Indian head penny.
Coin Finds
1935,1942 Walking Liberty Half Dollars
Dimes are 1937,1943,1959,1960,1964
Nickels are 1940,1944 (War Nickel)
Indian Pennies are 1895,1906
17 Wheat pennies are back to 1916
Foreign Coins
Prussian 3 Pfenning is 1821-1840
1909 Canadian Large Cent
1951 Canadian Penny
Non Coin Finds
Oakland Car Advertising Printing Plate (Circa 1915)
Plated ring
1907 Watkins "Dough" / Fargo Business College Token
Makeup Compact
The half dollars were found at different locations. One from an old city park and the other from a local school.
The 1942 walker was about a foot deep and the 1935 walker was about 7 inches on edge in the hole.
The old Prussian copper was about 10 inches deep. It took my wife and I a while to figure out what it was as the back had just enough on it to ID it.
The front is completely slick. I knew it was very old as I found the sharp 1909 Canadian Large Cent not too far from it.
It appears to be a Friedrich Wilhelm III 3 Pfenning (1821-1840). I scratched it when digging as there was a lot of Iron in the park and I was having a little trouble pinpointing with my NEL Thunder coil.
The old car printing plate was about 14 inches deep. Originally I thought it might be junk and was really wedged in the hole and I broke it trying to loosen it
from the hole. Once I saw the piece with the old car wheel on it I knew it was something good and worked the rest out of the hole. So if it wouldn't have broke I would have
given up on digging it as it was so deep I couldn't see what it was. The reversed print on the bottom displays "Sturdy as The Oak". It is approximately 1915.
The small Watkins 1907 "Dough" token was a bonus and came from a quick 2 hour hunt on Friday morning from a local old school. I also pulled the 1895 Indian and 5 other old coins there.
The token sounded like an Indian head penny.
Coin Finds
1935,1942 Walking Liberty Half Dollars
Dimes are 1937,1943,1959,1960,1964
Nickels are 1940,1944 (War Nickel)
Indian Pennies are 1895,1906
17 Wheat pennies are back to 1916
Foreign Coins
Prussian 3 Pfenning is 1821-1840
1909 Canadian Large Cent
1951 Canadian Penny
Non Coin Finds
Oakland Car Advertising Printing Plate (Circa 1915)
Plated ring
1907 Watkins "Dough" / Fargo Business College Token
Makeup Compact
