floodplaindetector
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My wife and I went on a fairly close day trip where she shopped and I metal detected at spots on my research list.
The old city park where I got the Morgan dollar (my first ever!) had very few high tones.
I pulled 2 v nickels, the silver war nickel and the small foreign coin there. I was just about ready to call it good at this park
and hit a signal about 20 feet in from the curb that sounded like a deep faint Indian head penny. It was somewhat choppy, not real loud but I got it to repeat from both
directions. I remember seeing 01-39/40/41 numbers. I dug deep expecting to pull up some can or copper pipe and was in shock when I saw the huge silver rim in the dirt.
I didn't believe what it was until I held it in my hand and thinking I am so lucky to have not gouged this coin. The coin was about 9-10 inches deep.
I worked the area pretty hard but did not get any other coins there. Just a false alarm crushed old can about a foot deep.
The other coins came from a couple other city parks.
Dollar is 1897 0.
Quarter is 1914.
Dimes are 1907,1944,1945
Nickels are 1903,1905,1906,1943
Indian heads are 1896,1899
Wheat pennies are back to 1909.
Military Buttons came from a city park where I pulled the Barber quarter.
The old city park where I got the Morgan dollar (my first ever!) had very few high tones.
I pulled 2 v nickels, the silver war nickel and the small foreign coin there. I was just about ready to call it good at this park
and hit a signal about 20 feet in from the curb that sounded like a deep faint Indian head penny. It was somewhat choppy, not real loud but I got it to repeat from both
directions. I remember seeing 01-39/40/41 numbers. I dug deep expecting to pull up some can or copper pipe and was in shock when I saw the huge silver rim in the dirt.
I didn't believe what it was until I held it in my hand and thinking I am so lucky to have not gouged this coin. The coin was about 9-10 inches deep.
I worked the area pretty hard but did not get any other coins there. Just a false alarm crushed old can about a foot deep.
The other coins came from a couple other city parks.
Dollar is 1897 0.
Quarter is 1914.
Dimes are 1907,1944,1945
Nickels are 1903,1905,1906,1943
Indian heads are 1896,1899
Wheat pennies are back to 1909.
Military Buttons came from a city park where I pulled the Barber quarter.
