martygene
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WOW !!! what a month. MentalMetalMike and I returned to our hot spot (see "Great day detecting and a dime grand slam" from June 15), http://www.findmall.com/read.php?86,1924325
and the goodies continued to roll in.
This was an old school site that was being prepared for a new building, and our best production came after the construction crew took anywhere from 6-12" of soil off the top. It's amazing how deep some of our desired targets are. The seated dime we found, for example, was found right next to a section in which at least 12" of soil had been removed, and the dime was STILL buried four inches deep in our typical local blue clay.
Our total haul:
3 U.S. large cents: 1830, 1840 & ?
6 Indian Heads. oldest 1885
Buffalo Nickel
V Nickel
3 Barber dimes: 1892, 1905 & 1912
4 buttons one of which is a fire dept button but was made by Scoville so i am not sure if it old or not. (Is Scoville still in business???)
a Canadian large cent, 1891
Canadian quarter, 1913
2 Canadian dimes, 1904 & 1898
an Italian 5 Centesimi 1861
2 Rosies
2 Washington quarters
A New York State Chauffeurs licence that expired in 1928
A diamond shaped medallion ? that has "315 Fillmore 1/2" on it. we have no idea what this is. (key fob maybe?)
a VERY thin coin that we think is a shilling that has Georgivus III on it. HIs rein ended in 1812 or so.
An 1850 Seated dime and
2 seated half dimes: 1845 & 1837. The 1837 is flaking so we didn't think it was real until we found the 1845. For some reason the 1837 half dime isn't smooth like the 1845 is, yet they are the same composition of silver and copper. We're thinking it was damaged when one of the schools burned.....
For those who have been wondering whether construction sites are worth working, consider that the Canadian Large, one Barber and one Indianhead were literally found on the surface.
i don't think that we will ever be the same after this.
and the goodies continued to roll in.
This was an old school site that was being prepared for a new building, and our best production came after the construction crew took anywhere from 6-12" of soil off the top. It's amazing how deep some of our desired targets are. The seated dime we found, for example, was found right next to a section in which at least 12" of soil had been removed, and the dime was STILL buried four inches deep in our typical local blue clay.
Our total haul:
3 U.S. large cents: 1830, 1840 & ?
6 Indian Heads. oldest 1885
Buffalo Nickel
V Nickel
3 Barber dimes: 1892, 1905 & 1912
4 buttons one of which is a fire dept button but was made by Scoville so i am not sure if it old or not. (Is Scoville still in business???)
a Canadian large cent, 1891
Canadian quarter, 1913
2 Canadian dimes, 1904 & 1898
an Italian 5 Centesimi 1861
2 Rosies
2 Washington quarters
A New York State Chauffeurs licence that expired in 1928
A diamond shaped medallion ? that has "315 Fillmore 1/2" on it. we have no idea what this is. (key fob maybe?)
a VERY thin coin that we think is a shilling that has Georgivus III on it. HIs rein ended in 1812 or so.
An 1850 Seated dime and
2 seated half dimes: 1845 & 1837. The 1837 is flaking so we didn't think it was real until we found the 1845. For some reason the 1837 half dime isn't smooth like the 1845 is, yet they are the same composition of silver and copper. We're thinking it was damaged when one of the schools burned.....
For those who have been wondering whether construction sites are worth working, consider that the Canadian Large, one Barber and one Indianhead were literally found on the surface.
i don't think that we will ever be the same after this.
