Chris(SoCenWI)
Well-known member
Hey all,
Chris- usually (SoCenWI) but now for another week or so (WCenMN) got another key date today. That makes three for the trip thus far.
Last Tuesday I finally made the trip to see Rick(ND)'s bar. I've been meaning to make that journey for several years. This year I broke my arm cuff and he had one for sale so that provided additional incentive; detecting without a cuff is about impossible. Try it some time, I would have never believed until mine went south.
I had a couple of beers and a Bronco burger at the bar. Rick called James(ND) to come on down and he did and brought some coins to show and tell- pretty impressive. Someday I want to dig a silver dollar, too.
We didn't' get out and do any detecting and I made the journey back to the cabin. Last night James(ND) pm'ed me and wondered if I was going to head over the ND to meet up.
I did and we met at a small town ball field. He had been there since morning and had a few silvers. A baseball game kept us off the field so had to detect the periphery.
It was hot hot hot and finds were slow so we headed to another town. I had seen a very small town on the way over, we drove through on the way and saw a church and school. This town had a population of 6 down from a 100 some back in the day. Interesting collection of abandoned buildings. Met the mayor and got permission to do some detecting. Pretty thin results, James got a 1883 IH. I got a wheat. Ground was very wet. Later we were chatting with the mayor again and I told her what we had found, and asked about the wet ground. Apparently water table is very high. I showed them the wheat I had found and how the up facing side- obverse in this case- was all corroded while the reverse was better, typical for wet conditions.
I couldn't read the date it was so corroded, so I handed it over to James when he asked what year it was. He handed it back and when the mayor was out of earshot he said "You lucky bastard, that's a 1922 plain."
We detected a bit more, I found a V, James another wheat but it was obvious someone had hit this place before. It was killer hot and had sweated a couple buckets of water and no stores around for miles so we headed off to the town where we were originally headed. Town had no stores, but a bar, which looked to be permanently closed. Luckily there was a town park with a water spigot.
Found a few more coins at an old school site, but fairly soon called it a day. I was a little skeptical about the 1922 plain; but upon arriving home and a peroxide bath I can say for sure it is a 1922 and no trace of a D. My 2000 coin book says $200 for good condition. Reverse on this one would be fine or so. They may also be partly due to the fact the the no-D varient is actually a D mintmark where the mintmark was completely polished off. I suspect that might have weakened the overall obverse. I found a 1922 Weak D last year. Was some what similar in that the reverse was better than the obverse.
So far 1892-O Barber half, 1908-S Indian head, and now a 1922 no D wheat cent. Three key dates out of a total 35 coins and 6-8 hours of detecting.
And as always it was great to meet up with people from the forum. James wants me to reserve a large cent for him. I haven't found any for the last couple of years so that might be tricky.
Chris
Chris- usually (SoCenWI) but now for another week or so (WCenMN) got another key date today. That makes three for the trip thus far.
Last Tuesday I finally made the trip to see Rick(ND)'s bar. I've been meaning to make that journey for several years. This year I broke my arm cuff and he had one for sale so that provided additional incentive; detecting without a cuff is about impossible. Try it some time, I would have never believed until mine went south.
I had a couple of beers and a Bronco burger at the bar. Rick called James(ND) to come on down and he did and brought some coins to show and tell- pretty impressive. Someday I want to dig a silver dollar, too.
We didn't' get out and do any detecting and I made the journey back to the cabin. Last night James(ND) pm'ed me and wondered if I was going to head over the ND to meet up.
I did and we met at a small town ball field. He had been there since morning and had a few silvers. A baseball game kept us off the field so had to detect the periphery.
It was hot hot hot and finds were slow so we headed to another town. I had seen a very small town on the way over, we drove through on the way and saw a church and school. This town had a population of 6 down from a 100 some back in the day. Interesting collection of abandoned buildings. Met the mayor and got permission to do some detecting. Pretty thin results, James got a 1883 IH. I got a wheat. Ground was very wet. Later we were chatting with the mayor again and I told her what we had found, and asked about the wet ground. Apparently water table is very high. I showed them the wheat I had found and how the up facing side- obverse in this case- was all corroded while the reverse was better, typical for wet conditions.
I couldn't read the date it was so corroded, so I handed it over to James when he asked what year it was. He handed it back and when the mayor was out of earshot he said "You lucky bastard, that's a 1922 plain."
We detected a bit more, I found a V, James another wheat but it was obvious someone had hit this place before. It was killer hot and had sweated a couple buckets of water and no stores around for miles so we headed off to the town where we were originally headed. Town had no stores, but a bar, which looked to be permanently closed. Luckily there was a town park with a water spigot.
Found a few more coins at an old school site, but fairly soon called it a day. I was a little skeptical about the 1922 plain; but upon arriving home and a peroxide bath I can say for sure it is a 1922 and no trace of a D. My 2000 coin book says $200 for good condition. Reverse on this one would be fine or so. They may also be partly due to the fact the the no-D varient is actually a D mintmark where the mintmark was completely polished off. I suspect that might have weakened the overall obverse. I found a 1922 Weak D last year. Was some what similar in that the reverse was better than the obverse.
So far 1892-O Barber half, 1908-S Indian head, and now a 1922 no D wheat cent. Three key dates out of a total 35 coins and 6-8 hours of detecting.
And as always it was great to meet up with people from the forum. James wants me to reserve a large cent for him. I haven't found any for the last couple of years so that might be tricky.
Chris
I couldn't believe he had found another Key Date Coin.
In the 2007 Red Book, the 1922 Plain Wheat starts out at $425.00 in G-4.
Yes, that is correct Chris. I told you that it was worth a few Hundred Dollars! If it was in F-12 Condition, the book would be at $800.00. I am just happy that you found it and retrieved it from the ground so no more bad ground conditions could harm that Key Date Coin. I am sure everyone here will be looking for your Pics when you get back home. When you get back up this way, let me know and we will hook up again.
Oh! One correction. The Indian Head is an 1885, not '83. Continued Success, Good Luck and HH to you Chris.
Like you need the Good Luck!