Tony Two-Cent
07-22-2012, 02:17 PM
I just couldn't stand it any more! The metal detecting withdrawals became unbearable so I decided to go coinshooting this morning no matter how hot and dry it is!
I got up early and was at the site by 6:20 a.m. I went back to the same park where I found the Indian Heads from the 1870s a few weeks ago. A large portion of this park is just scrub grass along the creek bottom. We are having a pretty bad drought here, so most of the grass is totally dead.
My first good find of the day was a 1941-D Washington Quarter. Only my third silver Washington of the year. They just don't turn up very often for me. After that I found an 1880 Indian Head. This was my fifth Indian Head from this park, the newest being dated 1881. Not long after the Indian Head I found a thin 1918 Mercury Dime. It's too worn to tell if it has a mint mark or not.
And then just a short distance away from the Merc I got a 12-42 signal on my E-Trac that sounded like a wheat cent. It was about 6 deep. After I got the plug opened up and some dirt scooped out of the hole I could see a thin silver dime. At first I thought it might be a Barber Dime but when I got the dirt washed off I could tell it was a Seated! By then it was time to take a break, so I took the dime back to my car and washed it off with some water. When I put my glasses on I could see the date was 1857, currently my oldest US silver coin! :happydance01:
After that I didn't find much except for a couple of wheat cents. By 11:00 a.m. it was already 90 degrees so I called it a day. I can't wait to hunt this park in the fall when the ground is not so dry!
What a fun day! :happy:
Here are my finds for today:
60862
Here's a shot of the keepers:
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Some pics of the Seated Liberty Dime: (I don't think it has a mint mark.) Very worn, but I still love it!
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Thanks for looking! (Video in my post below.)
I got up early and was at the site by 6:20 a.m. I went back to the same park where I found the Indian Heads from the 1870s a few weeks ago. A large portion of this park is just scrub grass along the creek bottom. We are having a pretty bad drought here, so most of the grass is totally dead.
My first good find of the day was a 1941-D Washington Quarter. Only my third silver Washington of the year. They just don't turn up very often for me. After that I found an 1880 Indian Head. This was my fifth Indian Head from this park, the newest being dated 1881. Not long after the Indian Head I found a thin 1918 Mercury Dime. It's too worn to tell if it has a mint mark or not.
And then just a short distance away from the Merc I got a 12-42 signal on my E-Trac that sounded like a wheat cent. It was about 6 deep. After I got the plug opened up and some dirt scooped out of the hole I could see a thin silver dime. At first I thought it might be a Barber Dime but when I got the dirt washed off I could tell it was a Seated! By then it was time to take a break, so I took the dime back to my car and washed it off with some water. When I put my glasses on I could see the date was 1857, currently my oldest US silver coin! :happydance01:
After that I didn't find much except for a couple of wheat cents. By 11:00 a.m. it was already 90 degrees so I called it a day. I can't wait to hunt this park in the fall when the ground is not so dry!
What a fun day! :happy:
Here are my finds for today:
60862
Here's a shot of the keepers:
60863608646086560866
Some pics of the Seated Liberty Dime: (I don't think it has a mint mark.) Very worn, but I still love it!
60867608686086960870
Thanks for looking! (Video in my post below.)