Trooper Bri
05-06-2015, 06:58 PM
Met up with Lee yesterday for some digging.
1'st stop was an old farm turned public park. We puttered around for an hour with nothing to show for it other than a Zincoln at 6+ inches. Come to find out later in the day, despite the natural looking rolling hills, it had been graded and filled. So, we went back to the craziest place on Earth for a couple hours. Spoonland.
Lee was on the board pretty quick with a spoon. It took 10 minutes, but I matched him with my 1'st plated spoon of the day. One with a name on the handle: Stueck's. Google is having a tough time with it. I'll take a close up of the handle, it's not the easiest to see in the pic.
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Just a minute or two later I get another odd VDI and up comes a mystery item. Looks to be part of a toy pistol or cap gun maybe. #79, and "de in USA" are the only stampings left.
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And a couple minutes after that, she came into my life. A gorgeous tone bouncing around 88-91. I dug the plug just shy, and found it with the pinpointer. Cut out and around it and dumped it next to the plug and called Lee over. A few brushes (the dirt is real dry. we need rain), and there she was. My first half-dollar, and one I really wanted too! A Walking Liberty, 1943. This has to be the last beautiful coin the US made for circulation.
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Managed a couple more plated spoons and some sort of plated art-deco buckle possibly. Unfortunately one of the ends broke on it. D'oh.
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Not sure what Lee's tally was, but I came over when he had something small and deep. Turned out to be a pressed penny from the New York World's Fair. The top says Italian Pavillion. 1939 and 1964 were the two years for it. Guessing it's from 1939.
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1'st stop was an old farm turned public park. We puttered around for an hour with nothing to show for it other than a Zincoln at 6+ inches. Come to find out later in the day, despite the natural looking rolling hills, it had been graded and filled. So, we went back to the craziest place on Earth for a couple hours. Spoonland.
Lee was on the board pretty quick with a spoon. It took 10 minutes, but I matched him with my 1'st plated spoon of the day. One with a name on the handle: Stueck's. Google is having a tough time with it. I'll take a close up of the handle, it's not the easiest to see in the pic.
47534
Just a minute or two later I get another odd VDI and up comes a mystery item. Looks to be part of a toy pistol or cap gun maybe. #79, and "de in USA" are the only stampings left.
47535
And a couple minutes after that, she came into my life. A gorgeous tone bouncing around 88-91. I dug the plug just shy, and found it with the pinpointer. Cut out and around it and dumped it next to the plug and called Lee over. A few brushes (the dirt is real dry. we need rain), and there she was. My first half-dollar, and one I really wanted too! A Walking Liberty, 1943. This has to be the last beautiful coin the US made for circulation.
47536
47537
Managed a couple more plated spoons and some sort of plated art-deco buckle possibly. Unfortunately one of the ends broke on it. D'oh.
47538
47539
47540
Not sure what Lee's tally was, but I came over when he had something small and deep. Turned out to be a pressed penny from the New York World's Fair. The top says Italian Pavillion. 1939 and 1964 were the two years for it. Guessing it's from 1939.
47541