How Did That Coin Get There??

Hey Diggers,
We've been finding a lot of coins from the 1600's and 1700's at the siege site. They are generally 8 or 9 inches deep and ring up very faint or choppy. Most of the time they are so faint the XP Deus doesn't show any numbers on the display. The two 1656 French Liards were only a couple inches apart so most likely a spill. The two French Sols I found were about 50 feet apart. One is dated 1720 and the other is too corroded to see the date. I was working around a log and got a screaming 93 signal that sounded fairly shallow. It was a tight signal so I thought it might be a coin. Imagine my surprise when I cut the plug and saw the rim of a dime! A 1958 Rosie! So here I am in the middle of the woods digging 300 year old coins and out pops a 1958 dime. Perhaps an American hiker passed through there or maybe a U.S. soldier on maneuvers back in the early 1960's.

Just a rosie, but at least it's silver!

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Originally Posted by CalGAil

Just a rosie, but at least it's silver!

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True but I found it in the woods here in Germany not far from the French border!

:hystericallaugh:
We are going to slowly start bringing you back to reality by seeding your sites over there in Germany with some nice old American coins. :lol: Next we'll move on to some nice wheaties! Or how about a nice 1959 Lincoln? :angelic:

Congrats Dave!! :grin:

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Originally Posted by Ill Digger

:hystericallaugh:
We are going to slowly start bringing you back to reality by seeding your sites over there in Germany with some nice old American coins. :lol: Next we'll move on to some nice wheaties! Or how about a nice 1959 Lincoln?

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That's a good one Tim! LOL. Sooner or later I have to come back to reality but I suspect I'll be taking trips back to UK or Germany every year for some hunting! Best wishes my friend!

Gee.....so sorry to hear of your rosie.....:lol:. As the saying goes " you never know what you'll dig".

Nice finds, and silver to boot! Yeah, that's like here in the midwest pulling up 1800s European stuff that just shouldn't be here. You just never know.

Love the Rosie!!!