This afternoon I headed to a park in Tolland county CT, one I had not been to since last year. The silver has been scarce at this small park but it stills yields a few keepers if one takes the time to patiently work it.
I had not expected much in the way of silver, but I did manage to pull two dimes from under the roots of one of the large trees bordering the sidewalk. What a pain to dig them out though.
Here is the Barber dime as it came out of the ground.
They took some work to dig up, but they were worth it.
When checking out a deep nickel signal I had expected that it likely would be a V, many of which I have pulled from this park on previous trips. But what a sweet surprise to see that it was the older type, a Shield nickel, dated 1869.
I also had fun picking up six Indian Head cents, dated 1864, 1864-L (sweet! ), 1882, 1886, 1893, and 1909. They sure held up better than the ones I have dug up at other parks.
There were a few old wheat cents too...
...as well as an old button, and a sterling silver piece.
HH!