Indian Head, Dime Trifecta, Silver Quarter and a neat Trade Token July 20, 2014

[Tony Two-Cent]

Today I hunted an old park in a small town on the Illinois River. I'm not sure why, but they had removed the top 6" of turf from most of the park. I asked a young boy why they had been digging up the park and he said they had been digging for Indian artifacts. (?!)

The conditions made for easy digging and I was finding old coins nearly on the surface. The sandy soil is very kind to the coins as well. It was a fun day.

I ended up with an 1888 Indian Head Cent, 20 Wheat Cents, an extremely worn 1901 Barber Dime, a nice 1923 Mercury Dime, a 1947-D Roosevelt and a 1959-D Washington. I also found a very large trade token.

Here are all of today's finds:



And here are the keepers:




Here is the large trade token:



I did eyeball some pieces of flint on the surface. Thousands of those small shells are lying on the surface as well.



It was another perfect day weather-wise. I had a lot of fun. Thanks for looking and happy hunting!

[Digger Don]

It looks like you found another honey hole. And they did half the digging for you. How cool is that.
You got a great bunch of coins there Tony. Congrats on another great hunt.
Whats the piece that looks like Topaz?

[woody_g]

looks like you got a little bit of everything dime trifecta indian head 20 wheats and a token to boot.man thats a serious day of digging congrats on all your great finds.

[Paul Digs]

On all your finds!

[giant056]

Excellent digs you got there at that park Tony

[bob_e99]

Very nice hunt Tony. I can't believe how worn that Barber dime is. Another couple of years and it would have been blank. Congrats on a nice hunt and some nice finds.

[POKIE73]

i see that you are traveling farther these days are your spots getting a lot harder to make a few good finds i know ours up here have we have to go farther to find spots not hit as hard congrats on making some good finds

[del]

well wasn't that a great opportunity Tony I'm glad they left you some goodies to find , congrats on the coins . boy they come out nice in your soil!!

I can't believe how worn that Barber dime it. Another couple of years and it would have been blank.

wow , you said it Bob that barber seen a lot of hands.

[Tony Two-Cent]

Whats the piece that looks like Topaz?

It's just a fake stone from a junk ring.

[don in ny]

Always like seeing a trifecta : ) Way to go!

[coinnut]

Great looking toke. The thought of seeing grass removed makes the imagination fly. Glad you had a chance to detect, who knows how long it will be bare ground!

[Timewarpdigger]

Nice finds awesome. Very lucky to find a park doing that kind of work. Congrats. Safe & HH

[buck57]

Super hunt Tony. How much longer you figure you have to hunt the area? Definitely several return trips are in your future. HH

[Tony Two-Cent]

I'm not sure if I will be going back to this park or not, as it is about 2 1/2 hours away from me. If I was finding seated coins it would be a no brainer, but that's a long way to go to find coins that were mostly dropped in the 1940s and 1950s.

Meanwhile, I found a few more oldies at the school after work tonight:

[Nesdore]

WOW what a haul Tony you always seem to find all kinds of good stuff

[Digger Don]

I'm not sure if I will be going back to this park or not, as it is about 2 1/2 hours away from me. If I was finding seated coins it would be a no brainer, but that's a long way to go to find coins that were mostly dropped in the 1940s and 1950s.

Meanwhile, I found a few more oldies at the school after work tonight:

OK, if your not going back, send me the coordinates
Tonight's find are pretty awesome too. You make it look easy Tony.

[Jim D]

Congratulations Tony! Nice finds! HH

[aloldstuff]

Yet another great hunt Tony. That Barber has to be the smoothest one I've ever seen. Fantastic pile of keepers, to bad the park is so far away. Did you do a video????

[Tony Two-Cent]

OK, if your not going back, send me the coordinates.

Well, the token should give you a pretty good clue.

Did you do a video????

Yes, I got all of the finds from the park on video. I just need to get the footage edited and uploaded to YouTube.

[coinnut]

Nice additional finds Tony. Hope that thimble is silver.