An 1800's Kind Of Day

angellionel

angellionel

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Today a small park yielded several more coins from the 1800's - a few coppers, several Indian Head cents, and even an old silver coin. It was tough detecting because of the heat and dry ground, but I remained in the shaded areas and drank plenty of liquid to keep me going.

When I first saw the edge of the coin while it was in the hole I thought I had myself a seated quarter. So close! I'll take a Barber quarter any day though. :yes:

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I also dug up one mercury dime, dated 1928. The Indian Head cents are dated 188??, 1881, 1896, 1898, 1907, and 1908.

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The large cent is dated 1830. This one is in much better shape than others I have found at parks.

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This large copper is a French 10 Centimes, dated 1856.

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I haven't been able to make out much in the way of details from this next one, but I believe it is a British Half Penny. I can make out the year, 1875.

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The park also yielded seventeen old wheat cents.

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The rest of the finds.

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HH!
 
Sweet Barber quarter :clapping: Oh and the Indian without a date is probably just an 1877, don't worry about it :lol: Good looking new Merc too. Finally a readable large cent :happydance01: What is the disc with the monograms on it. Is it silver, cause it looks like a love token? That would be one big coin love token if it is. Nice hunt Angel.
 
coinnut said:
Sweet Barber quarter :clapping: Oh and the Indian without a date is probably just an 1877, don't worry about it :lol: Good looking new Merc too. Finally a readable large cent :happydance01: What is the disc with the monograms on it. Is it silver, cause it looks like a love token? That would be one big coin love token if it is. Nice hunt Angel.
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It probably is an 1877 Indian Head cent.:lol: :lol: I would be depressed. :crying02:

The monogrammed disc appears to have been a pin. It is aluminum. I would have loved for it to be silver. :grin:

Thanks, George!
 
Nice finds Angel! It took me a bit, but looking at the pin, I see the letters S,S,A, and E. Don't know what order they are supposed to be in though. Maybe a secret society pin:huh:
 
You should tell us what these extra things are, so we don't have to ask :lol: You know that's what I am going to be curious about, so you might as well answer my questions before I ask them. :)

Great finds. The barber quarter alone would have made my year, but very nice old coppers too. :)

You need to join the copper race Angel. Not that they would have you :lol:
 
In the world of coin shooting your like the door gunner :lol:
Too bad there's not a mint mark on the Barber. But who's complaining...right :lol: I know I wouldn't be :lol:
Awesome detecting!!
Congrats :grin:
 
Hey Angel, great handful of coins you have there- quite a mix! I've been keeping my out for a Barber quarter for 2010, an IH at that :grin:

The secret society pin, that's the one I'm interested in too :yes: All those letters overlapped makes you wonder... off to Google land :lol:
 
sweet! ya sure that's aluminununumnum? :rofl: sure looks like a silver love token to me made from a coin like G said :confused:
i'd take another look at that one dude
 
That Barber quarter is high on my most wanted list... I'm not holding my breath though. I've got to stop looking at these threads, because they only feed my obsession with the hobby. And they make me depressed over my piles of clad. lol

Congrats as always!
 
DaddyDigger said:
Nice finds Angel! It took me a bit, but looking at the pin, I see the letters S,S,A, and E. Don't know what order they are supposed to be in though. Maybe a secret society pin:huh:
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I hadn't thought about that. You could be right. :confused:

Epi-hunter said:
You should tell us what these extra things are, so we don't have to ask :lol: You know that's what I am going to be curious about, so you might as well answer my questions before I ask them. :)

Great finds. The barber quarter alone would have made my year, but very nice old coppers too. :)

You need to join the copper race Angel. Not that they would have you :lol:
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You are going to put me to work before I post again, aren't you.:lol: I do need to be a bit more diligent about including short details on some of the miscellaneous finds. :)

HEAVYMETALNUT said:
sweet! ya sure that's aluminununumnum? :rofl: sure looks like a silver love token to me made from a coin like G said :confused:
i'd take another look at that one dude
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It has the markings on the back where the pin broke off. It's seemed to be much too light for it to be silver. :confused: But you may be right. Aluminum would have shown a good deal of corrosion.
 
angellionel said:
It has the markings on the back where the pin broke off. It's seemed to be much too light for it to be silver.
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But you may be right. Aluminum would have shown a good deal of corrosion.
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OK, OK then, it's an Aluminum love brooch :lol: All kidding aside, aluminum was a rare and expensive metal when first discovered. That is until they figured out an easy way to refine it. That brooch does resemble the look of a street merchant's engraved love token, made from a coin.
 
coinnut said:
OK, OK then, it's an Aluminum love brooch :lol: All kidding aside, aluminum was a rare and expensive metal when first discovered. That is until they figured out an easy way to refine it. That brooch does resemble the look of a street merchant's engraved love token, made from a coin.
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That's true, it was considered to be rare once.:lol: Too bad most of the old aluminum items dug up are in such poor shape though. :bummer:

I'll have to see if I can find something online similar to the one I found. :confused:
 
I feel bad for the future metal detectorists.....struggling day in and day out to manage 1 silver coin in a park or town green.
 
Just think, one day some detectorist will be screaming I got a memorial and it's one of the old copper ones and he'll do one of these :happydance01: A silver Roosevelt will just about make someone's year :duh:
 
coinnut said:
Just think, one day some detectorist will be screaming I got a memorial and it's one of the old copper ones and he'll do one of these :happydance01: A silver Roosevelt will just about make someone's year :duh:
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That will be so true:lol:! :lol: I like to think of the older wheat cents as the Indian Head cents of today. :cheesysmile: I love finding them. :smitten:
 
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