1890 School Site pays off again with Indian Heads and Silver

Tony Two-Cent

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I asked my wife what she wanted to do today and she replied, I'm not getting off this couch. lol

So I quickly decided to head out for some metal detecting. What better way to celebrate our nation's independence? thumbsup01

I went back to the old school grounds that I hunted back on June 1. Such a beautiful day today! Sunny with a high of 80 degrees and not too humid. This old school site is a wonderful place to detect because there is not a lot of junk. The cornerstone from the old school is now in the base of the :usaflag:pole.
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Here are my total finds for the day:
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The more interesting relics and junk items:
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My first good find of the day was this 1948 Quarter that is holed and still has the chain attached. I think other detectorists may have missed it because the chain messed up the signal, however the E-Trac gave me enough of a hint of silver that I had to dig.
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Today's keepers:
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One of the Indian Heads was really worn so I was hoping that it was an older one. However, as best I can tell it is an 1885. What do you think?
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This store token was pitted but I cleaned it up as best as I could:
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At first I thought this was a foreign coin but it is a play coin. It is tiny, about the size of a trime:
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Thanks for looking and Happy 4th of July, everyone! :beerbuddy:
 
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I agree with 1885 on the IH and another great day of hunting Tony,lot of nice keepers also a very nice day for detecting just wish I could go,think I would hit that place again Tony,there's more there,good hunt,wtg.
 
wow thats a great hunt Tony! such a variety of finds, old silvers, injuns, mercs and even a V nickel thrown in . astounding! if i had a hunt like that down here i would have to hang up my detector, because i would never ever match it lol

congrats on the goodies, and i am betting you'll hit that old school site again. i know i would! lol

your hunt is a :perfect10: in my book!
 
Wow Tony! :perfect10: I love your posts. It seems that no matter where you go you pull a huge variety of coins, and all those IHs :clapping:

Congrats on a great hunt as usual!
 
Nice hunting Tony. I have to agree, it's an 1885. Great variety of coins and quite an impressive amount of IH's.
:congrats: on the silvers and all those other keepers.
 
love the shape and color of them indians Tony :smitten: very nice day |:cheering: |:cheering:
 
Nice digging Tony. Good work on that quarter for sure. Most of the silver Washingtons I've gotten this year have had their signals altered by other targets & junk. Like yours, it likely explains why they were still there to be found. Congrats!
 
Another vote for 1885. :yes: thumbsup01
And I gotta say..... :thinkingabout: I think that's the first Washington quarter I've ever seen holed. :confused: lol
I bet your right too on the chain being the reason for it being missed or overlooked by other hunters. :yes:
Nice huntin' man! |:cheering:
Congrats! :grin:
 
congrats on all of your finds the silver is a nice thing to find but the token is also something that i like to find almost as much again congrats on a great hunt dennis :perfect10: :perfect10:
 
OxShoeDrew link=topic=13678.msg144616#msg144616 date=1373225387 said:
I vote 1877 lol ...well one day. You ever find one?

No, I'm afraid I'm still looking for an 1877. Hopefully someday! :crossfingers:
 
Nice finds Tony. First holed Washington quarter I have ever seen. That school yard looks awesome. I think you have better luck than me finding these honey holes that have never been (or poorly) detected! Happy hunting, Dave.
 
Fantastic bunch of finds you got there in that schoolyard Tony thumbsup01 I would say that the Indian is most definitely an 1885 :grin:
 
Wow, I missed this one! Great hunt Tony! The holed and chained quarter is cool! The rest of the finds are awesome, a little bit of everything, WTG!! |:cheering:
 

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