Tony Two-Cent
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This past Saturday I met up with Daddy Digger and Digger Don in northern Illinois for some metal detecting. I haven't been out much this year, so it was nice to get out for a long hunt! On Saturday we hunted a couple of houses in town and a couple of farms in the country. We all had productive hunts and we each got silver.
This huge barn was at one of the farms we hunted on Saturday. So massive and majestic! This photo doesn't do it justice.
On Sunday Dave had to go home so me and Don detected a couple more houses in town, but they didn't produce much. We got permission at two farms and we each got an Indian Head and a few relics.
Here are my finds for the weekend before they were cleaned:
How I had missed the beautiful Indian Heads that come out of the central and northern Illinois soil. I ended up with five of them.
All three of these V Nickels came from the same front yard of a rural farm house.
I also found three Buffalo Nickels. One of them was stuck to a wheat cent and the reverse is still shiny.
This 1900-S Barber Dime was in a spill with three Wheat Cents. The Barber Dime was stuck to a Wheat Cent face-to-face, so the obverse of the Barber Dime is somewhat tarnished.
After going 54+ years without finding a single Type I Standing Liberty Quarter, I have now found two of them back-to-back! What are the odds? I found my first one on February 26 of this year. I found my second one on Saturday.
Here are some of the relics and miscellaneous items I found:
This is a mystery item. One side is thick glass, the other side is brass. It appears to have been attached to something at one point. Any ideas?
As always, it was a blast detecting with Dave and Don! We always have fun together and the finds are just a bonus. :beerbuddy:
This huge barn was at one of the farms we hunted on Saturday. So massive and majestic! This photo doesn't do it justice.
On Sunday Dave had to go home so me and Don detected a couple more houses in town, but they didn't produce much. We got permission at two farms and we each got an Indian Head and a few relics.
Here are my finds for the weekend before they were cleaned:
How I had missed the beautiful Indian Heads that come out of the central and northern Illinois soil. I ended up with five of them.
All three of these V Nickels came from the same front yard of a rural farm house.
I also found three Buffalo Nickels. One of them was stuck to a wheat cent and the reverse is still shiny.
This 1900-S Barber Dime was in a spill with three Wheat Cents. The Barber Dime was stuck to a Wheat Cent face-to-face, so the obverse of the Barber Dime is somewhat tarnished.
After going 54+ years without finding a single Type I Standing Liberty Quarter, I have now found two of them back-to-back! What are the odds? I found my first one on February 26 of this year. I found my second one on Saturday.
Here are some of the relics and miscellaneous items I found:
This is a mystery item. One side is thick glass, the other side is brass. It appears to have been attached to something at one point. Any ideas?
As always, it was a blast detecting with Dave and Don! We always have fun together and the finds are just a bonus. :beerbuddy:
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