Two coin spill, oldest wheat, merc, and whale tail.

[MangoAve]

I think I'll add to this rather than to start a new thread, esp for the minimum I found. Pennies are not hard to come by. This weekend I only made it to one place. Got an 1918 wheat in way better shape than the 1914 on Thurs. The rim is huge and idk why. I also got a 1967 that was weird. It was caked with some black stuff, maybe sap. There is remnants left but it chipped off with a toothpick. It seems like it preserved the detail. Look at how pronounced the date and "trust" and the right side of Lincoln, compared to the words liberty and In god. It was an old place. 1860 was the oldest structure, but the land was in the oldest part of town. It was listed as a school and there are facilities there like a gym, baseball field, tennis court, bball court, yet after 2 hours I had someone come out to me and say it was state property. I didn't ask who he was and what he does at the school, but he made hints to go. When is a place listed as a public school off limits?

 

[lee]

Lee, when did you get this fugio? Back at Maromas this weekend?

no jim a little place just up the road from me like 5mins away.

 

[lee]

that little bit of black stuff on Lincolns face makes him look like karl marx....lmao.
my understanding with public schools is exactly that "public" payed for by yours and my tax dollars.
ive had park workers come up to me in state parks and ask "what do you think your doing" my answer ? "at this moment mate, talking to you and digging this hole ","would you like to use my cell phone to report me to the fuzz ?". at this point there usually so confused thay wander off like zombies muttering to there fellow work mates "what did that Australian guy say"..........".IM BLOODY ENGLISH MATE" i shout,anyway i digress.
state or public parks i think are ok but i did hear something about state forests being off limits.
please someone chime in and put us right.
lee

 

[MangoAve]

Cleaned oldest wheat

Wow, sometimes you don't realize how much crud just gets caked on coins. Last night I used the hot H202 method to try and clean the find from this week (on another thread). It was still too wiped to get anything. So I figured I would try my oldest wheat cuz I knew it looked a the worst. The peroxide didn't do anything....because there was very little metal exposed. Even 70% isopropyl wasn't doing anything. I decided to use a scope and some toothpicks. To my surprise the crud was able to be chipped away. Amost like the black stuff on the 1967 in this thread. Because of the crud, I was back and forth "is that '44 or '14?It's gotta be '14." There was a spot that was really tough on the reverse near the 'ENT' but it all came off pretty clean. I guess I gotta try this on all the others. Maybe I can get a date off the IH at the last park with Lee. Look at the very first pic on the start of the thread and compare... :shocked04:

 

[MangoAve]

IM BLOODY ENGLISH MATE"
state or public parks i think are ok but i did hear something about state forests being off limits.
please someone chime in and put us right.
lee

Let's throw another shrimp on tha barbie. I don't believe the forests are off limits. State forests are controlled by the DEEP and there are seven archaelogical preserves. There is a list on their website the I stumbled upon and none of them are state forests. The only good places in state forests might be picnic areas depending on how long it has been a park, unless there were some houses there at some point in history. Oh, and Fort Griswold is one that is off limits.