Gauntlet
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I guess I'm kinda lucky here as the soil makeup is such that the dirt falls off the coin without rubbing it and I'll say 90% of the time the coin comes out of the ground like it was just dropped. Anything else I'll wait till I get home and run it under the faucet. Good story Tom.
" it's my silver and i'll rub if I want to, ruub if I want to, you would rub to if it happened to you"
Sorry, that's been stuck in my head since I saw this thread yesterday, had to do it. The youngsters won't get it.
Seriously, I find many coins in fields that have been used since the 1600s and anything could be there. I try to "pick" enough dirt off to see what it is but if a silver coin is too caked I wrap it up until I get home. The 2 reale I found last week is a good example, I did not realize what I found until I got home. If I know it is a Washington or a rosie, I will rub. Many of the coins from the fields are damaged already. I found a seated dime last week that had been hit by the disc on the drill that seeded the winter wheat. I once posted a barber half that had been pummeled by stones in the field for a hundred years and was flamed by a certain "candy" named member for abusing relics so I am not so fond of the "rub" police. You can show me a "rubbed" seated dime and I will give you congrats on a beautiful coin anyway. I am not looking to sell anything, the fun here is the moment of discovery when you think "wow, that's old"
Merry Christmas!!
Lol! I got a good chuckle outta that, I'm not that old but that was my mom's favorite song.
Now I got one stuck in my head,
"The rub police they come to me in my head, The rub police are comi'n to arrest me.... oh no!"
Merry Christmas!
Lol! I got a good chuckle outta that, I'm not that old but that was my mom's favorite song.
Now I got one stuck in my head,
"The rub police they come to me in my head, The rub police are comi'n to arrest me.... oh no!"
Merry Christmas!
Lol! I got a good chuckle outta that, I'm not that old but that was my mom's favorite song.
Now I got one stuck in my head,
"The rub police they come to me in my head, The rub police are comi'n to arrest me.... oh no!"
Merry Christmas!
That was a Cheap Trick.