I went to the SF Bay area on Tuesday to meet a friend and make a new friend, and I had what I consider a fabulous day of hunting! I didn't find as much silver coinage as my peers (each finding some small foreign silvers in addition to several domestics), but I found some really interesting goodies!
My first good find was the Saint Christopher's medal. I thought it might be silver, because it came out of about 5" of soil looking clean, but the chain coming out looking like turf clad, and lack of marking, have me thinking that it's made of pewter. Still, it had me feelin pretty pumped! Not far from the medal, I found a ring! Unfortunately it's gold plated brass, but still a fun find. Mostly, at that location, I found clad and junk, but possibly a wheatie that I had missed at the time but discovered after cleaning up my coins a bit.
After a change in locations, more fun things were found! Two Mercs (1925 & 1935), three wheaties (for a total of 4 for the day: 1918S, 1942, 1945D, & 1945D), my first sterling poison pill ring (I thought it was an earring, at first, but recognized the hinge on the compartment), a 1947 aluminum 5 Francs, SF Mission Bay Golf Center token, peep show token, and a vintage Official Reporter S&W Junior News tin badge. Oh, and I found over $6 in modern change (two quarters and a dime not shown)! I didn't show the trash, but rest assured that I found more than my share of bottle caps and rusted flat steel with the Deus. Oh, and it hit on a deep 22 slug that had a lovely white patina to it. Gotta love the good old days of carnival games that used live rounds (I've found them at an old Sacramento amusement park location, too)!
Such a lovely and rewarding day out!
My first good find was the Saint Christopher's medal. I thought it might be silver, because it came out of about 5" of soil looking clean, but the chain coming out looking like turf clad, and lack of marking, have me thinking that it's made of pewter. Still, it had me feelin pretty pumped! Not far from the medal, I found a ring! Unfortunately it's gold plated brass, but still a fun find. Mostly, at that location, I found clad and junk, but possibly a wheatie that I had missed at the time but discovered after cleaning up my coins a bit.
After a change in locations, more fun things were found! Two Mercs (1925 & 1935), three wheaties (for a total of 4 for the day: 1918S, 1942, 1945D, & 1945D), my first sterling poison pill ring (I thought it was an earring, at first, but recognized the hinge on the compartment), a 1947 aluminum 5 Francs, SF Mission Bay Golf Center token, peep show token, and a vintage Official Reporter S&W Junior News tin badge. Oh, and I found over $6 in modern change (two quarters and a dime not shown)! I didn't show the trash, but rest assured that I found more than my share of bottle caps and rusted flat steel with the Deus. Oh, and it hit on a deep 22 slug that had a lovely white patina to it. Gotta love the good old days of carnival games that used live rounds (I've found them at an old Sacramento amusement park location, too)!
Such a lovely and rewarding day out!
