The Detecting Gods Have A Sense of Humor!!!!

[WThesing]

I recently was given permission to detect the grounds at a local Friends Meeting that dates back to 1714. This property is about 20 acres in size, with a large open field that will soon be a construction site for their new school. It is the 2nd oldest Friends Meeting in the area, and a spin off of the oldest which dates back to the early 1660's. This particular site has an above average probability of holding some early Colonial coinage, something I have yet to find, as well as sitting in an area with a lot of Revolutionary War activity. I had been working on obtaining permission for the past couple of months, mostly waiting for the "Elders" and Board of Directors to make a decision. I was finally given the go ahead last week, along with a request to detect a couple of other properties held by them (didn't know this) that are State Historic Sites dating back to William Penn that are also nearby ( Circa 1650's)

Anyway, I got out for about 2 hours late this afternoon, for the 1st time since early December. Cabin fever had hit its all time peak.
I was finding the usual "canslaw", and lots of pieces of copper wire along with small pieces of aluminum flashing. After about an hour I had about a dozen clad, then hit on multiple targets that read like copper coins within an 18" circle. When I saw the 1st coin, it was crusty and about the size of a quarter. Could it be my first Colonial Copper?????? I dug 5 more identicle coins heavily encased in hard clay.

I took out my water bottle and gave one of them a rinse, my heartrate had increased by about 100 %.

Great balls of fire I am now the "proud owner" of six 1999 "Chucky Cheese" tokens!!!!!!!!!!

 

[angellionel]

Man, I actually sensed your excitement too!

The sites sound like they should provide you with some nice finds though!

Angel

 

[WThesing]

I did the perimeter of half of the empty field (10 acres) in 2 hours. There's about 4 solid days to cover this field. I'm really hoping to find something decent.

 

[TerryEastTexas]

That would have given me a heart attack for sure. Good luck in future hunts.

 

[Carol K]

What luck! Can't wait to hear what else you find!

 

[jimmywires]

I didn't know they chucky cheese in colonial times ?.......keep diggin

 

[hoser]

That sure would have been a great find for sure. But I do believe that there is something else there just waiting for you. Good luck.

 

[YARDBYRD]

Them should be the oldest chucky cheese tokens on the planet Good luck, it sounds like you have a great place to hunt

 

[HobBob]

One of those priceless moments...
HH,
Bob

 

[WThesing]

I just thought I'd post an aerial view of where the "Chucky Cheese" artifacts came from.

 

[bearbqd]

What the heck is going on here? Who else in here just recently dug a deep hole with multiple Chuck E. Cheese tokens in an old site? Is one sick individual going around the US and planting these things? How could two people from the same forum have this happen to them? What kind of great consipracy is going on around us? The truth is out there.

 

[ksdiver]

bear, I remember reading that same post not long ago. 


I guess you could call it a strange Coin-cidence


:P

 

[WThesing]

I must have missed that post.

 

[Stevek]

WThesing,
Those tokens are a great find, only you are a 100 yrs to early

SteveK

 

[OkieDigger]

Heh, those tokens sure get the blood flowing.