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My local detecting friend and I motored north to the big city today. We started earlier in the morning to beat the forecast 92 degree high temp for the day. We ended up detecting for about 7 hours, and due to the wonderful amount of targets we only did a couple of parking strips, and 4 front yard permissions.
The parking strips on both sides of the street began yielding Wheat Pennies right away, so we had hopes that this particular block had not been heavily detected before. My partner found a well worn Silver King George V Canadian dime in the first front yard, and a Silver Rosie dime in the nearby curb strip, and I found a couple of Sterling Silver rings. The second permission scored each of us a Silver Rosie, and lots of Wheat Pennies, and we ended up with a total of 51 Wheaties today!
As we each worked up our respective curb strips, I hit an area in front of a ca 1920 house that was loaded with coins. A bunch of wheaties, two Mexican coins, a 1 Centavo and a 5 Centavos, a Silver Mercury dime, and a great Silver Spill with 2 Silver Rosies and a Silver War nickel. When that nickel popped out, I could see the impression of a dime sized coin on the reverse, so I checked the hole and got the two additional Rosie dimes. My friend across the street wasn't doing too badly either, with a Silver Merc dime, a Silver War nickel, and another Silver Rosie!
Another front yard yielded a large half dollar size coin, marked "Madame Hendren / Talking and Walking Doll" with good luck Swastika, Four Leaf Clover, Horseshoe, and Wishbone images on the back side. Research shows this doll was first sold in 1922, and no doubt the Swastika Good Luck symbol went out of favor by WW2.
The oddest find of the day was located my my friend. He found 6 of what looks like 3 ringer bullets, that apparently had been fired into the ground about 5-6 inches apart in the curb strip. The slugs have mushroomed out but you can still see the rings on the end of the slugs. A couple of the slugs were really mangled, but he brought home four, as shown in the photo. Any info appreciated, and are they really old three ringers or something newer?
Anyway, a good day for sure with 10 silver coins and 2 silver rings between us, and thank you for your interest!
The parking strips on both sides of the street began yielding Wheat Pennies right away, so we had hopes that this particular block had not been heavily detected before. My partner found a well worn Silver King George V Canadian dime in the first front yard, and a Silver Rosie dime in the nearby curb strip, and I found a couple of Sterling Silver rings. The second permission scored each of us a Silver Rosie, and lots of Wheat Pennies, and we ended up with a total of 51 Wheaties today!
As we each worked up our respective curb strips, I hit an area in front of a ca 1920 house that was loaded with coins. A bunch of wheaties, two Mexican coins, a 1 Centavo and a 5 Centavos, a Silver Mercury dime, and a great Silver Spill with 2 Silver Rosies and a Silver War nickel. When that nickel popped out, I could see the impression of a dime sized coin on the reverse, so I checked the hole and got the two additional Rosie dimes. My friend across the street wasn't doing too badly either, with a Silver Merc dime, a Silver War nickel, and another Silver Rosie!
Another front yard yielded a large half dollar size coin, marked "Madame Hendren / Talking and Walking Doll" with good luck Swastika, Four Leaf Clover, Horseshoe, and Wishbone images on the back side. Research shows this doll was first sold in 1922, and no doubt the Swastika Good Luck symbol went out of favor by WW2.
The oddest find of the day was located my my friend. He found 6 of what looks like 3 ringer bullets, that apparently had been fired into the ground about 5-6 inches apart in the curb strip. The slugs have mushroomed out but you can still see the rings on the end of the slugs. A couple of the slugs were really mangled, but he brought home four, as shown in the photo. Any info appreciated, and are they really old three ringers or something newer?
Anyway, a good day for sure with 10 silver coins and 2 silver rings between us, and thank you for your interest!
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