LovestheShiny!
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No rain today, so headed north to the "big city" and did a solid 7 hours of detecting! My knees are a bit sore but going up and down for coins makes it a bit easier!
Had a good day, got permission at a couple of yards, but concentrated more on some curb strips that had probably not been hunted much before. Started off with a Silver Rosie as my second coin out of a front yard, then settled down to finding wheat pennies... and more wheat pennies! Got another Silver Rosie from a nearby curb strip, later a Silver GW Quarter, and then finished off the day with a couple of Silver Rosies from another curb strip. The area I was in had homes shown on the 1957 Sanborn Map, so not that old an area but still good enough for some decent coins! Totals for the day were 38 wheaties, 45 copper House Pennies, 9 clad quarters, 8 clad dimes, 1 Jeffy Nick, a cool "MONTANA / LAST BEST PLACE" (so true) elongated cent, and really cool Half Dollar size copper FRONTIER TOWN token. This place was started on the west side of MacDonald Pass west of Helena, in about 1946. Below is a link to the history courtesy of the Helena Historical Society...
http://www.helenahistory.org/frontier_town.htm
Misc stuff included some sort of solid brass hammer with a hole at the end of the handle, any ideas on this? Also a copper bracelet, US Military button, and other odds and ends. Ah.... now it is time for a nice hot shower, thanks for your interest!
Had a good day, got permission at a couple of yards, but concentrated more on some curb strips that had probably not been hunted much before. Started off with a Silver Rosie as my second coin out of a front yard, then settled down to finding wheat pennies... and more wheat pennies! Got another Silver Rosie from a nearby curb strip, later a Silver GW Quarter, and then finished off the day with a couple of Silver Rosies from another curb strip. The area I was in had homes shown on the 1957 Sanborn Map, so not that old an area but still good enough for some decent coins! Totals for the day were 38 wheaties, 45 copper House Pennies, 9 clad quarters, 8 clad dimes, 1 Jeffy Nick, a cool "MONTANA / LAST BEST PLACE" (so true) elongated cent, and really cool Half Dollar size copper FRONTIER TOWN token. This place was started on the west side of MacDonald Pass west of Helena, in about 1946. Below is a link to the history courtesy of the Helena Historical Society...
http://www.helenahistory.org/frontier_town.htm
Misc stuff included some sort of solid brass hammer with a hole at the end of the handle, any ideas on this? Also a copper bracelet, US Military button, and other odds and ends. Ah.... now it is time for a nice hot shower, thanks for your interest!
So not sure about it yet.
