Tony Two-Cent
03-03-2013, 10:30 PM
Today ended up being a beautiful day for metal detecting. Finally! Bright sunshine and no wind. The temperature was 23 degrees when I started hunting this morning and got up into the mid-30s by afternoon.
I hunted at two familiar parks today. The ground was still slightly frozen at the first park, but not too bad. I ended up finding 6 wheat cents and a Shield Nickel at the first park. This is my third Shield Nickel ever, and was a very nice surprise.
After not finding much else at the first park I decided to head back to Two-Cent Park where I found my first Two-Cent Piece last year. I just can't stay away from this park, even though the finds have become rather sparse there. I can't stop thinking about all of the great coins I have found at this site and I keep hoping there are more. There today I found 1 Indian Head, 11 Wheat Cents including a 1909-VDB, 1 Mercury Dime, and really neat billiard token.
Here are all of my finds from the first park:
62133
The Shield Nickel is very worn and I'm not 100% sure of the date but it might be 1872
6213462135
Here are all of my finds from Two-Cent Park:
62136
Only one Indian Head today, and it came late in the day:
62137
I have found several 1909 Wheat Cents but this is my first VDB:
6213962138
17 total Wheat Cents today:
62140
I'm glad this wasn't a 1916-D because I scratched the reverse:
6214262141
I thought this old token was really neat. It is counterstamped N.B. on one side above the image of an old billiard table.
6214362144
I didn't know what this was when I dug it, but after I got it cleaned up I decided it must be the top of an old lighter?
62145
I also found this wick holder section of an old lamp:
62146
Last and certainly least, the junk I dug today:
62147
Thanks for looking and Happy Hunting! :beerbuddy:
I hunted at two familiar parks today. The ground was still slightly frozen at the first park, but not too bad. I ended up finding 6 wheat cents and a Shield Nickel at the first park. This is my third Shield Nickel ever, and was a very nice surprise.
After not finding much else at the first park I decided to head back to Two-Cent Park where I found my first Two-Cent Piece last year. I just can't stay away from this park, even though the finds have become rather sparse there. I can't stop thinking about all of the great coins I have found at this site and I keep hoping there are more. There today I found 1 Indian Head, 11 Wheat Cents including a 1909-VDB, 1 Mercury Dime, and really neat billiard token.
Here are all of my finds from the first park:
62133
The Shield Nickel is very worn and I'm not 100% sure of the date but it might be 1872
6213462135
Here are all of my finds from Two-Cent Park:
62136
Only one Indian Head today, and it came late in the day:
62137
I have found several 1909 Wheat Cents but this is my first VDB:
6213962138
17 total Wheat Cents today:
62140
I'm glad this wasn't a 1916-D because I scratched the reverse:
6214262141
I thought this old token was really neat. It is counterstamped N.B. on one side above the image of an old billiard table.
6214362144
I didn't know what this was when I dug it, but after I got it cleaned up I decided it must be the top of an old lighter?
62145
I also found this wick holder section of an old lamp:
62146
Last and certainly least, the junk I dug today:
62147
Thanks for looking and Happy Hunting! :beerbuddy: