parking lot preparation yields old coins

[wagon wheel]

I was able to spend a few hours detecting an old parking lot prior to it being reprocessed into a bigger and better parking lot. The area was apx. 12 X 40 feet and gave up quite the coinage. The trifecta of nickles...was great, but the greatest love for me was the two Indian head pennies.http://metaldetectingforum.com/images/smilies/wow.gifhttp://metaldetectingforum.com/images/smilies/smilegrin.gif

[Skamaniac]

Nice job in a relatively small area! :clapping:

[giant056]

Nice buffs, Indians and merc :thumbsup01:

[KCFindIt]

way to save those oldies. very nice.

[aloldstuff]

Very nice finds from that small area. A nickel trifecta is sure to put a smile on anybody's face. :congrats:on your IH's and the silver.

[RobW]

Great recoveries!!!:clapping:

[Tony Two-Cent]

Wow, what a nice bunch of finds! Great variety of old coins, and it looks like the soil was very kind to the nickels.

Congrats! :clapping:

[Digger Don]

Very nice finds. Congrats
I'm glad you got them out before they paved the new lot.
Great job

[coinnut]

Beautiful coins. It seems that prior parking lot helped preserve the coins for you. :clapping: I like them all :lol:

[The Rebel]

WTG on the saves! Had an old area in town that was re-paved & I missed hitting that area by a day.

[OxShoeDrew]

Love them all but that V nickel is really nice!

[wisconsin digger]

That's taking advantage of a great opportunity. Way to keep your eyes open and see the potential. Coins are in nice shape too. Wisconsin Digger

[milco]

Timing is everything on those construction spots, great job getting in there and making some recoveries!

[wagon wheel]

So true, timing is EVERYTHING! Especially for parking lots and sprinkler systems! Two of my favorite times to get my Minelab swinging!;)

[Timewarpdigger]

Nice finds and congrats. Safe & HH

[Otis Campbell]

Good for you being johnnies on the spot! Another spot covered and lost to the past! Very nice finds in such a small spot!

[don in ny]

Way to go! A lot of people don't realize how good those old parking lots can be when they tear up the blacktop. I searched on last year and came up with my first 2 reale as well as 2 large cents. Congrats!

[Fire Fighter 43]

Very nice, congrats on a great hunt, WTG.

[ChrisinCT]

Super sweet

[CTTodd]

Maybe there would have been another chance at those coins in 20 years or so. Glad you got them now