Town Common Yields A Few Goodies

Today I tried detecting at a nearby small park, but the ground was much too hard to dig into and there was no shade to offer relief from the relentless sun. So I turned my attention to a small town common. At least the trees there shaded the ground and the occasional breeze made detecting in the heat bearable. The common yielded a few good coins too, a 2-cent piece, dated 1866, five Indian Head cents, dated 1881, 1885, 1891, 1898, and 1909, and three silver dimes, date 1916, 1920, and 1923, as well as other interesting finds.

I cringed when I first saw the 1920 dime as I thought I had gouged it. This past Wednesday I had given a 1902 Barber dime a small scratch on the reverse side and I did not want to have a repeat. It turns out the damage to the mercury dime had been there already. The 1916 Barber dime is in great condition.



This 2-cent piece was a very sweet surprise. Others I have found have been in very poor shape, but this one held up quite well.



The 1900 Indian Head cent is from a short hunt yesterday at another town common. The one dated 1881 is all bent up.





A cute and tiny ring.



Some other miscellaneous finds. I found the button with the anchor design during yesterday's hunt.





I do love finding the old wheat cents, and there were several today.



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speachless here :shocked02: i've run outta things to say on your posts :thumbsup01:

Your right ...that 1916 Barber is awesome the rim is deep. Looks like it came right from the bank or store and went right into the ground :shocked04:
That brass ring is a cool find also. I can't wait to find my first 2 center!!
Congrats :grin:

Nice 2 cent piece :thumbsup01: They are always a surprise when they come out. The dimes are in great shape (well except for the scraped one :lol. And that ring looks like something that would come out of a midieval farm field in England. Different looking ring :clapping: You sure that's a brass ring and not an unmarked gold ring?? The temps are sure making digging hard in the open areas. :ticked:

coinnut said:

Nice 2 cent piece :thumbsup01: They are always a surprise when they come out. The dimes are in great shape (well except for the scraped one :lol. And that brass ring looks like something that would come out of a midieval farm field in England. Different looking ring :clapping: You sure that's a brass ring and not an unmarked gold ring?? The temps are sure making digging hard in the open areas. :ticked:

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I thought it might be, but the Fe/Co numbers were too high for such a small ring to be gold. I love the ring though. It definitely looks ancient. :yes:

I have callouses on the palm of my hands from digging into that very hard ground. :shocked01:

That's wierd about that ring, it's so MANLY looking for being so small! Maybe it belonged to a leprechaun! :lol: It does look very medieval.... I bet it's gold too! Love the handful of miscellaneous items

From the land of the Bluenose....nice 2 cent piece. Outstanding dig!

tanacat said:

That's wierd about that ring, it's so MANLY looking for being so small! Maybe it belonged to a leprechaun! :lol: It does look very medieval.... I bet it's gold too! Love the handful of miscellaneous items

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:lol: It's so small it won't even fit the tip of my pinkie. :yes:


EDIT: My friend Midas tested the ring. It turns out that it is gold, at least 22k. On closer inspection after cleaning it I can see a marking, but it's hard to make out what it is.