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xzlr8n
11-17-2009, 07:24 PM
Fellow MD'ers,

Had 2 hours this afternoon to hunt with my friend Don at another friends house down in the Village of Owego. House is 1860-70's??. Need some rain here but was able to dig a few good targets. Best coin was my last pull a '59 Rosie, SILVER :grin: . Also, found 5 wheats - '36, '39, 2 '42's and a '48. Miscellaneous clad, nickles and pennies totaled $1.43.

The chinese coins are from another house up the street that I found in the yard after patching some wood floors in the home owner's house. Chinese coins are I believe, if the internet info I found is correct, are from Emperor Kao Tsung 1736-1795 reign probably minted after his death 1795 to 1799. Very neat finds for being from the other side of the planet.

Enjoy pics, good luck this week..
angellionel
11-17-2009, 07:26 PM
Sweet finds! I do like those old Chinese coins. Nice!
MNDigger
11-17-2009, 07:30 PM
Great looking hunts! Congrats on the silver and neat Chinese coins! Man those things must be spread all over the country from what I have seen posted by other detectorists from around the U.S.! Makes you wonder how they ended up in that yard. :rolleyes:
Epi-hunter
11-17-2009, 07:36 PM
Great coins, congrats on the silver! I love those Chinese coins. How did you ID them? I found one that looked similar last year but I have no idea what it is :)
xzlr8n
11-17-2009, 07:53 PM
Here is the site where I found the info on the Chinese coins. Item # s-1464

http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/chinaid.htm
marchas45
11-17-2009, 08:03 PM
Great lookings finds and a great mixture of finds and in only 2 hours nice. thumbsup01
Bentfork
11-17-2009, 09:05 PM
Nice take. Keep going!
Krom
11-17-2009, 09:53 PM
A more likely raised question would be, How did they get there (them Chinese coins, I mean)?
Laundryman? Cook? Houseman?
That's where the fun enters... figuring out why they were even there in the first place.
I found a couple Chinese coins that were on the property of a big 1800's farm. It really makes one think, huh?
No matter what (or where)... congrats on some really cool digs, XZ! thumbsup01
OkieDigger
11-17-2009, 10:41 PM
Nice finds!
Dave
11-18-2009, 01:09 AM
Congrats on the silver and the chinese coins! Nice stuff!