2010 Finds Review - June and July

This is the third post reviewing my finds of 2010. It covers June and July. During this two month period I found 153 silver coins.

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My first hunt in June did not yield any silver, but I did dig up a few old coins and relics. Among the coins were several early wheat cents, a 1891 Indian Head cent, and a 1866 Italian 10 Centesimi.




Thunderstorms rolled in while I had been on an afternoon hunt. I was still able to get in some detecting at an old park for a few hours before and after the showers. Thirty minutes into the hunt I dug up an old flat button and a 1733 Spanish Reale. The rain had been holding off, but it had been thundering. I returned to my car to wait it out a bit. I didn't want to get zapped!

After waiting a short while I picked up from where I had left off and dug up several old wheat cents, another old button, a 1890 Indian Head cent, two Buffalo nickels, and a wartime nickel - then it began to pour.

I hurried back to my car and again waited until it was over. Now back at the field, I detected for a short while longer. I dug up a few more old wheat cents, a 1838 large cent, and a 1773 George III half penny.





One short hunt had yielded a few relics and a beat up British copper.



Sunday morning I met up with John (midas) to detect at a town common. I had managed several seated coins and an old copper from this particular site on two past hunts, but silver is scarce. What is found there tends to be old though.

We didn't do bad either. John picked up a very nice 1876-CC seated dime and a few other odds and ends. I managed one mercury dime, dated 1917-D, thirteen early wheat cents, and eleven Indian Head cents.

The Indian Head cents are dated 1862, 1864, 1880, 1891, 1897, 1899, 1901, 1906, 1907, 1908, and 1909.



Small parks have been particularly productive. They have yielded several old silver coins that had been masked by trash. The small park I worked on this day proved to be one of the productive ones. I worked an area near and around a line of large trees, slowly working the coil over the abundance of trash layering the ground. I dug my share of trash that day, but I also managed to dig up ten silver coins - nine dimes and a 1941 Walking Liberty half. The dimes are dated 1919-S, 1920, 1920, 1937-S, 1941, 1943-S, 1957-D, 1956, and 1962-D.




I took another shot at the small park I had worked a few days earlier, this time detecting near and around another line of old trees. I picked up several silver coins from there. After a good while I headed to the opposite side of the park to work another line of trees. From that location I dug up three silver coins, a 1920 Standing Liberty quarter, a 1903 Barber quarter, and a 1905-S Barber half. The half is the second I dug up from the same park during the same week. A sterling silver ring, several early wheat cents, a large token, a mess of clad coins, as well as a few other interesting items rounded out the day's finds.

At the end of the hunt I walked away from that park with eight silver coins. When I first began my hunt I needed just two more silver coins to reach the 400 silver coin mark for the year. After the hunt the count stood at 406. The 1944 mercury dime counted as the 400th silver coin of the year.



The token is larger than a half dollar. The inscription reads: A.W. Stone Clothing Furnishing & Shoes Northampton Mass and The holder of this token will be allowed 50 cents rebate on any suit or overcoat.


The first photo is of a metal clip having a design of the Woolworth Building on one side and details about the building on the other side. Clearly it is from the time when the Woolworth Building had been the tallest in the world. The second photo is of the 55 clad quarters I dug at the park that day. There were 42 clad dimes and many memorial cents as well.



A late afternoon hunt at the same park the following day yielded me another half dollar, a Walking Liberty dated 1935. I also picked up a 1919 mercury dime.



On this Saturday morning I had intended to go detecting at a park in Central MA, but other obligations demanded my time and so had to cancel. Instead, I headed to a local park in the late afternoon. Earlier in the year had yielded a large cent and two mercury dimes. The park is relatively small, but it still offers plenty of ground for a relaxing hunt. This time I managed to dig up three silver dimes. The 1914 Barber is in beautiful condition, with full liberty on the band.



Come Sunday I again attempted to get an early start and be on the road to detect at a Central MA park, but once more things did not work out as planned. I then waited until the afternoon to head to a small local park. Once there I began to grid a small section, but after a short while the heat and humidity were becoming unbearable. I didn't waste any time and took off to a nearby town common. I did well there, managing one seated dime, dated 1856, 12 Indian Head cents, a 1855 Victoria Copper Penny, and two old buttons.

I picked up the 1856 seated dime near the base of a large tree, eight inches down. It had been under several roots. It's a miracle I didn't scratch the coin! The 1855 Victoria copper is huge, larger than a half dollar. It's thick and heavy. It was down in the packed soil a good 10 inches or so.


I dug up a total of twelve Indian Head cents from the common during that hunt. They are dated 1876, 1880, 1886, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1905, 1906, 1906, 1906, and 1907. I also picked up fifteen early wheat cents. The oldest is dated 1911.


And lastly, the two old buttons. The Boy's Brigade button is in very good condition. Dan (del) had shared with us a site containing some interesting history on the Boys Brigade. It can be viewed HERE.



Two late afternoon hunts yielded me the following finds. I worked a small park and a town common. The oldest wheat cent is dated 1909. The Indian Head cents are dated 1897, 1897, 1898, 1906, and 1908.



I found these at a Connecticut park during a short hunt. The dimes are dated 1918 and 1920. The religious pendant is plated.



It had been a beautiful Saturday afternoon when I headed to detect at a town common. The hunt turned out well, as I picked up three old silver dimes, dated 1874, 1898, and 1918. I also dug up four Indian Head cents, dated 1887, 1888, 1897, and 1907, along with several old wheat cents and other miscellaneous items.




After several earlier failed attempts I finally had been able to take a drive to Central MA. Once there I scouted out several sites. Three of the sites I checked out had much of their grounds redone. Two other sites proved to be better, yielding several nice keepers - a 1917 mercury dime, a 1889 seated dime, a five cent token, a sterling silver ring, a 1883 Indian Head cent, and several old wheat cents.




It was 5:00 pm when I began detecting at a town common, working it for a couple of hours. It was enough to time to allow me to score with a seated dime, dated 1877-CC, a mercury dime, dated 1919, and two Indian Head cents, dated 1890 and 1901. There were a few old wheat cents in the mix too.



Detecting a local town common late afternoons for a couple of hours had been yielding me silver on every hunt. This time it was four silver coins; a 1906-S Barber half, and three dimes, dated 1903, 1935, and 1941-D.



It was now the last day of June, and George (coinnut) and I got together for an all day hunt at a Connecticut park. We arrived at about 8:00 am and began to detect soon after. A short while later I had my first good target, a large sterling silver medallion. Not long after that I picked up a silver dime. Those finds convinced me to work that area of the park in a grid while using a crisscross pattern to increase my chances of picking up whatever silver was there. In the end the effort paid off! I was handsomely rewarded with 20 silver coins. :loveit:

With that day's silver my total count for the year stood at 448, beating my total of 447 silver coins for all of 2009.

The quarters are dated 1908-D, 1914, 1936-D, 1942. The Standing Liberty is dateless. The dimes are dated 1902, 1905, 1917, 1926, 1937, 1939, 1940-S, 1941, 1943-D, 1944, 1946, 1946, 1947, 1952, and 1953-D.


Here are various photos of some of the coins while embedded in clods of soil. The first photo is of a Barber quarter and Barber dime that had been stuck together.




The sterling silver medallion had been my first silver target of the day. It's the size of a half dollar. The old sterling silver ring had been reading as a silver quarter and had registered at about 8 inches. It is a small ring, but heavy.

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Again I drove back to the same park for a late afternoon hunt. I wanted to complete a grid I had left unfinished. Working a grid paid off, as I was rewarded with two more silver coins, one of them a beautiful 1827 Capped Bust dime. After completing the grid I moved to another section of the park and picked up two more silver dimes and two corroded Draped Bust large cents.





A nearby small park had been my original site to detect on this day, but the ground proved much too hard to dig into. I then headed to my alternate site, a small town common. At least there the trees shaded the ground, plus the occasional breeze made detecting in the heat bearable.

The common yielded a few good coins, a 2-cent piece, dated 1866, five Indian Head cents, dated 1881, 1885, 1891, 1898, and 1909, three silver dimes, date 1916, 1920, and 1923, and an old 22k gold ring.


I have yet to identify the probable origin of the ring.




This time the town common yielded several more coins from the 1800's - a few coppers, several Indian Head cents, and even an old silver coin.

When I first saw the edge of the coin while it was in the hole I thought I had myself a seated quarter. So close! I'll take a Barber quarter any day though. The mercury dime is dated 1928. The Indian Head cents are dated 18??, 1881, 1896, 1898, 1907, and 1908.


The large cent is dated 1830, and it is in better shape than many of the others I have found at parks. The other large copper is a French 10 Centimes, dated 1856.


This next copper, a British Half Penny, is in rough shape. I can make out the year, 1875 or 1878, I think. The skeleton key also made for a nice find.


The town common also yielded seventeen early wheat cents and a few other odds and ends.



Late afternoon I wanted to detect at a town common, but with the temperatures hovering around 101 degrees I thought better of it. Instead I headed to a small park located near a local river. I arrived at the park close to 4:00, but it was still too hot! I persevered though, slowly gridding a section by a line of trees. I left the park with eight silver coins in my pouch.



After the punishing heat I experienced while detecting at the small park the previous day you would think that I would stay indoors, but my memory was short. This time I met up with George (coinnut) for a second hunt at the same park we had worked the last day of June, and we both did well with the silver. I dug up seven silver coins. It was great to see two Barber dimes in the mix.



This particular weekend proved to be another productive one. Saturday's hunt was a short one though since it began to rain and thunder, but not before I dug up a 1920-S mercury dime and a corroded large cent. Then on Sunday I met up with John (midas) to detect at a small park and a town common. We worked the sites for several hours. I was able to walk away with ten silver coins and a corroded Draped Bust large cent.




By this time I had been getting close to reaching the 500 silver coin mark for the year, so I made every attempt to get in a few hours of detecting whenever the opportunity presented itself. The finds in the following photos are from a few hunts. The eight silver dimes in one photo were from one hunt at a park in Connecticut. It had been my first time at that park.





This was another good weekend, as I scored well with silver and a few other old coins. I did not find any silver on Saturday, though I did dig up three old nickels and an Indian Head cent.

On Sunday I met up with midas early morning to detect at a town common, the same one we had worked the previous Sunday. This time I managed to dig up 12 silver coins, the best ones being a 1877-S Seated quarter and a 1883 Canadian 5 Cent Silver fishscale. I also found a large cent and an Indian Head cent.

The nickels are dated 1898, 1913, and 1936. The Indian Head is dated 1898. The 1883 Canadian 5 Cent Silver fishscale was my fourth silver coin during the day's hunt, making it my 500th silver coin of the year.





And the finds continue to pile up. This time they are from a Connecticut park. I detected for a few short hours and picked up three mercury dimes, two Indian Head cents, dated 1900 and 1902, two large cents, dated 1819 and 1849, and a watch fob.




The finds were sparse on this late afternoon hunt, but I did find two sweet old coins, a 2-cent piece, dated 1864, and a 1824 Brazilian 20 Reis. I also picked up one silver coin, a 1940 mercury dime, as well as an old button and a spoon. The 1824 Brazilian 20 Reis is very thin and light. It's a neat looking coin.




The first photo is of two dimes I picked up at a town square during a ten minute hunt while waiting for a family member. They are dated 1941 and 1956. The next one is of five dimes I dug up on a Saturday from a town common after a short rainstorm. They are dated 1916-S, 1941, 1944, 1951, and 1957. The last two photos are of finds I made the following day at another town common. The dimes are dated 1856, 1920, 1924, 1941, 1942, and 1964. There are 26 wheat cents and two Indian Head cents in the pile.




On this day I was able to get in about four hours of detecting time. I hit three MA sites, all within a ten mile radius. The first site yielded a beautiful 1821 Capped Bust dime and a 1926 mercury dime. I had to leave the site soon after digging the mercury dime though since the site was getting much too busy. I then headed to the second location, where I dug up a 1942 mercury dime and a neat Bambi sterling silver ring. Finally before heading home I stopped at the third site, where I picked up a 1916 and 1944 mercury dime.




It had been late in the day, and I didn't feel like taking a long drive, so I opted to hit a local site instead. It worked out quite well as I scored with four silver coins, a 1925 mercury dime, two seated dimes, dated 1874 and 1889, and a 1759 Half Reale.




July had so far been a great month for finds, so I would have been more than content if I had not found much during my last hunt of the month. As it turned out, though, I did manage to find a few more silver coins, as well as five Indian Head cents, and about a dozen wheat cents.



The Indian Head cents are dated 1864, 1886, 1903 1904, and 1908. The E-Trac has been a fun machine to use.

You are one coin finding Animal,i realise location has a lot to do with the finds,but you go back and still keep producing silvers and old coins from anywhere you travel,My hat is off to you Angel :beerbuddy: ,I hope you do as well this season,Dave

O.K., were up to the half way point of 2010, keep those hits coming!!! :twirlingeyes: :drool: :loveit:

I remember them park hunts well :blackeye: :blackeye: :stretcher: Although the bruises have since healed, the trauma caused by them, has not. :lol: Can't wait to do that again this year :yes: Some older finds started to come up for you during this period. The Seated and of course Draped Bust :loveit: were just phenomenal :shocked04: :shocked04: Ending the season there would have made for a super year, but it was only half way through :clapping:

What an awesome display of finds Angel! Simply amazing :clapping:

Absolutely amazing finds :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: It would take be a 100 life times to find that much good stuff :crying02: :crying02: :crying02:

Although I have seen those photo's time and time again, I remain in awe to the silver master! Thanks again for taking us along on the ride with the pic's and the great posts!

Holy smokes! I don't believe Ive ever read a post before that had that quantity and/or quality in more or less than a months worth of finds. I tip my hat to you sir.

Awesome finds for sure!!!!!! Love the pics!!!! :clapping: :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:

From the land of the Bluenose..nice assortment of finds me bouy. had a gud year you did! Congrats.

Awesome finds and pics Angel :thumbsup01: you are a metal detecting machine :yes:

That would be a couple of years of good finds for most let alone a couple months :envious:

Thanks everyone! :yes:

June and July were two fun months for sure, and I will always remember them. August and September were great too. Hopefully I can have a review of those two months posted soon.

Thank you all for allowing me to indulge! :beerbuddy: :beerbuddy:

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June and July were very productive for you Angel. :happydance01:

You really prove that there is so much out there left to be found.

I hope you can discover the origin of that gold ring someday soon. It is a beautiful piece.

Thanks for this installment, I love looking at all the spectacular coinage. :smitten:

Great post. :thumbsup01:

awesome 2 months Angel,you have so sweet history dirt down your way :smitten: :smitten:

Always love looking at your finds :drool: and I especially like when you take the pics of the coins still encrusted in the soil its very unique to you! :angelic:

Another fantastic posting Angel, they remind me of the serials that you used to see at the movie theater where the hero was always left on deaths door and you were kept hanging until the next part came out next week. Your posts always leaves us hanging with our hero...thats you on the verge of even more and greater finds. I got my popcorn ready just waiting for the next chapter of your Silver Milennium chase!

Fantastic finds, Angel! That much silver in two months is amazing. The silver I posted yesterday is my first silver in two months, and I hunt everyday. You have some awesome dirt in your part of the country. :thumbsup01:

Thanks guys! :beerbuddy: I must say that I have been having fun while gathering the photos for the review. I keep replaying those hunts, how exciting it had been to hear the machine react to the target, the anticipation of digging it, and finally seeing the target emerge from the ground. :smitten:

Bell-Two said:

Another fantastic posting Angel, they remind me of the serials that you used to see at the movie theater where the hero was always left on deaths door and you were kept hanging until the next part came out next week. Your posts always leaves us hanging with our hero...thats you on the verge of even more and greater finds. I got my popcorn ready just waiting for the next chapter of your Silver Milennium chase!

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Thanks BT! :embarrassed: :lol: It definitely was a great chase, and one I will always remember. :yes: I'm sure glad I took plenty of photos to help me relive those hunts. :loveit: :lol:

Howdy Pard!
Gotta tell ya,... that's some impressive hunting you done in only a couple of months!
Outrageous success you enjoyed, that's for certain!
Being back east and all, you have real fertile grounds for hunting silver.
And obviously, are making the best of the situation too!
Nice going amigo!

Blessings,
M-Taliesin