angellionel
02-07-2011, 01:35 PM
January through March (http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/showthread.php?3600-2010-Finds-Review-January-Through-March) - April and May (http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/showthread.php?3699-2010-Finds-Review-April-and-May) - June and July (http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/showthread.php?3820-2010-Finds-Review-June-and-July) - August and September - October through December (http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/showthread.php?4546-2010-Finds-Review-October-Through-December)
This is the fourth post reviewing my finds of 2010. It covers August and September. During this two month period I found 263 silver coins.
AUGUST 2010
176 SILVER COINS - 2 COPPER - 6 INDIAN HEAD CENTS - 21 SILVER RINGS - 18 GOLD RINGS
I had a great start in August, picking up several wonderful pieces of old coppers and an old silver on the first day.
The seated quarter is the same year and mint mark as the one I found on July 18th. I also picked up two 2-cent pieces. I have yet to clean the one on the left to be able to make out the date.
http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2010/YearEndSummary/1877Sseatedquarter_080110.jpg
http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2010/YearEndSummary/two_2centpieces_080110.jpg
These made coppers number 38 and 39 for the year. The New Jersey copper appears to be dated 1786.
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This had been a fun coin spill - a 2-cent piece and a 1864 Indian Head cent stuck together.
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The combined finds I made that day. The Indian Heads cents are dated 1864, 1905, and 1907. The ring is plated.
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http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2010/YearEndSummary/wheatsandsilver_080110.jpg
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A few hours late in the afternoon at a local park yielded me five silver coins and a sterling silver pendant. The best of the silver coins was a beautiful 1906 Barber dime.
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I gave the park another try, though this time I gridded a section near where I had found the silver the day before. I arrived at the park after 4:00, and detected until about 7:30. It gave me enough time to complete the grid. I picked up three more silver coins, a 1920 mercury dime, a 1893-S Barber quarter, and a 1944-S Walking Liberty half, my twelfth half dollar of the year at that time.
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Yet another day at the same park saw me dig up a few more silver coins, with some surprises. The first surprise find was a 1915 Republic of Cuba 40 cent silver coin. It's almost the size of a US half dollar, and heavy too! The second surprise was a 1946 Walking Liberty Half dollar, the second half dollar that week from the same park. The third surprise, and a big one, was a 1921 Standing Liberty quarter! And then came a 1902 Barber quarter, a 1951-S Washington quarter, and a 1957 Roosevelt dime.
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All the silver coins together. The item in the next photo is a Anna Eva Fay Token (Fays Mascot) from 1910. The one I found is the copper variety. There is also a rare magnetic variety.
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I remember how hot and humid it had been during this time, and how draining it was to detect at the parks. It prompted me to change gears and to start shallow water detecting. On this day I met up with John (midas) to detect at a lake. It had been over a year since I had done so. It felt really good to finally get the Excalibur working. We met up on Saturday morning at 6:00 am and detected until about 11:00. We both did well with finds.
I picked up three sterling silver rings, two 10k gold rings, several wheat cents, three buffalo nickels, and seven silver coins, three of them Standing Liberty quarters.
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Early Sunday morning midas and I again headed over to the lake for some shallow water detecting. We both scored with gold and silver. I picked up two old 10k gold rings, a G-Man ring, a junk ring, nine wheat cents, four buffalo nickels, a 1905 V nickel, a 1943-P wartime silver nickel, several religious pendants, and thirteen silver coins.
The two halves are dated 1918 and 1941. The Washington quarters are dated 1935 and 1944.The dimes are dated 1903, 1926, 1934, 1937, 1939-D, 1944, 1944, 1944-D, and 1945.
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It was now the third day midas and I had gone shallow water detecting. We hit the same lake from early morning to almost noon. This time I waded out deeper than the previous hunts, detecting in water up to my neck. It paid off big time! I scored with two gold rings and several other sterling silver and brass rings.
As far as coins, I managed 30 silver coins, six of them Walking Liberty Halves, plus a good amount of old nickels and wheat cents. The day's silver had brought my total for the year to 604.
The Walking Liberty halves are dated 1919-S, 1934, 1943, 1943, 1944, and 1945. Here they are as they came out of the water and after removing most of the sulfide.
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Of the thirty silver coins eight were quarters and sixteen were dimes. The quarters are dated 19??, 1927, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, and 1960-D. The dimes are dated 1902, 1918, 1925, 1925, 1940, 1940-D, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1945, 1945, 1950, 1950, 1950, 1952, and 1957.
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The eleven buffalo nickels are dated 19??, 1916, 1919, 1920, 1927, 1928, 1935, 1936, 1936, 1936, and 1937. I also found two V nickels and three wartime silver nickels. They are dated 1900, 1907, 1943-P, 1943-S, and 1943-S. The wartime silver nickels are not included in the count of 30 silver coins I picked up on this day.
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There are twenty six wheat cents in the pile. The Jefferson nickels are early dates.
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I picked up nine rings - two gold, 18k and 10k, five sterling silver, and two brass. The Boy's Scouts ring is sterling silver.
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http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2010/YearEndSummary/boyscoutsring_080910.jpg
There were plenty of religious pendants too. I also like the 1913 baseball fan pin.
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The heat had been too much for park hunting, so I hit a local swimming hole for a few hours. It was refreshing to be in the cool water, and the finds weren't bad either. I scored with a 1918 Walking Liberty half, a 1943 mercury dime, a 1950 Roosevelt, and a very nice 14kt signet ring.
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Midas and I had made plans to again hit a lake we had recently worked together. We had already done well at the old swimming hole, but we knew that there was more to be found. The results were even better this time around.
Among my finds were four gold rings, two 10k and two 14k, two silver and two junks rings, many old wheat cents, one Indian Head cent, buffalo and wartime silver nickels, a vintage Mickey Mouse bangle, several religious pendants, and thirty seven silver coins!
The 37 silver coins had looked great together in a pile. The coins were three halves, one Barber quarter, two Standing Liberty quarters, five Washington quarters, and twenty six dimes. The vintage gold rings were of course very sweet finds.
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The Walking Liberty halves are dated 1918, 1941, and 1943. The Barber quarter is dated 1910. The Standing Liberty quarters are dateless.
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The Washington quarters are dated 1932, 1935, 1942, 1944, and 1947. The dimes are dated 1912, 1917, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1923, 1924, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1941, 1941-S, 1942, 1942, 1942-S, 1943, 1943, 1946, 1946, 1947, and 1962-D.
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The vintage Mickey Mouse bangle should be worth a few bucks. I love how well the buffalo nickels held up. They are dated 19??-D, 1916, 1920, 1928, 1930, 1935, 1935, 1936, 1936-D, and 1937.
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The wartime silver nickels are dated 1942-P, 1943-P, 1943-P, 1943-P, and 1944-P. Quite a few religious pendants were also pulled from the lake.
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A Saturday morning dip at the lake with the Excalibur yielded me another twelve silver coins, as well as two gold rings and several other nice keepers.
The 1915-D Barber half had been my first Barber half from the lake. All the others had been Walking Liberty halves. The eleven silver dimes are dated 1899, 1919, 1920 1926, 1941, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, and 1951.
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The heavy wedding band is 14kt. The 1959 high school ring is 10kt. The others are silver rings. One is marked 'nickel/silver'.
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It had been worth making another trip to the old swimming hole as the lake yielded a few more keepers. The day's silver were eight dimes, dated 1935, 1941, 1942-S, 1943, 1943, 1945, 1945, and 1946-D. The gold rings are 10kt and 14kt.
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I had picked up some old nickels too.
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There were no gold rings found during this hunt, but I did find an old sterling silver ring and, twelve silver coins - six quarters and six dimes. Among the finds were several old nickels, wheat cents, and an Air Corps bracelet.
The quarters are dated 1909-O, 192?, 1926, 1930, 1935, and 1941. It was great to see three Standing Liberty quarters, two with full dates. Out of all the quarters the best one is a scarce 1909-O Barber. Only 712,000 were minted. The dimes are all mercs, dated 1937, 1937-D, 1941, 1942, 1942, and 1944.
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The old nickels held up well. They are dated 1911, 1915-S, 1916-S, 1929, 1938-D, and 1943-P. The 1915-S buffalo nickel is also a scarce date.
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Another trip to the lake yielded me several more good finds - a 1945 Walker and two mercury dimes, dated 1936 and 1941, a 1945-P wartime nickel, several wheat cents, religious pendants, and a silver ring.
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A short hunt at another lake yielded me a few keepers. Silver was scarce, but I did manage one piece of gold, a 1937 school ring, as well as a 1958 sterling silver school ring, a 1929 buffalo nickel, and a 1939 mercury dime.
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Saturday morning I spent my time working the shallow water at an old swimming hole. I had been trying my best to find the 17 silver coins I needed to make the 700 silver coin mark, but I fell short by four. It was a great hunt though, as I ended up with 13 silver coins. I also picked up a beautiful 18kt gold ring from the early 1900's, a sterling silver locket, and several religious pendants.
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The following finds are from three short shallow water hunts.
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It had been fun to shallow water detect during a few weeks in August, but by now I had been missing playing in the dirt. I put away my Excalibur and took out my E-Trac to spend the last two days of the month dirt digging. The first hunt yielded me five silver dimes. The second hunt also yielded me another five silver coins. It had been a sweet way to close the month of August.
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SEPTEMBER 2010
87 SILVER COINS - 41 COPPER - 22 INDIAN HEAD CENTS - 5 SILVER RINGS - 3 GOLD RINGS
It was now September. Cooler weather would soon prevail. This particular Saturday had been a pleasant one, semi-cloudy, with a slight breeze and hardly any humidity. I took advantage of course and enjoyed the afternoon detecting at a Massachusetts town common. The common did not disappoint, as I walked away from there with five silver coins, two beautiful Seated dimes, dated 1883 and 1889, a 1935 mercury dime, a 1964 Roosevelt dime, and a 1961 Washington quarter.
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On this Sunday I decided to again hit the water. There were no silver coins among the finds, but the 14kt gold ring and the sterling silver United State Air Force ring did make for a fun hunt.
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On this particular afternoon I worked one site for several hours and walked away with another five silver coins; two seated dimes, dated 1876-S and 1877, a Barber dime dated 1900, a 1940 mercury dime, and a 1964-D Roosevelt dime. Among the finds too were a 1840 Nova Scotia Half Penny, a 1891 Indian Head cent, and several wheat cents.
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Another late afternoon hunt proved to be productive. I detected until the late evening, and at the end of the hunt I had eight silver dimes in my pouch. The dimes are dated 1875, 1890, 1914, 1914-D, 1917-S, 1938, 1940-D, and 1942. The 1942 mercury dime had been part of a coin spill, being in the same hole with five wheat cents. The Indian Head cents are dated 1889, 1891, 1895, and 1895. There are 18 wheat cents in the pile.
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The prior day's hunt had me itching to go detecting again, so late in the day I headed to the same site to see if I could coax a few more old coins from the ground. I didn't find as many silver coins, but I made up by digging up a sweet 1855-O seated half dime and a 1867 Indian Head cent. The large copper is unrecognizable, lacking any details. The 1867 Indian Head cent, on the other hand, is in very nice shape.
This 1855-O seated half dime is a variety 3, arrows at date. There were 600,000 minted. Interestingly enough, it is less valuable than the 1867 Indian Head cent.
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On my way home after visiting with family late in the day I decided to head to a local park to detect for a couple of hours. I didn't do bad for a short hunt, picking up three silver dimes and a neat old New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad padlock.
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The water at the lakes and ponds had started to become chilly by this time of the year, but even so midas and I decided to give an old swimming hole a shot.
We picked up many targets, but only a few were of the good kind. I managed four silver coins, a dateless and very worn Standing Liberty quarter, two Washington quarters, and a mercury dime. I also snagged four rings, a 1927 10kt gold school ring, a sterling silver ring, and two junkers. The rest of my finds were a few old wheat cents, a 1910 V nickel, and other miscellaneous items. Below are the best finds.
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It was Saturday, so I took a drive to Central Massachusetts to detect at an old site. I arrived at the location just before 12:00 pm and detected a relatively small area for about 2 1/2 hours. I left because the site was becoming much too active and noisy. I did find three silver coins though, a 1902 Barber quarter and two mercury dimes. I then drove to another park, one I had been to only once during the year, and detected around some old large trees for a little over two hours. From there I picked up four silver coins, two mercury dimes and two Roosevelt dimes.
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Sunday morning I had planned to meet up with midas to detect at a lake but other things came up, so I had to cancel. Once I took care of things I headed to a local site in the afternoon to do some dirt digging. Except for local traffic, the place was quiet. It made for an enjoyable time detecting, and I was able to fully concentrate on the deep signals. I did well, picking up four silver coins, a 1872 Canadian five cent silver (fish scale), a 1853 seated dime, a 1898-O Barber dime, and a 1944 mercury dime.
Among the finds too were two Indian Head cents, both dated 1891, several old wheat cents, and a very worn British copper.
The Canadian five cent silver (fish scale) had been my third of the year, and the oldest of the three, dated 1872-H. The British copper is very worn.
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For some time I had been planning to make a three day detecting trip to either Ohio, New York, or even here in Massachusetts. The year would soon be over, so during this week I took the plunge and made the necessary arrangements, finally electing to detect at a few locations in Massachusetts. Even though I would be detecting in my home state, commuting the three hour one-way drive did not appeal to me, so I booked a motel room not far from the sites I had planned to hit. I arrived at the motel at 3:00 PM on Thursday, got settled in and reviewed the list of sites I planned to detect during the next few days. By 4:00 I was at one of the sites to look it over. Public parks are appealing to me since many detectorist tend to give up on them as 'hunted out'. They would be surprised at what it is they are missing.
That Thursday I had intended to remain at each site for about thirty minutes before heading to the next site. All I wanted to do was to check out the locations to determine if the grounds had been redone, what type of trash layered the ground, and how much of it I could expect to deal with. However, the temptation to remain at the first site had been too great after I picked up two Indian Head cents. The planned 35 minutes turned to 2 1/2 hours, but during that time I dug up several old coins. I wanted to stay for a while longer, but the rain that was now steadily falling forced me to head back to the motel room. My original post can be found HERE (http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/showthread.php?2301-Detecting-Trip-Bonanza)
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These were my finds during that first hunt at the first site. The large and thick coin is a 1814 Dom Joao VI Copper 40 Reis from Portugal. It had been in the same hole as the 1806 half cent.
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http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2010/YearEndSummary/1806halfcent_091610.jpg
The next copper is a 1852 Nova Scotia Canada half penny token. I also dug up six Indian Head cents and a 1936 mercury dime.
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http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2010/YearEndSummary/wheatsandsilver_091610.jpg
The second day detecting at the same site proved to be one I would always remember. When I initially made plans to go on a detecting trip, it had been with the thought of finding a few old silver coins, perhaps some coppers and a few relics, But what this site had in store for me was a complete and pleasant surprise.
I arrived early in the morning, selected a spot near some very old trees and proceeded to work a grid. I carefully listened for the tones of deep targets. The surface trash did not bother me much as I carefully listened for the signals I had become very familiar with. Within fifteen minutes I had a good one. I dug down a good nine inches before the X-1 probe screamed loudly, alerting me of the targets proximity. Another inch or two of soil later I had in my hand a large cent. I had a huge smile, but it would pale by comparison to the one I would sport by the end of the day. During the next hour I picked up another four deeply buried coppers around that tree; a copper every fifteen minutes.
After while I moved on to another large tree, detecting around and outward from it, and more or less had the same results. This went on for most of the day, and at the end of it I had in my pouch twenty old coppers, five of them Draped Bust cents! They had ranged in depth from 8 1/2 to 12 inches. To say that I was ecstatic would be an incredibly silly understatement.
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I did find two silver dimes, a 1905 Barber and a 1917 mercury. Most of the shallower silver, wheat cents, Indian Head cents, and clad coins had apparently already been dug up by others who had hit the site over the years. I was more than pleased with the finds I did make though.
The following are representative of what is found in the pile of twenty coppers. The first photo is of five draped bust large cents. I was able to make out dates on three of them, 1797, 1798, and 1802. The second photo is of two of the individual coppers, the 1797 Draped Bust large cent and the 1837 large cent. Both are counterstamped; the 1797 with a K, and the 1837 with J. Vaughn. The third photo is of a 1837 Daniel Webster hard times token, and the fourth is of a copper from the 1700's. I have yet to clean it to determine what it is.
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Saturday I returned to the park to continue gridding another section. I was feeling good about my chances for finding old silver, and the park did not disappoint. I dug up five silver coins, two seated dimes, dated 1875 and 1888, two Barber dimes, dated 1900 and 1913, and a 1920 mercury dime. One of the seated dimes had been part of a coin spill, being in the same hole with two Indian Head cents.
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I picked up another six coppers as well, bringing my total copper count so far to 29, and with one more hunt left the next day.
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It was now Sunday, and the trip was coming to an end. Fortunately I ended up picking up several more old coins before heading back home. I had a late start in the morning, arriving at the park after 9:00 am. I was to leave at 3:00 for the long drive back home, so I had to make every minute count.
I detected at another location, working it as slow as I could while focusing mostly on the signals of deep targets. Soon I had Barber dime, and sometime later I had another. Employing the circling-around-a-find method allowed me to pick up several more coppers, a stunningly beautiful 1856 Seated Liberty quarter, and a nicely detailed 1897 Barber quarter. After those finds I moved along to another section and managed a few more coppers, two 2-cent pieces, dated 1865 and 1870, and three more silver dimes. There were plenty of wheat cents too. The dimes are dated 1908, 1912, 1913, 1919, and 1947.
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Most of the wheat cents were dated in the teens. The six coppers I dug up on the last day brought my total for the entire trip to 35. My total copper count up to that point in the year had been 78.
The second photo is of two coppers that had been in the same hole. The third photo is of another Draped Bust large cent.
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During the week I had to take my vehicle to the dealer for minor repairs, but rather than hang around in the show room I headed to a park located not far from the dealership. From that park I picked up two silver quarters, a 1942 Washington and a 1920 Standing Liberty. Among the finds were also several wheat cents and a few other interesting items.
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On this particular Saturday I had been thinking about taking a drive to New York to check out some parks, but then I changed my mind and decided to head toward the Boston area instead. This had been my first time detecting at any of the parks in that part of Massachusetts. I had been curious to see what I would be able to dig up from the parks in that area.
I arrived at a park I had preselected, a relatively small one, but with enough ground to keep me more than busy for a while. I soon found the park to be riddled with surface trash, which kept me busy filtering through the resulting noise while attempting to listen for the desired signals. By the time I had to leave I had a slight headache, but I also had in my pouch 18 silver coins, a 1928-S Standing Liberty quarter, a 1944 Washington quarter, 11 mercury dimes and five Roosevelt dimes.
I also dug up a 1806 King George III, a 1901 Boston Evacuation Day commemorative medal, and an Airborne Ranger sterling silver ring.
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Sunday morning I met up with midas to detect at a lake. This would be my last shallow water hunt of the year, but I made it count. The day had been sunny and warm so it made for a pleasant time out. I picked up one gold ring, two sterling silver rings, a few religious pendants, and eight silver coins. My silver coin count after this hunt stood at 799.
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September came to a close, but I did manage to reach the 800 silver coin mark with a 1930 mercury dime, which I then exceeded with a 1938 mercury dime. During that hunt I also found two very nice large cents, dated 1851 and 1853, and two Indian Head cents, dated 1904 and 1906.
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This is the fourth post reviewing my finds of 2010. It covers August and September. During this two month period I found 263 silver coins.
AUGUST 2010
176 SILVER COINS - 2 COPPER - 6 INDIAN HEAD CENTS - 21 SILVER RINGS - 18 GOLD RINGS
I had a great start in August, picking up several wonderful pieces of old coppers and an old silver on the first day.
The seated quarter is the same year and mint mark as the one I found on July 18th. I also picked up two 2-cent pieces. I have yet to clean the one on the left to be able to make out the date.
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http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2010/YearEndSummary/two_2centpieces_080110.jpg
These made coppers number 38 and 39 for the year. The New Jersey copper appears to be dated 1786.
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This had been a fun coin spill - a 2-cent piece and a 1864 Indian Head cent stuck together.
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The combined finds I made that day. The Indian Heads cents are dated 1864, 1905, and 1907. The ring is plated.
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A few hours late in the afternoon at a local park yielded me five silver coins and a sterling silver pendant. The best of the silver coins was a beautiful 1906 Barber dime.
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I gave the park another try, though this time I gridded a section near where I had found the silver the day before. I arrived at the park after 4:00, and detected until about 7:30. It gave me enough time to complete the grid. I picked up three more silver coins, a 1920 mercury dime, a 1893-S Barber quarter, and a 1944-S Walking Liberty half, my twelfth half dollar of the year at that time.
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Yet another day at the same park saw me dig up a few more silver coins, with some surprises. The first surprise find was a 1915 Republic of Cuba 40 cent silver coin. It's almost the size of a US half dollar, and heavy too! The second surprise was a 1946 Walking Liberty Half dollar, the second half dollar that week from the same park. The third surprise, and a big one, was a 1921 Standing Liberty quarter! And then came a 1902 Barber quarter, a 1951-S Washington quarter, and a 1957 Roosevelt dime.
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All the silver coins together. The item in the next photo is a Anna Eva Fay Token (Fays Mascot) from 1910. The one I found is the copper variety. There is also a rare magnetic variety.
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I remember how hot and humid it had been during this time, and how draining it was to detect at the parks. It prompted me to change gears and to start shallow water detecting. On this day I met up with John (midas) to detect at a lake. It had been over a year since I had done so. It felt really good to finally get the Excalibur working. We met up on Saturday morning at 6:00 am and detected until about 11:00. We both did well with finds.
I picked up three sterling silver rings, two 10k gold rings, several wheat cents, three buffalo nickels, and seven silver coins, three of them Standing Liberty quarters.
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Early Sunday morning midas and I again headed over to the lake for some shallow water detecting. We both scored with gold and silver. I picked up two old 10k gold rings, a G-Man ring, a junk ring, nine wheat cents, four buffalo nickels, a 1905 V nickel, a 1943-P wartime silver nickel, several religious pendants, and thirteen silver coins.
The two halves are dated 1918 and 1941. The Washington quarters are dated 1935 and 1944.The dimes are dated 1903, 1926, 1934, 1937, 1939-D, 1944, 1944, 1944-D, and 1945.
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It was now the third day midas and I had gone shallow water detecting. We hit the same lake from early morning to almost noon. This time I waded out deeper than the previous hunts, detecting in water up to my neck. It paid off big time! I scored with two gold rings and several other sterling silver and brass rings.
As far as coins, I managed 30 silver coins, six of them Walking Liberty Halves, plus a good amount of old nickels and wheat cents. The day's silver had brought my total for the year to 604.
The Walking Liberty halves are dated 1919-S, 1934, 1943, 1943, 1944, and 1945. Here they are as they came out of the water and after removing most of the sulfide.
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Of the thirty silver coins eight were quarters and sixteen were dimes. The quarters are dated 19??, 1927, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, and 1960-D. The dimes are dated 1902, 1918, 1925, 1925, 1940, 1940-D, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1945, 1945, 1950, 1950, 1950, 1952, and 1957.
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The eleven buffalo nickels are dated 19??, 1916, 1919, 1920, 1927, 1928, 1935, 1936, 1936, 1936, and 1937. I also found two V nickels and three wartime silver nickels. They are dated 1900, 1907, 1943-P, 1943-S, and 1943-S. The wartime silver nickels are not included in the count of 30 silver coins I picked up on this day.
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There are twenty six wheat cents in the pile. The Jefferson nickels are early dates.
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I picked up nine rings - two gold, 18k and 10k, five sterling silver, and two brass. The Boy's Scouts ring is sterling silver.
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There were plenty of religious pendants too. I also like the 1913 baseball fan pin.
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The heat had been too much for park hunting, so I hit a local swimming hole for a few hours. It was refreshing to be in the cool water, and the finds weren't bad either. I scored with a 1918 Walking Liberty half, a 1943 mercury dime, a 1950 Roosevelt, and a very nice 14kt signet ring.
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Midas and I had made plans to again hit a lake we had recently worked together. We had already done well at the old swimming hole, but we knew that there was more to be found. The results were even better this time around.
Among my finds were four gold rings, two 10k and two 14k, two silver and two junks rings, many old wheat cents, one Indian Head cent, buffalo and wartime silver nickels, a vintage Mickey Mouse bangle, several religious pendants, and thirty seven silver coins!
The 37 silver coins had looked great together in a pile. The coins were three halves, one Barber quarter, two Standing Liberty quarters, five Washington quarters, and twenty six dimes. The vintage gold rings were of course very sweet finds.
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The Walking Liberty halves are dated 1918, 1941, and 1943. The Barber quarter is dated 1910. The Standing Liberty quarters are dateless.
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The Washington quarters are dated 1932, 1935, 1942, 1944, and 1947. The dimes are dated 1912, 1917, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1923, 1924, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1941, 1941-S, 1942, 1942, 1942-S, 1943, 1943, 1946, 1946, 1947, and 1962-D.
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The vintage Mickey Mouse bangle should be worth a few bucks. I love how well the buffalo nickels held up. They are dated 19??-D, 1916, 1920, 1928, 1930, 1935, 1935, 1936, 1936-D, and 1937.
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The wartime silver nickels are dated 1942-P, 1943-P, 1943-P, 1943-P, and 1944-P. Quite a few religious pendants were also pulled from the lake.
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A Saturday morning dip at the lake with the Excalibur yielded me another twelve silver coins, as well as two gold rings and several other nice keepers.
The 1915-D Barber half had been my first Barber half from the lake. All the others had been Walking Liberty halves. The eleven silver dimes are dated 1899, 1919, 1920 1926, 1941, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, and 1951.
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The heavy wedding band is 14kt. The 1959 high school ring is 10kt. The others are silver rings. One is marked 'nickel/silver'.
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It had been worth making another trip to the old swimming hole as the lake yielded a few more keepers. The day's silver were eight dimes, dated 1935, 1941, 1942-S, 1943, 1943, 1945, 1945, and 1946-D. The gold rings are 10kt and 14kt.
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I had picked up some old nickels too.
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There were no gold rings found during this hunt, but I did find an old sterling silver ring and, twelve silver coins - six quarters and six dimes. Among the finds were several old nickels, wheat cents, and an Air Corps bracelet.
The quarters are dated 1909-O, 192?, 1926, 1930, 1935, and 1941. It was great to see three Standing Liberty quarters, two with full dates. Out of all the quarters the best one is a scarce 1909-O Barber. Only 712,000 were minted. The dimes are all mercs, dated 1937, 1937-D, 1941, 1942, 1942, and 1944.
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The old nickels held up well. They are dated 1911, 1915-S, 1916-S, 1929, 1938-D, and 1943-P. The 1915-S buffalo nickel is also a scarce date.
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Another trip to the lake yielded me several more good finds - a 1945 Walker and two mercury dimes, dated 1936 and 1941, a 1945-P wartime nickel, several wheat cents, religious pendants, and a silver ring.
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A short hunt at another lake yielded me a few keepers. Silver was scarce, but I did manage one piece of gold, a 1937 school ring, as well as a 1958 sterling silver school ring, a 1929 buffalo nickel, and a 1939 mercury dime.
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Saturday morning I spent my time working the shallow water at an old swimming hole. I had been trying my best to find the 17 silver coins I needed to make the 700 silver coin mark, but I fell short by four. It was a great hunt though, as I ended up with 13 silver coins. I also picked up a beautiful 18kt gold ring from the early 1900's, a sterling silver locket, and several religious pendants.
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The following finds are from three short shallow water hunts.
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It had been fun to shallow water detect during a few weeks in August, but by now I had been missing playing in the dirt. I put away my Excalibur and took out my E-Trac to spend the last two days of the month dirt digging. The first hunt yielded me five silver dimes. The second hunt also yielded me another five silver coins. It had been a sweet way to close the month of August.
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SEPTEMBER 2010
87 SILVER COINS - 41 COPPER - 22 INDIAN HEAD CENTS - 5 SILVER RINGS - 3 GOLD RINGS
It was now September. Cooler weather would soon prevail. This particular Saturday had been a pleasant one, semi-cloudy, with a slight breeze and hardly any humidity. I took advantage of course and enjoyed the afternoon detecting at a Massachusetts town common. The common did not disappoint, as I walked away from there with five silver coins, two beautiful Seated dimes, dated 1883 and 1889, a 1935 mercury dime, a 1964 Roosevelt dime, and a 1961 Washington quarter.
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On this Sunday I decided to again hit the water. There were no silver coins among the finds, but the 14kt gold ring and the sterling silver United State Air Force ring did make for a fun hunt.
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On this particular afternoon I worked one site for several hours and walked away with another five silver coins; two seated dimes, dated 1876-S and 1877, a Barber dime dated 1900, a 1940 mercury dime, and a 1964-D Roosevelt dime. Among the finds too were a 1840 Nova Scotia Half Penny, a 1891 Indian Head cent, and several wheat cents.
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Another late afternoon hunt proved to be productive. I detected until the late evening, and at the end of the hunt I had eight silver dimes in my pouch. The dimes are dated 1875, 1890, 1914, 1914-D, 1917-S, 1938, 1940-D, and 1942. The 1942 mercury dime had been part of a coin spill, being in the same hole with five wheat cents. The Indian Head cents are dated 1889, 1891, 1895, and 1895. There are 18 wheat cents in the pile.
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The prior day's hunt had me itching to go detecting again, so late in the day I headed to the same site to see if I could coax a few more old coins from the ground. I didn't find as many silver coins, but I made up by digging up a sweet 1855-O seated half dime and a 1867 Indian Head cent. The large copper is unrecognizable, lacking any details. The 1867 Indian Head cent, on the other hand, is in very nice shape.
This 1855-O seated half dime is a variety 3, arrows at date. There were 600,000 minted. Interestingly enough, it is less valuable than the 1867 Indian Head cent.
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On my way home after visiting with family late in the day I decided to head to a local park to detect for a couple of hours. I didn't do bad for a short hunt, picking up three silver dimes and a neat old New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad padlock.
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The water at the lakes and ponds had started to become chilly by this time of the year, but even so midas and I decided to give an old swimming hole a shot.
We picked up many targets, but only a few were of the good kind. I managed four silver coins, a dateless and very worn Standing Liberty quarter, two Washington quarters, and a mercury dime. I also snagged four rings, a 1927 10kt gold school ring, a sterling silver ring, and two junkers. The rest of my finds were a few old wheat cents, a 1910 V nickel, and other miscellaneous items. Below are the best finds.
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It was Saturday, so I took a drive to Central Massachusetts to detect at an old site. I arrived at the location just before 12:00 pm and detected a relatively small area for about 2 1/2 hours. I left because the site was becoming much too active and noisy. I did find three silver coins though, a 1902 Barber quarter and two mercury dimes. I then drove to another park, one I had been to only once during the year, and detected around some old large trees for a little over two hours. From there I picked up four silver coins, two mercury dimes and two Roosevelt dimes.
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Sunday morning I had planned to meet up with midas to detect at a lake but other things came up, so I had to cancel. Once I took care of things I headed to a local site in the afternoon to do some dirt digging. Except for local traffic, the place was quiet. It made for an enjoyable time detecting, and I was able to fully concentrate on the deep signals. I did well, picking up four silver coins, a 1872 Canadian five cent silver (fish scale), a 1853 seated dime, a 1898-O Barber dime, and a 1944 mercury dime.
Among the finds too were two Indian Head cents, both dated 1891, several old wheat cents, and a very worn British copper.
The Canadian five cent silver (fish scale) had been my third of the year, and the oldest of the three, dated 1872-H. The British copper is very worn.
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For some time I had been planning to make a three day detecting trip to either Ohio, New York, or even here in Massachusetts. The year would soon be over, so during this week I took the plunge and made the necessary arrangements, finally electing to detect at a few locations in Massachusetts. Even though I would be detecting in my home state, commuting the three hour one-way drive did not appeal to me, so I booked a motel room not far from the sites I had planned to hit. I arrived at the motel at 3:00 PM on Thursday, got settled in and reviewed the list of sites I planned to detect during the next few days. By 4:00 I was at one of the sites to look it over. Public parks are appealing to me since many detectorist tend to give up on them as 'hunted out'. They would be surprised at what it is they are missing.
That Thursday I had intended to remain at each site for about thirty minutes before heading to the next site. All I wanted to do was to check out the locations to determine if the grounds had been redone, what type of trash layered the ground, and how much of it I could expect to deal with. However, the temptation to remain at the first site had been too great after I picked up two Indian Head cents. The planned 35 minutes turned to 2 1/2 hours, but during that time I dug up several old coins. I wanted to stay for a while longer, but the rain that was now steadily falling forced me to head back to the motel room. My original post can be found HERE (http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/showthread.php?2301-Detecting-Trip-Bonanza)
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These were my finds during that first hunt at the first site. The large and thick coin is a 1814 Dom Joao VI Copper 40 Reis from Portugal. It had been in the same hole as the 1806 half cent.
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The next copper is a 1852 Nova Scotia Canada half penny token. I also dug up six Indian Head cents and a 1936 mercury dime.
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The second day detecting at the same site proved to be one I would always remember. When I initially made plans to go on a detecting trip, it had been with the thought of finding a few old silver coins, perhaps some coppers and a few relics, But what this site had in store for me was a complete and pleasant surprise.
I arrived early in the morning, selected a spot near some very old trees and proceeded to work a grid. I carefully listened for the tones of deep targets. The surface trash did not bother me much as I carefully listened for the signals I had become very familiar with. Within fifteen minutes I had a good one. I dug down a good nine inches before the X-1 probe screamed loudly, alerting me of the targets proximity. Another inch or two of soil later I had in my hand a large cent. I had a huge smile, but it would pale by comparison to the one I would sport by the end of the day. During the next hour I picked up another four deeply buried coppers around that tree; a copper every fifteen minutes.
After while I moved on to another large tree, detecting around and outward from it, and more or less had the same results. This went on for most of the day, and at the end of it I had in my pouch twenty old coppers, five of them Draped Bust cents! They had ranged in depth from 8 1/2 to 12 inches. To say that I was ecstatic would be an incredibly silly understatement.
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I did find two silver dimes, a 1905 Barber and a 1917 mercury. Most of the shallower silver, wheat cents, Indian Head cents, and clad coins had apparently already been dug up by others who had hit the site over the years. I was more than pleased with the finds I did make though.
The following are representative of what is found in the pile of twenty coppers. The first photo is of five draped bust large cents. I was able to make out dates on three of them, 1797, 1798, and 1802. The second photo is of two of the individual coppers, the 1797 Draped Bust large cent and the 1837 large cent. Both are counterstamped; the 1797 with a K, and the 1837 with J. Vaughn. The third photo is of a 1837 Daniel Webster hard times token, and the fourth is of a copper from the 1700's. I have yet to clean it to determine what it is.
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Saturday I returned to the park to continue gridding another section. I was feeling good about my chances for finding old silver, and the park did not disappoint. I dug up five silver coins, two seated dimes, dated 1875 and 1888, two Barber dimes, dated 1900 and 1913, and a 1920 mercury dime. One of the seated dimes had been part of a coin spill, being in the same hole with two Indian Head cents.
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I picked up another six coppers as well, bringing my total copper count so far to 29, and with one more hunt left the next day.
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It was now Sunday, and the trip was coming to an end. Fortunately I ended up picking up several more old coins before heading back home. I had a late start in the morning, arriving at the park after 9:00 am. I was to leave at 3:00 for the long drive back home, so I had to make every minute count.
I detected at another location, working it as slow as I could while focusing mostly on the signals of deep targets. Soon I had Barber dime, and sometime later I had another. Employing the circling-around-a-find method allowed me to pick up several more coppers, a stunningly beautiful 1856 Seated Liberty quarter, and a nicely detailed 1897 Barber quarter. After those finds I moved along to another section and managed a few more coppers, two 2-cent pieces, dated 1865 and 1870, and three more silver dimes. There were plenty of wheat cents too. The dimes are dated 1908, 1912, 1913, 1919, and 1947.
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Most of the wheat cents were dated in the teens. The six coppers I dug up on the last day brought my total for the entire trip to 35. My total copper count up to that point in the year had been 78.
The second photo is of two coppers that had been in the same hole. The third photo is of another Draped Bust large cent.
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During the week I had to take my vehicle to the dealer for minor repairs, but rather than hang around in the show room I headed to a park located not far from the dealership. From that park I picked up two silver quarters, a 1942 Washington and a 1920 Standing Liberty. Among the finds were also several wheat cents and a few other interesting items.
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On this particular Saturday I had been thinking about taking a drive to New York to check out some parks, but then I changed my mind and decided to head toward the Boston area instead. This had been my first time detecting at any of the parks in that part of Massachusetts. I had been curious to see what I would be able to dig up from the parks in that area.
I arrived at a park I had preselected, a relatively small one, but with enough ground to keep me more than busy for a while. I soon found the park to be riddled with surface trash, which kept me busy filtering through the resulting noise while attempting to listen for the desired signals. By the time I had to leave I had a slight headache, but I also had in my pouch 18 silver coins, a 1928-S Standing Liberty quarter, a 1944 Washington quarter, 11 mercury dimes and five Roosevelt dimes.
I also dug up a 1806 King George III, a 1901 Boston Evacuation Day commemorative medal, and an Airborne Ranger sterling silver ring.
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Sunday morning I met up with midas to detect at a lake. This would be my last shallow water hunt of the year, but I made it count. The day had been sunny and warm so it made for a pleasant time out. I picked up one gold ring, two sterling silver rings, a few religious pendants, and eight silver coins. My silver coin count after this hunt stood at 799.
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September came to a close, but I did manage to reach the 800 silver coin mark with a 1930 mercury dime, which I then exceeded with a 1938 mercury dime. During that hunt I also found two very nice large cents, dated 1851 and 1853, and two Indian Head cents, dated 1904 and 1906.
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