floodplaindetector
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Finds are from the last few weekend hunts since it warmed up a little. Almost all finds were from researched public city parks and schools a couple hours or so south into Minnesota and South Dakota where I could get the digger into the ground.
The only exception being the 1888 Indian Head and The C & NW (Chicago & Northwestern Railway) uniform button which were pulled from a field site only 3 miles from my Parent's farm in SW North Dakota.
All finds were pulled with the XP Deus 2 metal detector.
The worn-out seated dime is the thinnest silver coin I have ever found. It read like an Indian head penny because it was so thin. It was about 8 inches deep. At first, I thought it was an aluminum punch out but after looking closer I could see the outline of a seated liberty.
If I hold it just right in the light, I am able to get a date. It is 1854. Someone must have had that coin in their pocket for 40 years!
Also found in the same Minnesota city park was the 1914 barber dime.
Thanks for looking!
Dave
Coin Finds
1951 Franklin half dollar
1898 (no mint mark) barber quarter
1854,1910 (Canadian), 1914, 1929,1935,1935,1941,1960 dimes
1943 silver war nickel
Other nickels are 1902 V,1904 V,1916 buffalo, dateless buffalo,1934 buffalo, 4 Jefferson nickels 1947-54
1888,1903 Indian head pennies
21 wheat pennies back to 1916
Other Finds
C & NW Button (Early 1900s Chicago & Northwestern Railway uniform button)
Older Boy Scouts "Be Prepared" button
1920s-40 "Butter Nut" coffee advertising thimble
Old silver locket piece (No stamp but definitely silver. Found at same site as Barber Quarter)
Brass ring
Aluminum "Manitowoc" comb
Pocket Watch pieces
Old lock plate
Aluminum Northern States tag stamped 46.
Suspender pieces
Possible old toy train wheel
Harmonica reed
The only exception being the 1888 Indian Head and The C & NW (Chicago & Northwestern Railway) uniform button which were pulled from a field site only 3 miles from my Parent's farm in SW North Dakota.
All finds were pulled with the XP Deus 2 metal detector.
The worn-out seated dime is the thinnest silver coin I have ever found. It read like an Indian head penny because it was so thin. It was about 8 inches deep. At first, I thought it was an aluminum punch out but after looking closer I could see the outline of a seated liberty.
If I hold it just right in the light, I am able to get a date. It is 1854. Someone must have had that coin in their pocket for 40 years!
Also found in the same Minnesota city park was the 1914 barber dime.
Thanks for looking!
Dave
Coin Finds
1951 Franklin half dollar
1898 (no mint mark) barber quarter
1854,1910 (Canadian), 1914, 1929,1935,1935,1941,1960 dimes
1943 silver war nickel
Other nickels are 1902 V,1904 V,1916 buffalo, dateless buffalo,1934 buffalo, 4 Jefferson nickels 1947-54
1888,1903 Indian head pennies
21 wheat pennies back to 1916
Other Finds
C & NW Button (Early 1900s Chicago & Northwestern Railway uniform button)
Older Boy Scouts "Be Prepared" button
1920s-40 "Butter Nut" coffee advertising thimble
Old silver locket piece (No stamp but definitely silver. Found at same site as Barber Quarter)
Brass ring
Aluminum "Manitowoc" comb
Pocket Watch pieces
Old lock plate
Aluminum Northern States tag stamped 46.
Suspender pieces
Possible old toy train wheel
Harmonica reed