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3hrs, 4 Coins, No Silver, And I'm Happy!
- Thread starter Old Longhair
- Start date
Thanks folks. It's a pretty serious thrill for me. And it was dark enough when I found it that I didn't even know what it was until I got home.
And in particular, THANK YOU! Coming from my mentor, without whom I can't imagine my successes, it means a lot.Digger said:Great find.The US half-cent is one of those coins that has eluded me for over 40 years. Congrats! HH Randy
Mark in S.E. IA
New member
I never did believe in the frost thing. If that was the case then the old coins would be up close to the top of the ground and I do not believe that the coins sink either. I feel their is a lot of other factors why a coin is on edge, at a angle and why it is as deep as or not as deep as it is. Just for starters, earth worms, goffers, moles tree root. wind and water erosion and so on. The farmers keep bring up the rocks with the chisel plows, disks, wind and water erosion.
We will just have to agree to disagree then Mark. IMO the same factors that you describe contribute to old coins being near the surface.
The fact remains that the ground does heave. If you don't believe that, then I will take pictures this winter of it when it hangs up my barn door as it annually does. The amount that it expands unevenly, which has a lot to do with how much water it's holding, is certainly enough to shift an object's position. The frost line here is 42", so frost influences soil far below any coins we're finding.
The fact remains that the ground does heave. If you don't believe that, then I will take pictures this winter of it when it hangs up my barn door as it annually does. The amount that it expands unevenly, which has a lot to do with how much water it's holding, is certainly enough to shift an object's position. The frost line here is 42", so frost influences soil far below any coins we're finding.
Mark in S.E. IA
New member
OLH, I know that the frost heaves the ground but the point I'm trying to make is. I do not feel that the frost plays very much a part in how a coin is in the ground, flat, on edge, at a angle, deep or shallow as much as the factors that I stated in my other post.
7centsworth
Well-known member
Another nice coin.
Tired Rooster
New member
Very nice......I would be excited over those!!!