a first and probably last find for me

[bernie63]

Hi, found this nice 1903 Indian head today in my local park, <img src="http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo150/BERNIE1963/inh.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket">
<img src="http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo150/BERNIE1963/inht.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket">
nothing unusual about that i hear you ask, you find them all the time, so what is so unusual about this you ask again,
wellllllllllll this one was found in a park in the UK 8in down , i couldn't be live it when i got it home and started to go through my finds, i just thought it was a bit of clad, was about to put in my clad box <img src="http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo150/BERNIE1963/a5.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> then got a glimpse of the feathers through the dirt, after a bit of a clean he appeared in all his glory......... what a day i also found a very old looking silver spoon
<img src="http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo150/BERNIE1963/spoon.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket">
<img src="http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo150/BERNIE1963/spoon1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket">
<img src="http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo150/BERNIE1963/spoon2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket">
it has nice markings on it it is initialed S F J, sadly the hall mark has worn right down all that's left is a lion not sure what this means,
also a nice queen Victoria 1901 penny
<img src="http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo150/BERNIE1963/qvh.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket">
<img src="http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo150/BERNIE1963/qvt.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket">
a few other old pennies, i never bothered to take pics, they where George 6Th 1937 half penny, George 5Th 1921 half penny, Edward7Th 1909 half penny, 2 George 5th 1921 pennies,George 5th 1936 penny, George 6th penny, and a 1942 farthing, also a half a silver sixpence dated 1927 cut up by a lawnmower, the usual modern day coins to the value of a couple

 

[Da Yooper]

Very nice hunt and CONGRATS on the IH

 

[RickIowa2009]

Great Finds!

 

[Oakman404]

What an awesome hunt Bernie, in your post you thanked us for looking....Well, thank you for posting it and the pic's! Good for you!

 

[MR.SCOTT]

That is sweet!!! I hope you do it again!!

 

[John-Edmonton]

Never say never! I find coins from around the world in Edmonton. Great find

 

[garthbfan]

Very nice Bernie!! WTG

 

[cwilk]

I found an Early 1900s UK penny in the goround over here once. I like to imagine how some of my finds came to be where I ulimately find them. I imagine two World Wars had a lot to do with a lot of them. Nice finds! Super spoon. (Pun intended.)

Chris

 

[lazyaussie]

great finds mate i love finding real old foreign coins & trying to imagine how they got there. also love the spoon the lion hall mark means its UK sterling silver ( 925 % silver ) pity the rest of the marks are"nt there otherwise i"d be able to tell ya when it was made where it was made & who made it ( i"d say mid to late 1800s ).

 

[metalhead]

Wow! Nice goin'. I bet you'll find more. It won't be your last. There's been quite a few of us Yanks over there to drop pennies from time to time. My wife found a 1937 sixpence on a Gulfcoast beach in Texas the other day and I found a 1938 two shillings coin in an older city park one time. Just goes to show ya, it really is a small world. Nice pix. Thanks for the post.

 

[bernie63]

thanks al for the comments, the ihd was found half way down a hill, probly a gi rolling down before he went back on duty, thats what i like to think any way, the spoon i like to think was from a picnic that the people who owned the big mansion on which are now the grounds of the park left behind.............

 

[highlander05]

Good stuff....good pictures....!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ConfCav]

Nice artillery cap pin; first one I've ever seen. Congrats.

 

[upnorth]

Nice finds. You have a really interesting mix there.

 

[Gold Digger]

Great finds I found an 1888 large canadian penny in Evansville,In. You never know what you will find or where in the world it might be from. H.H Gary

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

Sweet find Bernie. I'd love to find one of those. I've found 3 or 4 modern US coins today here in Oz, but not a old one.
Congrats.
Mick Evans.