Back when coins were plentiful. This pile was..

[Uncle Willy]

one summer's finds. Forgot the count but several thousand. The pile is two feet long, a foot wide, and about a foot deep. Wish it was like that now.

Bill

 

[camel]

i miss the day when every dime you found was silver and every penny was a wheatie

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

Those were the days Bill. Still, if they are only clad, then it can give you a bench mark to try and achieve again.
Mick Evans.

 

[Uncle Willy]

Nah, never find that many again around here but it would be nice.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

You betcha.

Bill

 

[lazyaussie]

wow now thats a pile of coins

 

[Graw]

n/t

 

[awhitster]

i miss the day when every dime you found was silver and every penny was a wheatie

You were detecting before 1959?

 

[John-Edmonton]

Now that's a lot of coins Bill. How did you handle all those knee bends?

 

[Anonymous]

I know the feeling. Back in the 80's, we used to find lots of silver coins, almost any day we went. Now, it's tough to find even one.And those zinc pennies really make you appreciate finding a real copper one now...Times have certainlly changed.......

 

[Hart-IN]

I know I probably should - but I don't even waste my time digging those stinkin' zincolns.

 

[Old Katz]

[size=medium]If you find a Canadian dime don't throw it away. I believe they are 50% silver. I found one in the sand box yesterday.
Katz[/size]

 

[Old Katz]

n/t

 

[ohio fred]

n/t

 

[Leslie(nova scotia)]

From the land of the Bluenose.... I hear you on that one. It now takes a few months to get a pile like that here sir.

 

[awhitster]

one summer's finds. Forgot the count but several thousand. The pile is two feet long, a foot wide, and about a foot deep. Wish it was like that now.

Bill

Well if that is only a few thousand, I'd like to see a pile of the 4600 I have found this year.

 

[slingshot]

Also, back in those days, especially in sponsored hunts, we would tie our coin apron around our leg just below the knee so that when we retrieved the coin we just put it in the pouch so we wouldn't have to stand back up and waste time.

 

[Uncle Willy]

By a few thousand I mean 5000 plus.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah I know. Getting harder and harder to accumulate a decent pile of goodies. I hit playgrounds now and get a buck or two if lucky where I used to pick up seven to eight bucks. In one park some years back I picked up over $7.00 under one tree. Now I'm lucky if I find a third of that in the whole park. One little playground used to be good for $5.00 every time I hit it, now I'm lucky if I can pick up a buck there. It's depressing.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

Got a few of those.

Bill