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Eyeballed Victorian Cent

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cjc

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It's quite early at least by Canadian standards 1888. There's an area here that old incinerate was dumped along a shoreline. It often contains coins, gold scrap copper, brass and lead and other nice relics. Last year we did some "boarding"--putting a board up on shore and bringing material up on to it to sort though. We each got a gold ring, six or eight silver coins and $150 in scrap copper and brass.
Still frozen here--a nice old coin kinda takes the edge off!

cjc
clivesgoldpage.com
 
Clive! Thats a great find!:clapping:

I remember your 'boarding' method you employ in serious junked up full of trash swimming holes, and filed it away in my mental bag of tricks, and intend to engage it this year! ...

Question: do you run a strong magnet of some sort over the general area or even over the board? Perhaps a post detailing this method is in order? :shrug: I've got a few spots in mind..been thinking of making a few passes with one of those contractor magnet brooms to sweep out the iron flakes, nails and whatnot...What do you use?
Mud
 
I do use a rare earth magnet prior to scrapping out keeps them from whining! A lot of the brass at this site is melted slag hard to sell becasue it is hard to tell what it is. Here's a shot of some of the other scrap material from the site. It's industrial junk, pre-recycling--from cast iron right through to the stainless period--an interesting study. Also, its not everywhere you can pick up money--that's about 7 bucks worth in ten minutes. Several gold coins have been found mixed in with this stuff by two old fellows who put screens balanced up on rocks and sift the material. The heavier stuff that will have coins, lead and gold in with it is all classified to a few areas, which has taught me a lot about detecting for gold--how material is moved around on a grade--pretty much like a gold pan. Also got a big silver chunk of a cigarette case last year.
cjc
clivesgoldpage.com
 
Very cool Clive! Good mention about scrapping and finds from incinerate.
Thanks for the post.
HH-Bruce
 
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