More Inspiration....:yikes:

[Mike Moutray - St.Louis MO]

Here's the next set of pics. Starting with Exonumia of all sorts... transit tokens, tax tokens, play money, etc.
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Next is the better Foreign coins with some older silver and a few chinese cash coins.
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I didn't find many gold rings, only because I didn't do much water hunting. I did get a nice 14K white gold band, a nice antique rose gold band, a small nugget ring that was smashed - I had to restraighten it - and a very old paper thin band marked "solid gold" it tested 8-10K.
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I found 505 Indian head pennies in 2003 a record I'll never come any where close to ever again. I dug many of them well north of the St. Louis area where the ground is very kind to them. I pulled many in great shape still brown colored. I pictured a couple better ones: 1872 Key Date, 1864 Rare Recut Date, a flawless 1905, and oh yes... I can't forget the second biggest coin find of my life, a beautiful 1909S VDB in XF condition
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Here are some of the better medals I dug...
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This last Pic is all the other noteworthy stuff I found that I put together in one big picture... a little bit of everything!
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I've got one more post to go with even more goodies. HH, Mike.

 

[James N.D.]

Congrats to you on these fine finds as well Mike! You sure had one heck of a year that is for sure. I just hope you left everyone else a piece of the pie! Good Luck and HH to you this year if and when you are able to get out.