New Area has me a little puzzled, any ideas?

[jbr13]

My buddy and I have been hunting this community park in our area. It once had duplex housing that was probably build in mid 40's. We have found 7-10 Wheaties and four mercury dimes in two days, 1917, 1928, 1944, and 1945. They have all been along the edge of the park, a strip of open area about 150 feet long. We have found two on each side of what used to be a street, but is long gone as it looks now. I am finding all kinds of aluminum siding bits and pieces, old bits of copper tubing, and aluminum antenna tubing. I am sure that this place was dozed over some to flatten things out and bury the trash left when the houses were torn down.
I can figure that what we are finding was change dropped along an old street sidewalk. The thing that really has me puzzled is, why are we just finding silver Mercs? I would think we would be finding some more recent silver mixed in.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Jason

 

[CladDog]

One thought is that you are finding coins dropped by kids.

In the 1940's most of things they wanted: candy, movies, soda, would cost between 1 cent and 10 cents.

Very little of what they would want would cost more than that.

So it stands to reason you would not be finding quarters or half dollars.

But you should be finding nickels, a least a few.

That one I cannot explain. Is it possible you are accidentally discriminating them out?

 

[jbr13]

CladDog, Thanks, that is something I was thinking as well. A kid with 10 cents was rich then and could get all kinds of candy and goodies. Same goes for the old wheats. I have not been discriminating nickels out, and dug a lot of things that showed as nickels on the VID, just not finding them. Just figured we would find a silver Rosie mixed in there or a later silver quarter.

The mystery continues.....


Jason

 

[grumpysrb]

Something about the area changed between merc and rosies. The route people too through the area, where the kids played, the place the ice cream truck stopped.

The town I hunt came into existence as a planned town, built by DOW Chemical. In it's short existence it went from a company town to a local government run community, and has grown a lot. There is dozens of neighborhood ball fields that have fallen into disuse with the development of ball parks, that have fallen into disuse with the development of the spots complex. It is the same with almost everything.

 

[Trackerman]

Sounds like an old park or like you said sidewalk silver was more common then.

 

[Robert2300]

I remember well the days of penny candy.
Coming home from school we would look
for soda pop bottles and turn them in for
the refund and buy penny candy. Those days
are long gone. Anyone remember when a bleeping
candy bar was .45cents? And that wan't all that
long ago!!!!!!!!
Robert2300

 

[Trackerman]

A little before my time but I remember when comics where 25 cents and not 4 dollars and gas was 99 cents lol. Man times ave changed.