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Post your October Find's of the Month under this post all day tomorrow. Vote Saturday... One relic, coin and jewelry entry. No previous winners of a c

I found this at an old fair grounds/race track. The signal was iffy but came in mostly as a high "coin" tone on my Explorer II. I was disappointed when I dug up a large squashed rusty can. I thought, "This isn't what I heard". Sure enough a few inches over was that sweet high tone. I recovered this beauty at about 8 inches.
I am pretty sure this is a silver fob. The Parlin & Orendorff Co. was in business from around 1850 to 1919 when International Harvester bought them out.
The maker of the fob was F.H. Noble and Co, Chicago (tiny writing on back). Interesting history of making love tokens that caused some trouble for this co.
Thanks and HH - Robin
 
<img src="/metal/html/wink.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=";)"> Still has'nt sank in yet that it was not a POPCAN.
I was so sure I was showing my buddy how deep this will read and dig up this at an old burnt home in Fredonia N.Y. over a cup of coffee <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol">
 
Here's a hard times token I got in a park at about 6" inches deep under some roots...token reads, Henry Anderson's- Mammoth Boats & Shoes- Chatham Square, NY 1837... Thanks for looking and voting....
Philo_NY
 
Found this 1989-P mint error dime in early October.
I know it's not old but the odds of finding one of these with a metal detector must be astronomical.
 
My oldest class ring find to date. 10 karat gold. Found right next to the water on the shore of an inland lake.
 
Only 690K minted, this one grades better than Fine, but has a little obverse pitting. Coin is on the left in photo. Enjoy!
 
October 2nd 2004 was the highlight of my 22 years of metal detecting. I was in the middle of my annual fall coinhunting trip to my dads in Ohio. We were swinging our XSs in left field of one of the parks baseball fields and the deep coins were plentiful. We dug 8 mercs and a handful of wheaties. I remember digging the 1916 merc but never checked for a mint mark. Why would I? What were the chances of me digging a 1916 D mercury dime?
That evening while looking at our finds I turned the 1916 over and saw the D mint mark. I was stunned. I thought to myself maybe it's the 1916 S that is valuable even though I was sure it was really the D. I asked my dad to get out his red book and look up a 1916 D mercury dime. He looked at me kind of funny like and asked why. I said "because I dug one today". When he read out the prices to me we both about fell over. This beauty should grade VG-8 or better....$800.00+.
This may be one of the newest coins entered this month but to dig one of the top three most sought after coins among coin collectors is truly the find of a lifetime. Thank you Minelab and thank you everyone for looking.
HH
Marc
 
You can go see the back by pasting this URL to your browser...
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Edited by the Guvner..
 
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