The Lost coin.

[LabradorBob]

What was the setting at the time the coin was lost.
Was it a little girl,or boy on the way to get their first soda pop for a nickle.
Maybe it was lost at a celebration or fair,maybe it was lost as someone did chores around the house.
How much it meant to them back when,and what you could get for it!
I have read where they worked all day for one dollar,and work back then was from daylight till dark.
so you found a quarter,a dime,a nickle,or a penny.
Did it mean more to them then,than it does you now?
I often wonder who lost the coin,I guess and imagine and wonder.
The coins seem to be my gateway to the past,the closest i will ever be to the time of it's being lost.
This is why i love metal detecting.
Connecting to the past,and taking home tiny treasures of wonder.

LabradorBob

 

[UtahRich]

Waxing eloquent?

Need to post a picture with that. Seriously


Rich (Utah)

 

[LabradorBob]

n/t

 

[Jack Beam]

Makes you wonder , Doesn't it?

 

[Ray-Mo.]

n/t

 

[NebTrac]

Right on Harold!

EXACTLY why I like to hunt and find the old coins too! Thanks man!

NebTrac

 

[Bell-Two]

We need to think more of it than just a lost coin, this is my thoughts on it.


What Is It You Have Found?

What is that sound that broach my ear
The ring of coin so crystal clear
Is it silver or pray be gold
Of a time long past of days of old
It is more than that if truth be said
Payment for sustenance for a family

 

[LabradorBob]

Very Nice,Thanks!

LabradorBob

 

[Hotcz70]

kept me absolutely addicted to the hobby since I was a kid.

You just never know how...why...who...etc...dropped or lost your "treasure".

 

[dasho]

I dig that Lakeside view, Bob...pun intended!

 

[Jason in Enid]

Bob, your post is one of the best statements of the feeling towards detecting I have seen. I hope you don't mind, but I copied it into my YouTube page, with credit to you.

 

[LabradorBob]

You are welcom Jason In Enid,and no i don't mind if you use it.
Dasho,That Lakeside view is very close to me and i am trying to get permission to hunt it soon.

 

[Bill M]

LabradorBob

Great post!!

It makes me think back when I was a young boy of how many times I wore holes in MY pockets. I don't think any young boys 40, 50 or even 100 years ago went thru boyhood without having holes in the bottom of their pockets at one time or another. Wonder how many coins that I have lost! May have already found a few.

 

[Djay-Mo]

Very, Very good Harold,I love old pictures too.

 

[dasho]

Close to me, as well...JMO area

 

[electricmetal21]

I remember my grandfather telling me how back in the 1800s, people used to work for 50 cents a day. And, back then, that was considered a decent job.

People wonder why they aren't finding old coins with their metal detectors. I think one of the reasons for this might be that, back in the 1800s, it was a big deal to lose a dime or a quarter. If someone lost a dime or a quarter back then, they hunted for it. They didn't leave it lay on the ground for someone else to find. There just weren't many of those old coins lost.