Got out on Monday afternoon and today for a few hunts in a yard I just got permission to search.
The house was torn down several years ago and the lot is in an older section of town so I've been
hoping to find some older silver. I got a good quarter signal, 00-29 at 6 inches on the Explorer II,
and cut a wide U-shaped plug to try and avoid damaging the target. After pulling apart the plug
the quarter fell out but was so caked with dirt that I could just see a few stars on the obverse.
I couldn't tell if it was a Barber or Seated so I figured that was a great time for a break to get a
drink and wash it off. Once that water washed off some of the dirt and sand I knew I had my first
Seated Liberty coin! Went back to recheck the hole and found the 1934 Mercury dime just a few
inches from where the quarter was hiding. The small Chinese cash coin rang up with a
07-24/07-26. That's the third cash coin I've found in this area. I'm surprised because I never
knew we had very many Chinese living around here back then.
Monday afternoon was hot and I hunted the back of the lot in the shade of several large
silver maple trees most of the time. The 1964-D Quarter and the 1958-D Dime turned up
together at about 5 inches. The 1890 Indian Head turned up in the front yard. Found a couple of
token too. A Palmolive soap token and a smaller clover-shaped token that says
"Dunkirk-Fredonia Milk Dealers" on one side and "Good for 5 cents when returned with bottle"
on the other side. Both tokens are in pretty bad shape. The Palmolive token has a good sized
corrosion hole in it.
I'll get back there as soon as I can to see what else I can find.
Thanks for looking!
Mark
The house was torn down several years ago and the lot is in an older section of town so I've been
hoping to find some older silver. I got a good quarter signal, 00-29 at 6 inches on the Explorer II,
and cut a wide U-shaped plug to try and avoid damaging the target. After pulling apart the plug
the quarter fell out but was so caked with dirt that I could just see a few stars on the obverse.
I couldn't tell if it was a Barber or Seated so I figured that was a great time for a break to get a
drink and wash it off. Once that water washed off some of the dirt and sand I knew I had my first
Seated Liberty coin! Went back to recheck the hole and found the 1934 Mercury dime just a few
inches from where the quarter was hiding. The small Chinese cash coin rang up with a
07-24/07-26. That's the third cash coin I've found in this area. I'm surprised because I never
knew we had very many Chinese living around here back then.
Monday afternoon was hot and I hunted the back of the lot in the shade of several large
silver maple trees most of the time. The 1964-D Quarter and the 1958-D Dime turned up
together at about 5 inches. The 1890 Indian Head turned up in the front yard. Found a couple of
token too. A Palmolive soap token and a smaller clover-shaped token that says
"Dunkirk-Fredonia Milk Dealers" on one side and "Good for 5 cents when returned with bottle"
on the other side. Both tokens are in pretty bad shape. The Palmolive token has a good sized
corrosion hole in it.
I'll get back there as soon as I can to see what else I can find.
Thanks for looking!
Mark
Congrats on the seated quarter.
and congrats on your first seated coin. GL & HH.