Finds

1906 Indian Head

Found in the front yard of a friend's house. I love private property.

1893 Indian Head(Obverse)

1893 Indian Head(Reverse)

1902 Indian Head(Obverse)

1902 Indian Head(Reverse)

1949 Wheat(Obverse)

1949 Wheat(Reverse)

Nothing special, but it was my first wheatie, I was very excited.

1901-02 Indian Heads(Obverse)

1901-02 Indian Heads(Reverse)

Found in the same hole.

Dateless Indian Head(Obverse)

Dateless Indian Head(Reverse)

The soil around here sure does a number on those pennies and nickels. Yikes.

1890-91-93 Indian Heads(Obverse)

1890-91-93 Indian Heads(Reverse)

1903 V(Obverse)

Wasn't much left of the reverse side.

1901-02 V's(Obverse)

1901-02 V's(Reverse)

1943-S War(Obverse)

1943-S War(Reverse)

My first War nickel, found quite a few since.

1915-18 Buffalos

Nickels don't stand up as well in the dirt as silver unfortunately.

Buffalos & Wars(Obverse)

I found all of these in one day in the front yard of an old house.

Buffaloes found in January 2011

Got quite a few Buffaloes lately. I used to never find these.

Dateless Barber Dime(Obverse)

Dateless Barber Dime(Reverse)

Found this at my favorite local park. Not much left there, but every once in a while...

1929-S Mercury(Obverse)

1929-S Mercury(Reverse)

Found at an old church with some friends. Best find that day.

1893-S Barber(Obverse)

1893-S Barber(Reverse)

One of my oldest pieces of silver.

1903 Barber(Obverse)

1903 Barber(Reverse)

1907-S Barber(Obverse)

1907-S Barber(Reverse)

1910 Barber(Obverse)

1910 Barber(Reverse)

1911-S Barber & 1937-S Mercury(Obverse)

1911-S Barber & 1937-S Mercury(Reverse)

Found on the same day in a private yard.

1916-S Mercury(Obverse)

1916-S Mercury(Reverse)

This one had me going, saw the 1916 first then flipped it over and saw a mintmark... but it was an S. So close yet so far.

1917-S Mercury(Obverse)

1917-S Mercury(Reverse)

1918-S Mercury(Obverse)

1918-S Mercury(Reverse)

1920-S Mercury(Obverse)

1920-S Mercury(Reverse)

This 1920-S and the 1918-S above are some of the best condition coins I have found. They are not key dates but the almost new condition tells me they were probably dropped not long after they were minted. I love that historical connection.

1928-S Mercury(Obverse)

1928-S Mercury(Reverse)

1935-S Mercury(Obverse)

1935-S Mercury(Reverse)

This was my first Mercury dime. It took me almost a year to find one and I was so elated when I finally got one. It was at an old school under a nail which was masking the signal.

1943-S Mercury(Obverse)

1943-S Mercury(Reverse)

1949-S Roosevelt & Wheat Penny(Obverse)

1949-S Roosevelt & Wheat Penny(Reverse)

The 1949-S Roosevelt Dime is one of the semi-key dates of the series. The wheat penny illustrates how tough the ground in my area is on the pennies.

1927 Mercury & 1952-S/194?-S Roosevelt(Obverse)

1927 Mercury & 1952-S/194?-S Roosevelt(Reverse)

Found all of these and a 1909 quarter(see below) on one day in a private yard. One of my best days detecting. The one Rosie was right up against a wheat penny, hence the punkish green hairdo FDR is sporting.

Dateless Seated Liberty Quarter(Obverse)

Dateless Seated Liberty Quarter(Reverse)

One of my more disappointing old finds. I have been looking for a seated liberty coin for a while, and then to get this all worn out with no date, it was bitter-sweet. Probably my oldest coin to date, they stopped making them in 1891.

1909 Barber(Obverse)

1909 Barber(Reverse)

Found this with the three dimes above, it was a great day. All told, I found over 15 old coins that day.

1963-D Washington(Obverse)

1963-D Washington(Reverse)

This was my first and very much anticipated silver quarter. Nothing like firsts.

1915 Barber(Obverse)

1915 Barber(Reverse)

Another bitter-sweet find here. Found this in a park, it is a key date 1915 plain, probably worth $60 in this condition, but it was bent. Bummer.

1949-S Franklin(Obverse)

1949-S Franklin(Reverse)

This was a shocker. I was hunting a "hunted out" school up in Portland with about 5 other people. Right smack dab in the middle of the school field, I get one of those too-good-to-be-true signals. Did everything I could to make it sound like a pop can, which is what I thought it was. When I dug out this beauty, the rest of my crew was in total disbelief. It was a great day.

1896 Canadian Dime(Obverse)

1896 Canadian Dime(Reverse)

This was a cool find. Got it in an old schoolyard. I could not believe it when I saw Queen Victoria. It was Find of the Month at my club.

Foreign Coins

I found all of these in a small area on a University campus. The two guys I was with also found at least this many each. Somebody dropped their collection.

Mid-1800s Scovill Cuff Button

I found this in a park that used to be the homestead of a founding father of the town that I live in. Who knows, could have belonged to the man himself. The quarter is for size reference.

14K Soviet Gold Ring

14K Soviet Gold Ring(Hallmark)

I didn't think much of this ring when I found it, it was pretty small. When I took a closer look at the hallmark, I noticed the hammer, sickle and star. So I did some research and eventually contacted a Soviet gold expert. He said the combination of the symbols and the 585 rather than 583 is very rare and to hold onto the ring. I still have the email, and the ring.

10K Gold Ring

10K Gold Ring(Hallmark)

14K Gold Ring

This was my first gold ring. I didn't even know what I had when I found it, I figured it couldn't be real. Sure enough, 14K.

14K Gold Ring

This ring was a monster, fit my thumb, and I have big fingers too.

18K Gold Ring

18K Gold Ring(Hallmark)

925 Silver Ankh ring

925 Silver Ankh ring(Hallmark)

925 Silver Cross

925 Silver Cross(Hallmark)

One of my nicer crosses. When my Mom saw it she really liked it, so I gave it to her. She still wears it.

925 Silver Ring

925 Silver Ring(Hallmark)

925 Silver Ring

925 Silver Ring(Hallmark)

925 Silver Ring

Two beat up silver rings

Sterling St. Christopher Medal

Sterling Silver Ring

Sterling Silver Ring

Sterling Silver Ring(Hallmark)

Sterling Silver Ring

Sterling Silver Ring(Hallmark)

Silver Chain(Front)

Silver Chain(Back)

Sterling Silver Cross

Sterling Silver Cross(Hallmark)

Sterling Silver Cross

Sterling Silver Cross(Hallmark)

925 Silver Spider Ring

925 Silver Spider Ring(Hallmark)

Found this on a fun day out with friends. Gotta love buddy hunts.

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