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Went detecting with a local friend last evening, he uses the AT Max, up north to the big city of Missoula. We went back to an area we tried about a week ago, where we did find some silver and wheaties. The detecting was fun as some odd stuff was coming out!
First permission was at a 1930's corner home, where I found the bronze SANTA ANITA DERBY ONE WIN token. Back side is blank. Research shows this famous California horse race began in 1935. The tokencatalog website only shows an aluminum Anillo Restrike, so this one is the original! Don't know anything more about it.
Out in the adjacent curb strip I found a 1945 Merc Dime, and the cool copper WILKES BARRE PA / THE ANTHRACITE CENTER OF THE WORLD (coal) pin, missing the pin on the back side. This one looks early ca 1910.
We hopped across the street to a wide curb strip, and began finding deep wheaties. My AT Pro was about maxed out to pick these up... dry soil, and most coins 6-7" deep. I did get a nice Silver GW Quarter and another 1945 Merc Dime, while my friend got a 64-D Silver Rosie. Lots of wheat pennies, I gave some to the nearby property owner and ended up with about 20-25 more. The WYATT EARP coin came out of this area, it was only 3" down, and apparently was a giveaway by the Husky Oil Company in the 1970's. Back side of this coin says "U.S. / DEPUTY / MARSHALL" with a 5 pointed lawman's star badge in the center.
We started detecting about 7 pm and ended up finishing in the dark about 10.20 pm, as there were tons of coins in this one particular curb strip. Thanks for your interest!
First permission was at a 1930's corner home, where I found the bronze SANTA ANITA DERBY ONE WIN token. Back side is blank. Research shows this famous California horse race began in 1935. The tokencatalog website only shows an aluminum Anillo Restrike, so this one is the original! Don't know anything more about it.
Out in the adjacent curb strip I found a 1945 Merc Dime, and the cool copper WILKES BARRE PA / THE ANTHRACITE CENTER OF THE WORLD (coal) pin, missing the pin on the back side. This one looks early ca 1910.
We hopped across the street to a wide curb strip, and began finding deep wheaties. My AT Pro was about maxed out to pick these up... dry soil, and most coins 6-7" deep. I did get a nice Silver GW Quarter and another 1945 Merc Dime, while my friend got a 64-D Silver Rosie. Lots of wheat pennies, I gave some to the nearby property owner and ended up with about 20-25 more. The WYATT EARP coin came out of this area, it was only 3" down, and apparently was a giveaway by the Husky Oil Company in the 1970's. Back side of this coin says "U.S. / DEPUTY / MARSHALL" with a 5 pointed lawman's star badge in the center.
We started detecting about 7 pm and ended up finishing in the dark about 10.20 pm, as there were tons of coins in this one particular curb strip. Thanks for your interest!
