1940 Canada 1 Cent

GroundSweeper · Nov 3, 2014

Sunday lake shore hunt gave up no precious metals, but I did dig up a new oldest coin for me, a 1940 Canada Cent in nice shape.

Found a ton of bottle caps that for some reason (wet ground/rust) came in nice and loud - I've got the Compadré set at the "r" in "Iron" and sometimes it'll pickup bottle caps and less rarely not, interesting.

$3.75 in clad; 10 quarters, 8 dimes, 3 nickels, 30 cents.

Less lead, fishing lure, hot wheels, fake earring, master padlock and the miscellaneous miscellania like tabs and foils.

GroundSweeper · Nov 3, 2014

I didn't take a pic of the clad for some odd reason, but here's the other stuff. Not pictured is a kids spiderman fishing pole/reel I think I can lube and line and it'll be good, and a mesh bag for mask/snorkel I think, I may use for finds possibly, not sure.

Happy hunting!

METALMANIAC-NY · Nov 3, 2014

Wow...you dug a lot of holes....pull tab nightmare....I share your misery. The coin is awesome...great patina.....a real looker!

GroundSweeper · Nov 3, 2014

METALMANIAC-NY said:
Wow...you dug a lot of holes....pull tab nightmare....I share your misery. The coin is awesome...great patina.....a real looker!

Thanks! I like the way copper looks coming out of this lake. Gold looks better but hey, I'll take this coin

ScubaDetective · Nov 3, 2014

If you are going to spend the penny make SURE you do it in the states. Canada did away with the penny this year making them worthless. I believe you have a king George though and not a newer one, which would be queen Elizabeth.

GroundSweeper · Nov 3, 2014

ScubaDetector said:
If you are going to spend the penny make SURE you do it in the states. Canada did away with the penny this year making them worthless. I believe you have a king George though and not a newer one, which would be queen Elizabeth.

Thanks SD. It's a George cent

Going to keep it.

Jarrett · Nov 4, 2014

Nice find. The ones from older than 1937 are a pain to dig they ring up as a zinc. Some Canadian pennies from the twentys can be worth a few bucks.

Jamflicker · Nov 4, 2014

Congrats on your new oldest coin. Nice hunt and those foreign coins are always fun to find.

coin whisperer · Nov 4, 2014

Congrats on your new oldest coin

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GroundSweeper · Nov 4, 2014

Jarrett said:
Nice find. The ones from older than 1937 are a pain to dig they ring up as a zinc. Some Canadian pennies from the twentys can be worth a few bucks.

Thanks!

Jamflicker said:
Congrats on your new oldest coin. Nice hunt and those foreign coins are always fun to find.

They are fun to find

thanks Jam.

coin whisperer said:
Congrats on your new oldest coin

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Thanks!!!

leslie(nova scotia) · Nov 4, 2014

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Talk about digging everything...you sure did. Make the next dig there that easier!

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