My most odd tot-lot find

maxxkatt · May 17, 2019

I don't usually post my finds because I don't have many to post. Most of my finds are just clad some occasional (every 2-3 months) jewelry.

But this morning I was hunting a volley ball court that produced two pop tops. So I walked over to the tot-lot since there were not tots in residence. The age limit for this tot-lot is 5 years and under but it is not uncommon to find teens goofing around on some of the rides. First 10 minutes nothing but foil. Then got a 24-25 signal. well with my 800 thought it was a clad dime. But it was a dark penny. flipped it over to my surprise a wheat. Wow, unexpected since this tot-lot was built in the late 1980's.

Continued looking about 20 feet further, another 24-25 signal. Again thought a clad dime. To my surprise another wheat, this time a really clean one.

Got back home and found a further surprise. Both were 1956 D wheats.

what are the odds of this happening and I wonder how they got there?

SoOregonMd · May 17, 2019

I think that wheat's are still in Circulation a lot of times.
I really don't think the average person even looks at their change for the most part..

a few months back I was in a park where I really didn't dig anything deep at all.. and while hunting I didn't even look at my pennies at all.. just through them in my pocket. Got home and was looking them over and found a wheat in pristine condition..

Chalk it up to "Who Knows"

GroundSweeper · May 17, 2019

I’ve found wheats in totters before, never two, congrats!

Skippy SH13 · May 17, 2019

maxxkatt said:
I don't usually post my finds because I don't have many to post. Most of my finds are just clad some occasional (every 2-3 months) jewelry.

But this morning I was hunting a volley ball court that produced two pop tops. So I walked over to the tot-lot since there were not tots in residence. The age limit for this tot-lot is 5 years and under but it is not uncommon to find teens goofing around on some of the rides. First 10 minutes nothing but foil. Then got a 24-25 signal. well with my 800 thought it was a clad dime. But it was a dark penny. flipped it over to my surprise a wheat. Wow, unexpected since this tot-lot was built in the late 1980's.

Continued looking about 20 feet further, another 24-25 signal. Again thought a clad dime. To my surprise another wheat, this time a really clean one.

Got back home and found a further surprise. Both were 1956 D wheats.

what are the odds of this happening and I wonder how they got there?

i find wheaties in tot-lots all the time. As in a couple times a MONTH.
I find too many of them for them to simply be "in circulation drops." I find more wheaties in bark, than I do the grass. Given that, there's a cause for it... personally, I think grandparents give them to the kiddos and then they lose them. 1956D wheaties are worth like what... 10-15 cents? Yet, most older folks, when they see them, will often toss them aside. Showing an old coin to a grandkid, and then giving it to them... awesome. Definitely worth "less than a quarter".

To answer the first question: What are the odds of that? 100%, actually, since it DID happen. Odds of find two same date wheaties again? Certainly not zero, but I wouldn't plan on it weekend after weekend.

one thing, though. check those 1956D for errors. If they are, they're worth much more.

Skippy

maxxkatt · May 17, 2019

Thanks Skippy,

I will check them for errors. never thought about that.

Have you found the one ring that controls the other rings yet?

That would be the ultimate ring to find.

HDMontana · May 17, 2019

Congrats on the double up of wheats.

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ChrisnAmanda1 · May 18, 2019

Very cool! Always love finding wheaties. Go find an even older park and let that nox earn its keep haha

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