Mini-Maga Silver Day--#17, 18, 19, 20 & 21

Leave-No-Coins-Behind · Apr 16, 2019

What a day! Today, I went to an abandoned commercial building. The last time I was there was over a year ago. I was surprised to see it was not torn down or sold yet, so I decided to hunt it again.

As to keep the post short, here are my Cliff Notes.

I found five silvers. Quarters: '44, '53 & '58-D. Dimes: '45 & '60. And 22 wheaties, which I have not even checked their dates yet.

But what I think might be the best find of the day is an old smaller pocket watch that appears to possibly be of gold or brass or its composite as there is no rust on the backing and front. I still have not been able to open the back up nor have I put much effort into it either. I wish my photos of it were better.

I think I will be revisiting this site again in the near future.

Thanks again for taking the time to read my latest post!

WyoTom · Apr 16, 2019

Wow! Your killing the quarters! Nice job jak!

sandgroper · Apr 16, 2019

Well done, those silvers are nice as is the pocket watch. Looks like it might be gold, or at least gold plated, but brass usually doesn't come out that shiny out the ground.

jwp1964 · Apr 16, 2019

Wow! Nice outing!!!

Foragist · Apr 16, 2019

That there is a heckuva hunt! The pocket watch could use an ultrasonic bath before opening it.

jack&jill · Apr 16, 2019

One very amazing outing John. Congrats on a 5 Silver day along with huge pile of Wheat's. Very nice clad totals also. Trapper

Leave-No-Coins-Behind · Apr 17, 2019

Thank you!

WyoTom said:
Wow! Your killing the quarters! Nice job jak!

Thanks WyoTom! I gone from dimes to quarters. I just hope I can keep this trend up.

sandgroper said:
Well done, those silvers are nice as is the pocket watch. Looks like it might be gold, or at least gold plated, but brass usually doesn't come out that shiny out the ground.

Thanks sandgrouper! I think you might be right about the watch. After just giving it a light cleaning, it came out pretty clean and bright like gold. I am hoping when I do open it to see some makers' mark in it. It was buried about 6" in the ground.

jwp1964 said:
Wow! Nice outing!!!

Thanks jwp! It is good to know that there are still some good sites out there. And I feel this location has a little bit more to give up.

Foragist said:
That there is a heckuva hunt! The pocket watch could use an ultrasonic bath before opening it.

Thanks Foragist! I thinking about soaking it a bit with wd-40 for starters just around the opening and hinge area first. The housing case is in pretty good condition. Overall, it was a decent hunt even to find 22 wheaties.

jack&jill said:
One very amazing outing John. Congrats on a 5 Silver day along with huge pile of Wheat's. Very nice clad totals also. Trapper

Thanks Trapper! In modern years, I have not found five silvers in a day. It was a nice outing for me just to breakup by usual clad hunts with some interesting finds. Thanks again for your kind words!

Saltshaker · Apr 17, 2019

Now that is an amazing amount of finds!!! Congrats on the silver!

markinswpa · Apr 17, 2019

Awesome hunt John, congrats on a nice silver score. Return trips for sure. HH Mark

Leave-No-Coins-Behind · Apr 17, 2019

Thank you!

Saltshaker said:
Now that is an amazing amount of finds!!! Congrats on the silver!

Thanks Saltshaker! That was one of my best in finding silver days. I was just in the right place at the right time.

markinswpa said:
Awesome hunt John, congrats on a nice silver score. Return trips for sure. HH Mark

Thanks Mark! I was really surprised in finding those silvers. As I mentioned I had been there before but with another machine. The Nox sure found those coins that I was looking for the last time. I need to get back there soon before who knows what may happen to that property being so accessible.

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