DIGGER27
In Memory Of
Back to the small lawn where I found that Walker the other day.
Gotta assume there is more silver, a few dimes at least, but they are not turning up...as yet.
On this hunt found more wheats than I ever have before on one hunt so it was fun.
Using the F70 and the Sharpshooter coil this time.
1 1917, a 1923, 4 1944's, a 1946 plus a rusted disc that has to be a steel cent.
I scraped the edge down on some cement and I see shiny steel so pretty darn sure about that one.
Curiously, on steel ones I find in the red clay most are pretty crusty but recoverable by tumbling so I can at least get a date and mint mark, this was a little better black dirt which holds more moisture so...rust.
Tumbling might not work on this one, electrolysis might help but I don't know if I need/want to go to the trouble.
Another neat thing was that 1917 coin, it was in a coin spill and in the same small hole as that steel cent and it was sandwiched together with one of those 44's with the face inside so somewhat protected.
Hard to see in the pic but to the right of the bust above the date there is a small area where the color is different, there is a hint of the original shiny bronze color cents have when they are minted so...neat!
Not done with this place, I have gone through this before in lawns around here where first I find a lot of wheats then eventually the masked dimes and silver war nickels start showing up so I have hope.
I am having a blast looking for them, anyway.
Gotta assume there is more silver, a few dimes at least, but they are not turning up...as yet.
On this hunt found more wheats than I ever have before on one hunt so it was fun.
Using the F70 and the Sharpshooter coil this time.
1 1917, a 1923, 4 1944's, a 1946 plus a rusted disc that has to be a steel cent.
I scraped the edge down on some cement and I see shiny steel so pretty darn sure about that one.
Curiously, on steel ones I find in the red clay most are pretty crusty but recoverable by tumbling so I can at least get a date and mint mark, this was a little better black dirt which holds more moisture so...rust.
Tumbling might not work on this one, electrolysis might help but I don't know if I need/want to go to the trouble.
Another neat thing was that 1917 coin, it was in a coin spill and in the same small hole as that steel cent and it was sandwiched together with one of those 44's with the face inside so somewhat protected.
Hard to see in the pic but to the right of the bust above the date there is a small area where the color is different, there is a hint of the original shiny bronze color cents have when they are minted so...neat!
Not done with this place, I have gone through this before in lawns around here where first I find a lot of wheats then eventually the masked dimes and silver war nickels start showing up so I have hope.
I am having a blast looking for them, anyway.
