Texas treasure

[TommyLee]

Some of my work results with the vanquish 440

 

[Cherry Picker]

Nice job!

 

[LovestheShiny!]

Those coins look to be in great shape! How did you get such a nice group of dug steel cents? I rarely find one and it is always a rusty disc, and only found when I stumble upon a wheat cent spill. And your "V" and Buffalo Nickels look superb, mine come out of Montana soil with a definite brick red look. You have an excellent area to detect, very kind to coins!

 

[TommyLee]

Luck, research, site, consistency & patience. Steel cents were in a cash deteriorated leather bag & others scattered about Texas.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Can you tell us the backstory on the "cash deteriorated leather bag" ?

And as for the IH's there : Your soil is VERY kind to them. Almost look like not dug.

 

[TommyLee]

Its ALL dug. I dug it. I believe it to have been possibly a doctors bag, it was 90% deteriorated but had contained some coins, some eye wash glass & other seemingly medicinal items.

 

[hoser]

Good job. Very nice coins indeed.

 

[bluebird66]

Great job!

 

[Kansashunter]

Awesome, the Vanquish series is very good.

 

[BuckHill]

Great finds, here is my typical day

 

[TommyLee]

Great finds, here is

Great finds, here is my typical all hunt more

Great finds, here is my typical day

Anyone who is honest does far more digging of junk than real treasure. Location Location Location is the key... Well & a bit of luck.

 

[Jamflicker]

Nice finds. Those almost look like they were someones coin collection dropped pretty recently.

 

[TommyLee]

Nice finds. Those almost look like they were someones coin collection dropped pretty recently.

Some are better others. I've always had better quality results in less acidic soil, but I will take what I can get.

 

[LovestheShiny!]

Part of why some of us are doubting that these coins were dug, is when you first posted, you did not mention that most of these were found all together in a satchel or perhaps a doctor's bag. Your cents being so shiny, almost uncirculated, ditto with the Indian Head Cents, and the Steel Cents, the nickels that look so nice, make much more sense if they were found not in direct contact with the soil but in some sort of container. They do not look like coins that were individually dug.

 

[TommyLee]

Part of why some of us are doubting that these coins were dug, is when you first posted, you did not mention that most of these were found all together in a satchel or perhaps a doctor's bag. Your cents being so shiny, almost uncirculated, ditto with the Indian Head Cents, and the Steel Cents, the nickels that look so nice, make much more sense if they were found not in direct contact with the soil but in some sort of container. They do not look like coins that were individually dug.

No, my bad. The majority of the pile was from a bag. The others were from another spot however 90% dug indeed. I don't buy coins or relics, actually I give some to interested Neighbor kids hoping they will find a compelling desire to get outdoors. I have no monetary value associated with any finds.

 

[LovestheShiny!]

Excellent! I do the same with some of my permissions, give Wheat Cents and other relics to some of the kids who may be watching or helping me detect.

 

[Chroma]

And on tonight's episode of "Things That Never Happened"...

 

[TommyLee]

What does that mean.

 

[diggin4clad]

I've never seen pennies and nickels come out of the ground in such "clean" shape in all my years of detecting.

 

[Cherry Picker]

I've never seen pennies and nickels come out of the ground in such "clean" shape in all my years of detecting.

I don't know the history behind these coins, but I can say I'm not that surprised by the condition as displayed.

I used to clean all the coins I was never going to sell, and many looked new once cleaned. After years of setting they have gained back a lot of the tone. Even the nickles. Here is a few I can guarantee I personally dug out of the ground.