Silversmith45
Elite Member
This past week-end a friend of mine and i hunted a sidewalk tear out in a small town. (He knows the mayor) We found several coins and I believe the only one newer than 1900 was a Mercury. It was strange because in my over forty years of detecting I have never seen coins come out of the ground in such poor shape. I found two Indian Heads that were hard to make out the dates even after cleaning them as much as I could. I believe one was an 1888 and the other was an 1892. The one that I really found strange was an 1897 Barber. Even after cleaning it, it still doesn't look like silver. I also found a dime sized coin so worn that both sides were smooth. Has anyone else found silver coins that looked like this. All of the ones that I have found before looked like they had been lost the day before.