maxxkatt
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Like other parts of the South, North Atlanta is in an extended drought. Thus most of the places I hunt have rock hard ground and 95+ temperatures.
So when this happens I switch to volley ball courts. The usual finds are clad, some foreign modern coins, some jewelry, pop tops, foil and screw caps. So that was what I was expecting.
First find was a penny based on the target ID, it looked like a penny. So I recovered it in my sand scoop and yes, it was a penny but to my surprise a 1906 Indian Head in pretty good condition. The very next find was a 1953 D, wheat. Next was a 1944 P nickel in pretty good condition also.
Now why would these be in a volley ball court? A coin collector who plays volley ball? A previous detectorist who got sloppy and pulled something out his his pocket and out came the two pennies? Some young kids who got into their dad's old coin jar?
I think a recent explanation by someone on this forum may be closer to the truth. He stated that Wheats and Indian Heads are really still in circulation due to the coin ignorance of the general public.
But it was odd to find three older coins withing about 2-3 feet of each other in a volley ball court.
Regardless of the how they got there, I made an otherwise boring routine hunt a little more exciting.
So when this happens I switch to volley ball courts. The usual finds are clad, some foreign modern coins, some jewelry, pop tops, foil and screw caps. So that was what I was expecting.
First find was a penny based on the target ID, it looked like a penny. So I recovered it in my sand scoop and yes, it was a penny but to my surprise a 1906 Indian Head in pretty good condition. The very next find was a 1953 D, wheat. Next was a 1944 P nickel in pretty good condition also.
Now why would these be in a volley ball court? A coin collector who plays volley ball? A previous detectorist who got sloppy and pulled something out his his pocket and out came the two pennies? Some young kids who got into their dad's old coin jar?
I think a recent explanation by someone on this forum may be closer to the truth. He stated that Wheats and Indian Heads are really still in circulation due to the coin ignorance of the general public.
But it was odd to find three older coins withing about 2-3 feet of each other in a volley ball court.
Regardless of the how they got there, I made an otherwise boring routine hunt a little more exciting.
