Showing posts with label old nickel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label old nickel. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Hot and Muggy day for detecting...













I finally got out been awhile, went to the park at the beach the last 3 days there was a festival so I decided to go and see if I'd do good. Most of the park was still fenced off so I searched the TotLot and all away around the fence, didn't go beyond the fence will another time when everything is back to normal. Still did pretty good even thou I was dealing with leg/foot and back pain (have to get myself moving again). I found what looks like a Jade bracelet (feels like stone) the center stone has an image of a bat (found out it means Good Luck). Also, 6 religous charms/beads looks like something from a craft store, was broken so only found 6 of them.


  • Coins: $3.17;

  • 7 quarters (1967, 1989D, 1991P, 1994P, (2)North Carolina 2001P's, Missouri 2003P),

  • 9 dimes (1979, 1983P, 1989D, 1989P, 1999D, 2000P, 2001P, 2002P, 2006P),

  • 6 nickels (1941, 1964D, 1974, 1977, 1985P, 2000D),

  • 22 pennies ( (2)1972's, 1974, 1975, (2)1979's, 1980D, 1982, (3)1983's, 1986, 1991, (2)1993's, 1993D, 1995, (2)1999's, 2006, 2008, 2010).

  • Coin shooting running total: $6.10







Friday, August 6, 2010

A morning at the Beach/Park...

I see that I need this date for my nickel coin album, has no mint mark on the reverse side.
The tokens where found near the Band Gazebo between 2 picnic tables. Found the three and also the 3 blank ones on top of the grass, some had been found without the detector...

The earring was found in the TotLot next to the play equipment. I see no metal mark so don't think it's a good one. I did find a lot of coins in the play area guess the break gave it a change to refill with coins. I was Lucky no one went there while I was away. Today, I did very good at this park. Searched for 2 1/2 hours and the temp. was beautiful. Tomorrow is first Saturday of the month and our Club meeting for GVTS, I always get in some coin shooting at a school before the meeting.
Coin shooting/treasure hunting: coins- $3.83; 9 quarters (1968, 1974, (2)1982P's, 1983D, 1990D, 1997P, North Carolina 2001D, Illinois 2003P), 9 dimes (1966, 1984P, 1993P, 1994P, (2)1998P's, 1999P, 2003P, 2010P), 6 nickels (1954, 1964D, 1984P, 2000D, 2000P, 2002P), 38 pennies (1969, 1974D, (2)1976's, 1978D, 1980, (2)1981's, (2)1982's, (2)1983's, 1983D, 1987, 1989, 1989D, (2)1991's, (2)1992's, 1993, (2)1995's, 1996, 2000, 2000D, 2001, (3)2002's, (2)2003's, 2006, (4)2007's, 2008).
coin shooting running total: $161.96

Thursday, July 15, 2010

This morning back to the beach...


After I got my things out of the car and went over to the TotLot to search that before moving on the the other part of the park, first coin found was this 1946 nickel next to the swings. Did find some coins in the woodchips and in the grass. Behind a bldg at the west end of the park next to the bath house I come across another coin spill like the other day but this was pennies. Looks like the people at the business dropped the pennies than swept them into the grass, all were found in the grass on top of the soil (saw the way the grass was raked down). Was at least 50+ pennies, did find the 1936 wheat penny with in the bunch. Starting to get very warm again, even the sweat band I'm wearing isn't working to good, so called it a day and went back home after a couple of hours detecting.
Coin shooting/treasure hunting: coins- $1.37; 1 quarter (Nebraska 2006P), 2 dimes (1987P, 2008P), 6 nickels (1946, 1988P, 2001P, 2002P, 2005P, 2006P), 62 pennies (1936 Wheat, 1963D, 1969D, 1970, (2)1971's, 1972D, 1974, (3)1975's, (2)1979's, (2)1980D's, (2)1981's, (3)1982's, 1983, 1984, (3)1985's, 1986D, 1987D, (2)1988's, (2)1989's, 1990, 1991D, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, (2)1998's, 1999, 2000, 2000D, 2001, (2)2002's, 2003, 2003D, 2004, (2)2005's, 2006 Canadian, (4)2007's, (4)2008's, (2)2010's).
coin shooting running total: $129.17

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Easter Hunt but not for Eggs...


Happy Easter!!
This morning is real nice out so I went detecting at three Elementary schools. First school was the one I tried March 27 but the ground was frozen solid, today I found .33 cents decided not to stay long. On to the second school, this was one I did the other day only found .08 cents. Off to the third and last one for the day, did pretty good here found $1.76 and this heart bracelet (it's junk jewelry,sticks to magnet) hey at least it's a piece of jewelry. This nickel is the oldest coin found today 1940 no mint mark.
Coin shooting/treasure hunting: coins-$2.22; 5 quarters (1981D, Connecticut 1999P, North Carolina 2001D, Iowa 2004P, Nevada 2006P), 5 dimes (1987D, 1988P, 1989P, 1994P, 1999P), 7 nickels (1940, 1982P, 1988P, 1995P, 1998D, 1999P, 2007P), 12 pennies (1978, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2001, (2)2006's, 2007, (2)2008's, ????).
Coin shooting running total: $12.30