The other day my friend had requested that I metal detect my yard (a new hobby he's picked up), since my house is old and I may find some valuable things in my yard. He decided to lend me his metal detector because I did not have one, and we started around 1 pm when the ground was not as frozen.
First hour or so was a bummer, only found rusty shards of metal in the yard from god knows what. but eventually we came across what seemed to be a silver coin. I rubbed off the dirt with my thumb, and it revealed to be a 1932 washington quarter. My friend told me that it was silver since it is dated before 1965. Since that find we were determined to find more. And to keep the story short, around the the yard we found more coins.
so if there is anybody out there who knows about coins more than i do, please comment as to what i should do with these newfound coins
dimes - 1907, 1923, 1941, 1943
nickels - 1894, 1925, 1937, (unreadable)
https://imgur.com/a/pZr9V
The other day my friend had requested that I metal detect my yard (a new hobby he's picked up), since my house is old and I may find some valuable things in my yard. He decided to lend me his metal detector because I did not have one, and we started around 1 pm when the ground was not as frozen.
First hour or so was a bummer, only found rusty shards of metal in the yard from god knows what. but eventually we came across what seemed to be a silver coin. I rubbed off the dirt with my thumb, and it revealed to be a 1932 washington quarter. My friend told me that it was silver since it is dated before 1965. Since that find we were determined to find more. And to keep the story short, around the the yard we found more coins.
so if there is anybody out there who knows about coins more than i do, please comment as to what i should do with these newfound coins
dimes - 1907, 1923, 1941, 1943
nickels - 1894, 1925, 1937, (unreadable)
https://imgur.com/a/pZr9V
Plant them in the ground and grow a tree
Plant them in the ground and grow a tree
PuoskariPlant them in the ground and grow a tree
They've been in the ground long enough and that didn't happen yet.
[quote=Puoskari]Plant them in the ground and grow a tree[/quote]
They've been in the ground long enough and that didn't happen yet.
u have disturbed an ancient burial ground, prepare for poltergeist
u have disturbed an ancient burial ground, prepare for poltergeist
maniacalPuoskariPlant them in the ground and grow a tree
They've been in the ground long enough and that didn't happen yet.
Silly man, silver coins don't know how to grow on their own, they need attention and Love
[quote=maniacal][quote=Puoskari]Plant them in the ground and grow a tree[/quote]
They've been in the ground long enough and that didn't happen yet.[/quote]
Silly man, silver coins don't know how to grow on their own, they need attention and [b]Love[/b]
If you wanna sell them, nickels and dimes could be worth 40€ for all
No idea about the silver coin tho
edit : quick buying them for 5 ref
If you wanna sell them, nickels and dimes could be worth 40€ for all
No idea about the silver coin tho
edit : quick buying them for 5 ref
Yup you would be amazed out how much crap ends up in the ground lol. The strangest thing I ever found was when I tried to put in a garden on this property which had only been built up since the 1930s (had been farm land before that), and I found *all* of the original carpeting for the house had simply been buried in a very large hole lol. It was brown and orange shag carpet - not particularly tasteful.
If your property is *really* old there's likely to be a bottle dump somewhere (as people tended not to throw away glass bottles, but keep them outside somewhere should they be needed later).
A local metal detector guy out here found various bits of our interurban electric trolleys (gone since the 1930s) by walking their old track lines. Apparently when they needed to make a fix to the machine they would just toss all the old bits to the side of the line and leave them. There was also a civil war camp near here (Camp Pettit) and it's super easy to find minie balls as well as round shot, embedded in the bluff. There was also an amusement park (first rollercoaster in Indiana, and one of the first "loop de' loops" in the world) that operated here from ~1899-1908 and that whole area is just farm land now and it makes for good metal detecting too - you pry have similar sites nearby if you're feeling adventurous.
Yup you would be amazed out how much crap ends up in the ground lol. The strangest thing I ever found was when I tried to put in a garden on this property which had only been built up since the 1930s (had been farm land before that), and I found *all* of the original carpeting for the house had simply been buried in a very large hole lol. It was brown and orange shag carpet - not particularly tasteful.
If your property is *really* old there's likely to be a bottle dump somewhere (as people tended not to throw away glass bottles, but keep them outside somewhere should they be needed later).
A local metal detector guy out here found various bits of our interurban electric trolleys (gone since the 1930s) by walking their old track lines. Apparently when they needed to make a fix to the machine they would just toss all the old bits to the side of the line and leave them. There was also a civil war camp near here (Camp Pettit) and it's super easy to find minie balls as well as round shot, embedded in the bluff. There was also an amusement park (first rollercoaster in Indiana, and one of the first "loop de' loops" in the world) that operated here from ~1899-1908 and that whole area is just farm land now and it makes for good metal detecting too - you pry have similar sites nearby if you're feeling adventurous.
MarxistYup you would be amazed out how much crap ends up in the ground lol. The strangest thing I ever found was when I tried to put in a garden on this property which had only been built up since the 1930s (had been farm land before that), and I found *all* of the original carpeting for the house had simply been buried in a very large hole lol. It was brown and orange shag carpet - not particularly tasteful.
If your property is *really* old there's likely to be a bottle dump somewhere (as people tended not to throw away glass bottles, but keep them outside somewhere should they be needed later).
A local metal detector guy out here found various bits of our interurban electric trolleys (gone since the 1930s) by walking their old track lines. Apparently when they needed to make a fix to the machine they would just toss all the old bits to the side of the line and leave them. There was also a civil war camp near here (Camp Pettit) and it's super easy to find minie balls as well as round shot, embedded in the bluff. There was also an amusement park (first rollercoaster in Indiana, and one of the first "loop de' loops" in the world) that operated here from ~1899-1908 and that whole area is just farm land now and it makes for good metal detecting too - you pry have similar sites nearby if you're feeling adventurous.
Interesting. I haven’t found any bottles on the property yet. I haven’t went over the whole property. I’ve only checked about a third. The property dates back earlier than those coins (and used to be a general store in the late 1800s), so I’m hoping that I’ll find some more stuff from around that era.
[quote=Marxist]Yup you would be amazed out how much crap ends up in the ground lol. The strangest thing I ever found was when I tried to put in a garden on this property which had only been built up since the 1930s (had been farm land before that), and I found *all* of the original carpeting for the house had simply been buried in a very large hole lol. It was brown and orange shag carpet - not particularly tasteful.
If your property is *really* old there's likely to be a bottle dump somewhere (as people tended not to throw away glass bottles, but keep them outside somewhere should they be needed later).
A local metal detector guy out here found various bits of our interurban electric trolleys (gone since the 1930s) by walking their old track lines. Apparently when they needed to make a fix to the machine they would just toss all the old bits to the side of the line and leave them. There was also a civil war camp near here (Camp Pettit) and it's super easy to find minie balls as well as round shot, embedded in the bluff. There was also an amusement park (first rollercoaster in Indiana, and one of the first "loop de' loops" in the world) that operated here from ~1899-1908 and that whole area is just farm land now and it makes for good metal detecting too - you pry have similar sites nearby if you're feeling adventurous.[/quote]
Interesting. I haven’t found any bottles on the property yet. I haven’t went over the whole property. I’ve only checked about a third. The property dates back earlier than those coins (and used to be a general store in the late 1800s), so I’m hoping that I’ll find some more stuff from around that era.