Badly worn old coins

Happy Friday CT. I got a bag of old coins like these and was wondering could these nasty old things possibly be worth anything? They are all in about the same pitiful condition as these. Most dates and details aren't even visible on most of them.
Keep as a piece of Americana or toss them into the pond?

Thanks in advance.
PS: Yes I am keeping the 1806 Half cent. She will not be sentenced to the pond

 

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Those are beautiful!

 

Call me crazy, but I would keep them just because they are 200 + years old.

 

Nice/like the looks of the flowing hair cent.

 

Those are ALWAYS worth a bit. More than a big actually. Check out eBay prices

 

I like them. Still don't have any of those myself.. waiting to metal detect and get lucky! hahahah

 

The Liberty Cap piece is generally in demand as a type coin, even without a date or in worn condition.

 

Speaking of metal detecting my son and have found the general location of an 1800s river boat ferry site. Located through research only but we plan on hitting it possibly this month before the rainy season starts

 

Worth anything or not, I would keep them. I love coins that earned their living in commerce over the years. Their history is known only to them and we can only imagine

 

You throw them in that pond I’m going to jump in after them!

 

A classmate of mine growing up found an 1838 Coronet Large Cent the other day metal detecting. VF/XF details. Keep dreaming: it could happen!

With a little research, finding books on local history might point you to locations that will yield better coinage. Spots like old changing rooms at a waterside beach...where things can fall through cracks. Or ticket booths. Good luck on the hunt!

 

I found the remains of a stage coach in an old ghost town once , but no loot

 

Those are really nice. Please keep those ladies out of the lake!

 

When I was a kid, a friend and I went to their lakeside camp and we decided to do some metal detecting there. We found tons of stuff: coins, jewelry including gold rings. What we later learned was the spot we were hunting was where an old change-house was. Folks would get in and out of their swimsuits and stuff was falling through the cracks...out of reach. Decades later, the changing rooms were gone, the area overgrown, and ripe for the detecting. My buddy and I saw old photos posted in the camp store...where we noted the spot where we were looking. From that point on, we would pick the brain of a local history teacher about spots to go...look at old photos...and try our luck. We always did well. That first detector was around $50. Paid for itself many times over, especially since silver in the 70s was rocketing upwards. Any duplicates we found got parleyed into new batteries and trips to the arcade.

 

It seems to me that old schoolhouses would be a great place. Kids are constantly losing their lunch money.

 

Hit an old schoolyard and historic train platform

That's awesome. Thank you for sharing. Brings back old memories if me rooting through civil war garbage dumps in the hills of Maryland. Man I wished I had kept just a few of the stuff I found in those days.

 

I am in Maryland. I would love to have a place to detect.

 

I grew up in Rosedale MD, Baltimore County. My aunt owned 150 acres of land off Old Reisterstown Rd. I had hundreds of perfect bottles/ cork tops of every style and color even the amethyst. You didn't even have to dig they were everywhere. My brothers shot half of them with BB guns. Nimrods

 

I live down near Savage Mill in Savage MD. I would love to spend some time detecting around there. Pretty sure it's not legal though.