Hello everyone, Today I did a 5 hour Metal Detecting hunt at Brooklyn's Prospect Park.. I found a coin that's on my bucket list.. What a joy it was to find a... Silver DIME - Seated -1861 It is my oldest find ever! (I noticed the Reverse pic is upside down) Here are the totals for today.. 25C - 25 each 10C - 26 each 5C - 4 each 1C - 3 each 1C - Wheat - 3 each 1 Silver Pin.. 1 Silver Charm 20 Cent - Euro.. No country determined yet 1 - Dog Tag 1 - Misc Metal with American Eagle
Prospect Park Brooklyn has a lot of neat stuff to look at. There is Grand Army Plaza - Also Statues of important figures in history - And some miscellaneous stuff -
Awesome finds Paddy, I am jealous. It’s a big deal around my West Texas town if I find a Wheat cent, lol! Is the pedestrian tunnel in your last photo the scene where Jodie Foster’s character (and her fiancé) were attacked in the movie The Brave One?
I never saw that movie. Interesting. It's a long dark tunnel with very old wooden seating on each side. Kind of spooky!
True.. It got hot and stuffy half way through my hunt so I removed it. Everyone there were all practicing social distancing.. Only couples were walking close to each other.
Do you keep of record of the date and where you find a coin? Or do you rely on your incredible memory?
I'll bet you were surprised. I would have loved to watch you when you dug that coin and realized what it was. Congrats
Very nice find. As it goes currently we are loosing all rights to detect in my area because of new laws. Its annoying.
Some updates. - I checked one coin in my Dime section and it was actually a 1868 Indian Head Cent. Bad condition but another neat find - - The 3 Wheat Cents were dated - 1928, and two 1944. - The Seated 1861 Dime had no Mint Mark so it is not the rare Low Mintage 1861 S Mint Key Date. - Whatever this item is was made in Sterling Silver - It's the size of a Nickel. - The 20 Cent Euro coin was from the Netherlands 2004 -
Another update.. And this one is funny - I just checked another pocket in my Metal Detecting finds bag and realized I had some more coins hidden in there. I remembered moving them in the beginning to separate them from trash I was holding on to. So add these to the first totals - 25C - 9 each 10C - 10 each 5C - 2 each 1C - 17 each