Metal Detecting - 4 Silvers, 13 Wheat Cents & Ichthus Fish Ring

Hello everyone,
Today I did one of the best metal detecting hunts ever. A 5 hour trip to my local park wielded some very good finds. An area that I don't usually search turned out to be a sweet spot.
How sweet?.. Old US Coins galore!
I found 2 Mercury Dimes, 2 Silver Roosevelt Dimes and 14 Wheat Cents all within 2 hours!
It was like a dream .. Enjoy!




Early in the hunt I also picked up a neat silver ring with the Christian Fish Symbol.


The rest of my finds before all the good stuff
25C - 8 each
10C - 13 each
1C - 55 each

 

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My best picture when I found one of the silvers..

 

It was much more difficult for me to plant this trove than it was for you to find them, whew!

 

Ha good one. I'm heading back tomorrow morning to the same spot. Plant some more!

 

These are the years for the silver -
Winged Liberty Head Dimes - 1945 for both

Roosevelt Dimes - 1946 and 1960

Wheat Cent years were -
1920 - 1
1923 - 1
1927 - 1
1930 - 1
1934 - 1
1945 - 1
1947 - 2
1951 - 1
1957 - 4

No Mint Marks on any of the coins.

 

That is a great day Paddy!

 

Thanks!.. There were very good signals that were deeper. I only had my hand held digger so I only went for anything 6 to 8 inches down. Tomorrow morning at 6am I'm heading back with my detecting shovel!

 

No wonder and I would too! Hope you have a good day tomorrow. I know you'll have fun. It got cold here. How about up there in NYC?

 

The ring looks to be a James Avery design.
Be sure and check for his mark 'AV' or some derivative.
J.T.

 

Very nice finds. No matter how many times a place has been hunted you can always find more.

 

I had some holes just like that to fill in today. Mine were in the wife's follow bed and were made by Armadillos. Good fun you had. I like to see these photos.

 

Here is my YouTube video which I posted on our Facebook Metal Detecting Club page.
It's on my personal page at the moment.

Dirty Diggin Nuts NYC
I'm known as Bunny Foo Foo

 

Nice. Do you have any idea how or why there is so much stuff there? Especially the older coins. Is that area turned over a lot? Were there carnivals, church festivals, etc. over the years? I'm just curious about how it came to be such a hot spot.

 

Great question. I have been detecting the same park for about 10 years. I have used 3 different metal detectors. I have had some good finds but today was the best. It's a simple grassy area that I never really detected much before. If I tell you the reason why you will laugh. Back in the late 1980's I would go to that spot to picnic and play volleyball with a girl I was dating and her family. It was a hard breakup so over 30 years later I always avoided going there. Sad memories of a long lost love.. But today I went there and to my surprise I did very good. I don't know how all the coins ended up there because the rest of the park never produced as much as this new area. It's a mystery to me.

 

Simple, you're finding what you lost dating that girl in the '80's.

 

Been there, done that, just don't dig in the same spots.

 

I didn't have my big detecting shovel to go for the deeper signals. I had my handheld Lesche Digger. So I only dug up the items that were as far down as 8 inches. So in the morning I'm going to be making some deep huge plugs.

 

If you are seeking my plants, 6-8" is as deep as you will need to go. The ones I planted last year may require a backhoe.

 

Just fill in those holes. Lol

 

Enjoy your time doing something you love tomorrow and I wish you the best in finding some goodies.