Hello everyone, Welcome to my 40,000th like Celebration Thread! Thanks to @SensibleSal66 for that like Today's thread is dedicated to my top 10 Metal Detecting finds for this year. 2020 was an amazing time for detecting great US Coins and Relics. Especially with the newest machine that I purchased which is the AV Minelab Vanquish 440. Here is my list.. #1 - USMC Civil War Button - Fort Green Park #2 - 1800's Shoe Buckle - Hunter Island #3 - Complete Harmonica Reed - Inwood Park #4 - Complete Skeleton Key - Prospect Park #5 - NYC Chauffeur License Tag - McCarren Park #6 - Junior Police Badge - Brighton Beach #7 - Eagle Lock - McCarren Park #8 - 1861 Seated Dime - Prospect Park #9 - 1943 Walking Liberty Half - Hunter Island #10 - 4 Standing Liberty Quarters - Misc Parks As you know there were dozens of threads dedicated to this years finds including many silver Barber, Mercury and Roosevelt Dimes, Silver Washington Quarters, Hundreds of Wheat Cents. Silver Rings and medallions. Tokens and foreign coins. It's been a pleasure sharing all my amazing finds with everyone here on CoinTalk! Peace
Ed, have you ever tried to research that Chauffeur's Tag in the city archives to learn who it was issued to?
Was taking a few days off. Wow, a Walker! Gotta love that big silver when it pops, eh? I have only found five silver halves ever: An 1894-O Barber, a 1926-S Oregon Trail commemorative(!), 1937-D and 1944 Walkers, and one Franklin (it was a 1952, if I remember correctly). No silver dollars or other larger silver coins. Nice old relics there, too. I like that shoe buckle. That's an early one.
PS- I totally overlooked that 1861 Seated dime at first glance! Excellent! Seated silver is as exciting as big silver, ain't it? For Seated dimes, I've dug an 1839, an 1862, and an 1876-S. Also a few half dimes and one quarter (1855 w/arrows). No Seated half or dollar, of course.
Fantastic group of finds. My oldest is in NYC but not into detecting (unless it's detecting aromas in an alehouse) Sounds like someone needs to visit warm Florida and detect during the winter months to avoid atrophy from setting in.
Keep the skeletons in the closet...don't use the key....and while you're at it ...one , two buckle your shoe!
This year I purchased the AV Minelab Vanquish 440. Simple to use, lightweight and affordable at $279.00 It's my 3rd Detecting machine and I love it! It's the red one
What are the other two and how do they stack up? I've been thinking of picking up a vanquish 540. I'm using a Bounty Hunter Discovery 3300 at the moment.
