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Well, again this year I have been slow to update this site. I would guess the brass-like Chineese coin to be over 100 years old based on how green it was. I found it at Memorial Park on a hill. The 1918 dime and 1935 quarter were found at Elmwood park. These parks just seem to have stuff all over them. Once I think I have found everything there is at one, I go to an unlikely place that I don't remember checking before, and there is often something there. I found several Indian cents not shown here at old home sites that I gave to the homeowner. Several of these coins came from an old school site in Lancaster. There is no sign of a school there now, just trees and long grass. Since the grass is pressed down because of the winter snow, I was able to find dozens of wheat cents and a few silver coins there. A couple of the coins came from another old school site also.
Kevin McCracken 04/17/05 |
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A couple quarters and Indians popped up at an old farm house that a great guy about my age named Kurt lives at. They don't live far from me, and they said I could probably hunt other old homes belonging to their relatives. Then, I went Spring Walleye fishing, and the night before the launch, Jeremy Kelker and I went out into the darkness to hunt. We found an 1837 large cent, an 1844 Canadian Bank of Montreal half penny token, an old store token, and a 1916 dime. The coppers are slightly corroded, but you can't blame them - they have been in the ground for over 160 years! It was a fun evening, and even though the Walleye didn't bite the next day, we caught plenty of fish and fried them up for dinner that evening with wild onions right on Lake Erie.
Kevin McCracken 05/15/05 |
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I found the 1957 half at an 1875 brick home 3" down by a maple tree. I gave the owner a 1904 Indian cent and a piece of jewelry that I found. The 1940 dime was found at a park in Portland Indiana. The 1920 half and 4 other silver pieces were all found in the same hole at an abandoned home near my house. That's the most silver that I've found in one hole so far. The 1892 dime is XF40+ and was found at Memorial Park in a place that I have hunted many times before. It's always good to go over places that you have hunted before - and to do so in a different sweep pattern. It has a few small, deep, old pot-marks on it - has anyone seen this on silver finds before?
Kevin McCracken 06/25/05 |
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I haven't been out much the past few months. The 1853 large cent was by a big-wild bush at an abandoned home that I hunted. The place was not taken care of at all, and I found the cent as soon as I started. I was pretty happy because I though plenty more coins would have to pop out of the ground, but two hours later, it was still all I really found. The 1942 half was at a different abandoned home, again with wild grass and weeds. I'm surprised that my metal detector could even sense it with the 3-4 inches of weeds between my detector and the ground. I also found chiggers and a big sticky spider web that covered my whole body on that outing. The Mercury dime was from Byron street in Huntington, and the Barber was from a quaint little town in Ohio. One of the police officers in this town was probably one of the nicest guys that I've ever met (Hi Pat if you ever read this). He tried to help me identify potential places to go, and had gone out a few times himself with a detector. The 1908 political pin (cob) was at another old home I checked out.
Kevin McCracken 09/02/05 |
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A few more tidbits found at various sites, including 3 from an old farm home. The old farm home had a fairly small yard and had been detected before by the owners family, but it had been 10 years ago. The older and cheaper detectors just aren't much worth having. I did have to work for these though, the barber quarter was in "noisy" ground, and the standing liberty was by the roots of a full and healthy rose bush (ouch). I had to think twice about retrieving that one.
Kevin McCracken 10/18/05 |
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