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  • I just knew that they were not all pennies.

    On Sunday I spent some time at a field that had stymied my in the past.
    On three other occasions pennies were the flavor of the day there.
    And Sunday was no exception. Lots of pennies. Click image for larger version

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ID:	176537 I did have one of those nitro moments.
    Short lived as it was though.
    Real gold lockets don't give off a high sweet tone. Click image for larger version

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    But as I say if there are pennies keepers can be hiding somewhere near by. Click image for larger version

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    Bruce
    In life there are losers and finders. Which one are you?

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    Bruce
    In life there are losers and finders. Which one are you?

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    • #3
      I never asked but do you have a piggy bank? Did you ever figure out Pennies to Nickles to Dimes to Quarters found ratios? It might be interesting to determine this. Of how about calculating how much spare change over an acre of land?
      Last edited by Hoss; 10-05-2015, 12:56 PM.
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      • 2ndoldman
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        I don't think they make a piggy bank large enough to hold all of the change that I find in a year Matt.
        Hunting for lost coins, coin shooting as it is called, up here in Canada has is far more challenging than it is in the states.
        Most of your modern coins are copper core and they sound off nice on any detector. The exception being zinc pennies.
        Here in Canada they have made our modern coins with a steel core and most of the time we try to ignore steel signals.
        Penny - 2000 to present; 94.0% steel, 4.5% Cu, 1.5% Ni, (*) (NOTE: Magnetic!)
        Penny - 1997 to present; 98.4% zinc, 1.6% copper plating
        *Note: Since 2000, the 1-cent coin can be produced using either the copper-plated steel or copper-plated zinc compositions.

        Nickle - 2000 to present; 94.5% steel, 3.5% Cu, 2% Ni plating
        Dime - 2000 to present; 92% steel, 5.5% Cu, 2.5% Ni plating
        Quarter - 2000 to present; 94% steel, 3.8% Cu, 2.2% Ni plating
        Loonie - 2012 -present; multi-ply brass plated steel
        Toonie - 2012 to present; outer ring - multi-ply nickel plated steel, insert - multi-ply brass plated aluminum bronze

        When I am hunting for old coins I ignore the surface iron signals Matt. But when I am clad hunting those are the targets I look for.
        Trying to do both at the same time is next to impossible here in Canada.

    • #4
      By the way that 1913 coin is very cool is it a nickle? Just a guess because of the V for the roman numeral 5.
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      • #5
        Ron did you ever hear about the V ( Racketeer) Nickles in the states? There was a guy plating them gold and passing them off as 5 dollar gold pieces. I have one around here someplace. Not sure if it is an original. You see the first ones minted in 1883 here in the US just had a V on one side. When word got around about the counterfeits it prompted the US mint to add the word cents to the coin. Here is a story about the Racketeer nickles of 1883 http://coins.thefuntimesguide.com/2011/02/1883_coin.php I do have an 1883 around here someplace but at hand I only have this 1904. I found this one at a bar in Derby CT. we moved furniture and this rolled on out from between the booths and the wall. Perhaps 1976 or so. Not sure when it was lost but I always cherish the find because of the odd way it was recovered. I still remember the old place it was called the Firebell in Derby CT\. Click image for larger version

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        • 2ndoldman
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          Being gold plated that would survive in much better condition than other V nickels Matt.
          Please continue with the story of the find. You have me curious as to how you found it.

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        Matt that V nickle is actually a 1943 tombac nickle. This is a little history on the Canadian nickel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel...nadian_coin%29
        And this is what that 1943 would have looked like new. Click image for larger version

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        Bruce
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        • #7
          ahh so the V was for victory that is pretty awesome
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          • 2ndoldman
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            It did double duty Matt. You are correct. The V represented Winston Churchill's V for victory sign and the V was also Roman number 5 for the 5 cent nickel.

        • #8
          I bought one of these at a tag sale many moons ago for 3 dollars. As soon as I walked into my house with it my daughter took it away from me. It is at her house in CT to this day. five gallons capacity. She never came close to filling that sucker up!

          picture from ebay Click image for larger version

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          http://www.ebay.ie/itm/LG-Rare-Vinta...item3d043761f7
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        • #9
          I used to pick them up when I saw them out there. My reasoning was knowing how many I saw smashed on my way growing up to get the change out. I figured they could be collectable being so many met thier doom at the end of a hammer. Corkies can bring some nice coin I had one of those too but my Ex took it. I am a collector I collect. well maybe a picker LLoL is a better way of saying it. Buy sell always looking for that score. They are out there if you know what to look for.
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          • #10
            wow incredible the coin would fit in that pic easily. LOL not the rest of the treasure though.
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