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Riccar Guardian1000© Member 
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Since it's been noticeably slow on the forum, and some of our friends in the colder states are snowed-in, I thought I'd try to help out... I made an interesting find yesterday, and I thought it might be fun to see if you could guess the details of what was found. Many of you know that due to small children in my house, I usually don't get days off for detecting, but I will get out during the work week during my lunch breaks. Last week was so hectic that I was not able to get out during a single lunch break. So, this week, I wanted to make sure I got out there and make up for the lost time! One of my favorite spots is an old picnic ground area where my parents would take me when I was younger. It was close to our home, I'd go for walks there with my Mom, and she would tell me about the times her father would take her there when she was a young girl. I never met my grandfather (died before I was born), so going to this place is sort of a sentimental experience for me as I walk, detect, and remember the stories. Sometimes I can go through this area and do not find a single coin, most of the time I will find at least one wheatback cent, but once in awhile I'll find something good! Last month I went there several times and it was really starting to feel "skunky" because I just wasn't finding the oldies, but, things turned around with a bang on Feb. 1st when I found a nice 1946-S Walking Liberty Half dollar. This week started to look like things would continue to be good... On Monday, I was able to get back to the area where the half dollar came from, and I was rewarded with a couple wheatback cents and a silver Roosevelt dime. Tuesday I only found one old coin, but I was definitely happy with it. The coin I found was an extremely sharp 1907 Indian Head cent. It has a "full liberty" and the feathers are sharp, but the bad news is that it has two, deep, old scratches on the obverse.  So, after already having some success this week, I decided to get back out there on Wednesday (yesterday) and see what I could find... I have a pretty decent knowledge of the area, and before I go out there, I usually have a spot in mind and will focus on it. Yesterday I had decided to hit the edge of one of the picnic areas, where for some reason, those usually hold an oldie that was missed by the previous metal detecting armies. As I was working through this one area, I noticed it was extremely clean, and signals were scarce. (previous armies did a great job there!) I worked around to the edge of the picnic area and came up to the edge of a dry creek bed. Along the creek bed, I could see a very narrow path that ran along it, and I thought it may be one of those "forgotten trails" but as I walked along, I noticed it was almost as clean as the picnic area. The trail ended at the foot of a steep hill, I could see another trail a short distance above, and decided I would work my way out and up to another picnic area. As I zig-zagged up the hill, my coil went over a screaming, loud signal. It was so loud that I thought it would be a can. I stuck my boot into the hill, moved the soft (still moist from the rains) dirt, and noticed the signal was gone. I chased the signal to the area where I had kicked, and didn't notice it at first, but there on the ground was a small, plastic pouch. Once I saw it, I was thinking it was only a piece of trash, but, the loud signal was coming from it. I kneeled down, picked it up, and could tell that the plastic was sort of fragile (due to being in the elements for a long time), but I turned it around and found an opening. Looking inside of it, I quickly discovered I was holding some sort of old purse. The contents inside were packed with dirt, mud, and a... SCORPIAN! :Yikes; The little guardian (about 1 1/2") looked like he was snoozing, but I was still a little cautious (even though I wear gloves while I detect). This was the first scorpian I've ever found out here in CA, so I wasn't sure what to expect. The only other things I saw along with the scorpian were: another small, white plastic pouch, and two gold colored, copper lipstick tubes. I picked out the lipstick tubes, thinking that must have been what gave the signal I heard, stood up, waved the coil again, but the screaming signal was still there. It was at that moment that I thought- sure would be nice if there were some coins in there! I kneeled down again, this time picked out the little white pouch, waved it over the coil, and knew I had my target. I peeled the edge open, and the first thing I saw was a silver coin laying on a stack of other coins! :3dancingsmiley; I picked up all the contents (less the scorpian!), placed the items into my pouch and figured I would open the contents at home, and take pictures at that time. The rest of my hunt was uneventful, but that one find made it a successful one! This morning I went outside and took a sequence of pictures as I opened it up. Here's where I thought it would be fun to have a contest... just for fun, take a guess at the following: 1- How many coins were in the purse? 2- How many were silver? 3- Tie breaker= guess the types of coins and the years. Thanks for participating. Hope you enjoy this as much as I did. As the guesses come in, I'll add more pictures to reveal the contents... Happy hunting (and guessing!)  Last edited on 08:45 pm by Riccar |
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24HourNut Administrator  Body pillows rock!
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Thanks for this, Riccar!  I will make this a "sticky" topic because I am willing to take the chance and bet LM would want me to since he isn't here right now. 
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Riccar Guardian1000© Member
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Thanks Frank! And... what's your guess?
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24HourNut Administrator Body pillows rock!
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I remove myself from things such as this ... keep the chances for the Members. But thanks
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Riccar Guardian1000© Member
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24HourNut wrote: I remove myself from things such as this ... keep the chances for the Members. But thanks OK, but you know this one is not as good as the contests LM puts on with all his cool prizes... My contest is a "just for fun" and probably not worthy of "sticky" status! ;) Last edited on 09:43 pm by Riccar |
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You have to understand, I love it for the story alone. Maybe my bias is showing. 
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Riccar Guardian1000© Member
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24HourNut wrote: You have to understand, I love it for the story alone. Maybe my bias is showing. Gotcha! A true book worm? 
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Amy Original500© Member  ...going with the flow...
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That is a wonderful story Riccar! I'll take a wild guess and say.... 9 coins 5 of them silver i'll wait on the third part for now...and post if needed for tie breaker...
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Riccar Guardian1000© Member
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And, here are the teaser pics. I'll add more as we go along...   
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Riccar Guardian1000© Member
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Amy wrote: That is a wonderful story Riccar! Thanks Amy! Those might be good guesses
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Metal detecting in February!!!!!! I would need a jackhammer.  Ok it looks like a dime bank so maybe maybe 4 jefferson silvers, 1 washington quarter 3 jefferson nicks and ummm.............4 lincoln memorials and 2 wheaties. 86cents.Nice lunch break by the way! Oh and a marble............
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Riccar Guardian1000© Member
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librtyhead wrote: Metal detecting in February!!!!!! I would need a jackhammer. Thanks Libertyhead... Think I'd stay inside if detecting required a jackhammer!!! Last edited on 01:25 am by Riccar |
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Well, not much of turn-out, but it was just for fun so... Here are the results: Total coins = 6 Total silver coins = 5 1943-S Washington quarter 1947-S Washington quarter 1942-S Mercury dime 1947-S Roosevelt dime 1920 buffalo nickel 1942-P nickel Congrats Amy. You guessed 5 silver coins and that was enough to have the best guess!!!  
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Riccar Guardian1000© Member
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Here are all of the pictures as I opened up the purse the next morning...      
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24HourNut Administrator Body pillows rock!
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Always love buffalo nickels, PERIOD! Congrats Amy, and thank you Riccar.
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