Dropping coins

laserart

I have always asked myself how could anyone lose a coin back in a day when it was actually worth something? How could a person not know they had lost a quarter or a dime or any coin for that matter. Sunday I was experimenting with my Ace 250 and I had knelt down to dig a hole about 6" deep. I had reached into my pocket to pull out a silver coin and then drop it in the hole and cover it up. I wanted to hear the defined ring it would make. To my surprise I had lost a nickel. I didn't have a clue I had dropped it. Mystery solved.

Zot

In my case this mystery was solved a few months ago when I dug a nice coin (only a 1920's copper, but in exceptionally good condition).
I had it in my hand, but when I was about to put it into an old sock (I carry a few with me for storing better finds (to avoid damage) until I get home), I dropped it and didn't find it again!!!
It could have bounced off my leg/foot or off a root, but must with certainty have been within a few feet. I swept the area multiple times (also without discrimination) but didn't find it. Eventually had to give up due to darkness. This episode still bugs me today...

(And yes, I checked inside my shoes, pockets, etc as well.. without success)

laserart

That's like having a fish jump back into the water after you've caught it.

speer34

That would suck. It hasn't happened to me yet, and hopefully it won't happen. I"ll just keep my fingers crossed that it doesn't.

goldrush00013

Dropping coins. How about dropping keys!

One day I was artifact hunting on a favorite local site. This farm field was just over 90 acres with a nice creek running along it. I walked it for over 4 hours looking for arrowheads and was having much success! It had rained pretty good two days prior which for me was fortunate, because when I got back to my car I unloaded all my pockets of rocks to find that I didn't have my keys!! I knew that I had them in my pocket before I entered the field so off I went to find my keys.

After two and a half hours of retracing my muddy shoe prints I finally found them!!
If the ground had not been muddy , I would have never found them with no way to retrace my tracks.
Now I always leave my keys on one of the tires on the car.

millennium

LOL....how about this one.......I was metal detecting around an old school we have here and I found a 1904 Indian Head cent in pretty nice shape...Well after about 30 minutes or so a passerby came up and asked me how I was doing. "Pretty good", I said, "I found a 1904 Indian head just over there", pointing to the area I found it. Well , I stuck my hand into my little tool pouch, and guess what?....No coin. So I managed to find an Indian Head cent and lose it in the same day.....I was sick..