Silver, gold, and a wheat crop... (some April stuff)

Riccar

I couldn't keep up with you guys in the silver totals this month. (actually, now that the weather is nice, I probably won't be in the running for a few months) I try to get out during my lunch breaks and find a couple coins here and there... over 20 wheats and only a couple silvers this month ('46 and '48).

The man's bracelet was a surprise park find. It was near the surface and I didn't realize it would be something worth a little bit until I found the prices on-line (8" length, 5mm width, "Figaro" style, 10k = sells on-line for over $100). Of course I wouldn't get jeweler prices for it, but still a fun find.

group shot:


bracelet with marking:


happy hunting...

CROCKofCOINS

Nice finds Rick!

Jerry

Riccar

Thanks Jerry,
The bracelet is something typically found in your posts (jewelry, etc.) ... I'm not used to seeing these in my pouch.

BentFork

So now you're a jewerly hunter, huh? Nice haul there Rick.

G.

Riccar

Thanks Gary! I may target the jewelry a little more now that the ground is getting harder... makes going after the deep turf coins tougher. We'll see... I just don't have a "jewlery store" like you do though.

BentFork

Hey, what can I say? People want to drop their jewelry for me to find, more power to them. Melted down, it's all dinero in my book.

ricko

Nice finds... congrats... Cheers, RickO

Musky1011

I love those lawnmower clipped cents

Jim

SilverDreams

Nice job!

phut

Nice finds Rick.
MMMmmm gold!
Looks like someone did some work on the heart shaped wheat cent.

Riccar

Thanks RickO and SilverDreams!

Gary- You have some loyal customers... so all you do is tell them to go to your jewelry shop, bring their best stuff, and leave it there for you? (still waiting for someone to leave you another big fat ring! )

Musky 1011- Thanks. I like finding those clipped wheatbacks since they are usually deep in turf and tell me I was successful in picking off another deep old coin... even though it's mangled, it could've been something good. (but it'd sure be sad if one ends up being an '09-S vdb)

Tim - Thanks. I thought that heart shaped wheatback was interesting... pefectly shaped. When I dug it, I thought it was just an old piece of jewelry until I saw the "one cent." It has the crud/warts where the date should be so I still don't know how old it is. I'll let it soak so I might be able to get a date off of it...

lordmarcovan

That Wheatie cut into a heart shape is supercool. A 20th century equivalent of a love token!

(At least, it looks like it is heart shaped, or is that just a shadow at the top?)

Three wounded Wheaties on the same site? I suspect the same perpetrator in all three cutting incidents. Those ain't lawnmower victims.

goldrush00013

Nice work Rick!

I love the heart shaped wheatie!

Riccar

Thanks Rob- Yes, it's heart-shaped. Just got me wondering... could a heart shaped coin be made for use as a guitar pick? (no clue but it sort of looks like one... except for the notch at the top)

Riccar

Thanks John
(guess I'll need to do a close-up shot of that little guy)

BentFork

Rick, funny you mentioned the thing about guitar picks and coins. I read somewhere that someone made a pick out of a coin. Hey, it'll work.



<< <i>You have some loyal customers... so all you do is tell them to go to your jewelry shop, bring their best stuff, and leave it there for you? (still waiting for someone to leave you another big fat ring! >>



You're so young Rick! I have this bridge that goes from Manhattan to Long Island...

G.

Riccar

Yeah, everyone is "youngster" to you Gary... (doh! )

<< I have this bridge that goes from Manhattan to Long Island...>>

I thought Bugs Bunny bought it (or was he selling it too?) Phut would know...

Riccar

Wow! Found it...

Bugs sells the bridge...

Phut- did you know all of these are on the web now?!

BentFork

<< <i> Yeah, everyone is "youngster" to you Gary... >>



Loooooooooooowwwwww blooooooowwwwwww dude!

That's the bridge! That's the one!

G.

Riccar

dcamp78

<< <i>Rick, funny you mentioned the thing about guitar picks and coins. I read somewhere that someone made a pick out of a coin. Hey, it'll work. >>



They sell them on eBay. I believe they are made from silver quarters. Just do a search...

Riccar

Thanks Dcamp-

Right now I see 10 for sale on ebay (interesting... even a half$):
Coin Guitar Picks for sale

Also found this site that shows how to make them (coin example is on the bottom of the page):
Handmade guitar picks from coins

AgileMJOLNIR

Your Rockin 'n Rollin Rick! Is that from the same orchard we hit before?

dcamp78

<< <i>Thanks Dcamp-

Right now I see 10 for sale on ebay (interesting... even a half$):
Coin Guitar Picks for sale
>>



Do you think those are AT or NT?

Just joking...

Riccar

<<Your Rockin 'n Rollin Rick! Is that from the same orchard we hit before? >>

Thanks Agile-
Not from there... that's one of the places that got shut down over the last year. (lots of work going on in that park) But, the parks, schools, pkg strips around there hold some wheats and silver


<<Do you think those are AT or NT?>>

Dcamp-
Depends on who you're asking...
just kidding!

Zot

<< <i>actually, now that the weather is nice, I probably won't be in the running for a few months >>


Your detecting vs. weather pattern is the direct opposite of mine...
Then again, "nice weather" for me means that it isn't snowing and the ground isn't frozen...

Great finds!
That's a nice bracelet. That kind of thing can be an elusive find for a selective digger if it gives a "long" signal...

Edit: Those guitar pick coins look great. They can, however, take some getting used to - can easily break lots of strings...