Coin spills.

Dockwalliper

I've dug a few in my days but who would have thought my biggest spill find would come in February. A member of our local club, that I hunt with often, texted me that he was in the park so I headed over. This was the monday after the Super Bowl and the temp was 51 degrees. my first hit was a wheatie. My second hit was a strong shallow signal. I popped the plug and saw 2 pennies. I picked them out, stuck in my probe and it gave a loud beep. Out popped a quarter. I repeated this again and again. Each time a coin or two came to light. I had to widen and deepin my hole several times and it took a while for the hole to go silent.

Total take 8 quarters,8 dimes, 3 nickels, 10 pennies. Oldest was a '64 nickel newest were several '89 quarters.

The next day the cold and snow moved in. Theres about a 15 inches on the ground now. Gonna be some time before I can get out again.

GaCoinGuy

I once dug 3 clad Washingtons from the same hole. Was detecting with LordMarcovan on the grounds of an old church down where he lives. They were about 7 inches deep.

lordmarcovan

Originally posted by: GaCoinGuy

I once dug 3 clad Washingtons from the same hole. Was detecting with LordMarcovan on the grounds of an old church down where he lives. They were about 7 inches deep.

I don't remember that. I do remember taking you to Halifax Square. I think you found a (1935?) Wheat cent there, in an area that had produced several Indian cents for me in the past.



My best was three silver Roosies, two Mercs, and a 1941 Jefferson in the same hole.



Another time I got an 1899 Indian cent and four or five early Lincolns, mostly 1919-20.



Yet another time I found an incredible number (26, if I remember correctly) of Wheats in the same hole. Almost all of them were 1944 coins, which you could tell had been new when they hit the dirt, but there were two or three well-worn older ones mixed in, too, including a 1917-D, as I recall.

ricko

Great pocket spill Dock.... I have never found one that large, just a bunch of cents and once

two quarters and a dime.... now I cache hunt, so don't find pocket spills anymore. Cheers, RickO

pcgs69

that's a large drop of coins!



I've had a few over the years. Not sure of the biggest, but one time I believe a hole had 6 IHCs.



Another memorable one was a 1925 Standing Liberty Quarter, a 1902 Barber Half, a 1913 Barber dime, Buffalo Nickel and two wheat cents. Have an out-of-focus video somewhere if anyone's interested.

pocketpiececommems

My best spills have been a 13 quarter find and a 17 dime find. I also found over 500 pennies in an area that it looked like they had been thrown out like Easter eggs coin on top of each other. Needless to say the detector was a constant beep. Fortunately they were just in the grass recently and didn't have to probe for them. Lots of bending.

lordmarcovan

Originally posted by: pcgs69

Have an out-of-focus video somewhere if anyone's interested.

By all means. I never got 'round to watching any of your videos, but would like to.



(This is because we have such terrible- and I mean terrible- connection issues at home out in the boondocks, so one can fuhgeddabout watching video- loading pix is hard enough! But here at work I can watch.)

lordmarcovan

PS- my friend Billy made an interesting "coin spill" find. It was only two coins, but they were quite illustrative of what must have been circulating around here around the turn of the 18th century. The first was a very sharp and well preserved 1798/7 Draped Bust cent (which was subsequently the subject of a feature article in Coin World). The second was a contemporary counterfeit (possibly Machin's Mills) 1775 British halfpenny.

ricko

That is a an awesome find LordM...although only two coins... wow.. what a pair. Cheers, RickO

pcgs69

Originally posted by: lordmarcovan

Originally posted by: pcgs69

Have an out-of-focus video somewhere if anyone's interested.

By all means. I never got 'round to watching any of your videos, but would like to.



(This is because we have such terrible- and I mean terrible- connection issues at home out in the boondocks, so one can fuhgeddabout watching video- loading pix is hard enough! But here at work I can watch.)

Video below. But fair warning, you just see round blobs.



Video Here

Zot

My personal best is 51 coins in one hole. It looked like a roll of 50, plus a random loose coin that happened to be in the same spot. Those were 1960's coins.

For older stuff (pre-1900), my record is 3 coins.