Aug 27, 2016, 7 silver, 4 buffalos, 16 wheats

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pcgs69
pcgs69 Posts: 4,406 ✭✭✭✭
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Got out yesterday to the dry sand of Silver Beach. Tried the small area that I hit last time, and expanded slightly.



Not too bad of results:



5 silver Roosevelts

1 Merc

1 Silver Washington

4 buffalo nickels

16 wheat cents

3 religious pendants

1 half ring from hong kong

11 Jefferson nickels - newest is 1964

Lead toy soldier. Can't figure out if it's a broken gun, or if he's playing an instrument?

1942 UK 3 Pence - a bit of an oddity



No clad dimes or quarters!



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HH all!

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  • Zot
    Zot Posts: 825 ✭✭✭
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    Very nice! But, but... where's the gold? image

    The lead toy soldier looks like he's blowing into a seashell horn image

    The silver Washington looks like it spent quite some time at least partially on the surface, based on the green color it's acquired.

    re. the 3 Pence: Looking it up in Krause, it appears you've found the most common date of this type, with over 103 million pieces minted image
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  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,092 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    you did good that day image
  • TigersFan2
    TigersFan2 Posts: 1,442 ✭✭
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    I wish people would post the dates/mintmarks of the pre-1964 coins they dig up. It would be nice to know if it's a common date, semi-key or key date.
    I love the 3 P's: PB&J, PBR and PCGS.
  • Bayard1908
    Bayard1908 Posts: 4,184 ✭✭✭✭
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    That's a very early pull tab, believe it dates to 1962. I always find silver at sites where I find that type of pull tab.
  • lordmarcovan
    lordmarcovan Posts: 45,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Yep. Early pulltab, all right.



    The Brit 3d coin is possibly a GI souvenir from WW2.

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

  • ricko
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    Nice finds....I knew that area would be productive from your first venture. Still think there might be a gold ring or two there...I have some of those 3 pence coins from my time in the UK...Cheers, RickO
  • pcgs69
    pcgs69 Posts: 4,406 ✭✭✭✭
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    It's nice finding those zip tabs. I save the ones in good condition like this.



    Dates of saved coins are (dl = dateless):



    Wheats:

    (all begin with 19 of course) 19, 53d, 37, 46, 56, 40, 5?, 52, 44, 47, 46, 48, 44, 44, 52, 51d



    Buffalo Nickels:

    29, dl, dl, dl



    Merc:

    1945



    Roosevelts:

    48?, 63d, 50, 49, 52



    Washington Quarter:

    1934



    For a second, wasn't sure what it was made out of due to its different color (as Zot noted). But due to how deep it was, figured it had to be silver.



    UK 3 Pence

    1942



    I didn't note the dates of the Jeffersons, but several 1941 dates, from what I recall, some 1950 coins, and I think maybe a '39



    Ricko, hope there's a gold ring hiding out there somewhere. Will expand my dry sand search next time. It was nice upon getting home because only had to do a quick hose on the detector and boots. It didn't take an hour to hose everything down fromboots, to headphones to pinpointer... not fun!



  • luckybucks
    luckybucks Posts: 1,318 ✭✭✭
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    Not bad at all .

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