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I finally went detecting again
Göttinger
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After I could not go metal detecting for almost 3 months due to my work schedule, yesterday I went to a local park again. Unfortunately I did not find anything good, just a few Euros, 2.11 Deutsche Mark, a totally destroyed 2 Pfennig coin from the 1870's and a 1862 kingdom of Hannover 2 Pfennig coin.
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Also there were a lot of empty cans and bottles, I collected them, too.
pocket change is always welcome. i do the bottle thing as well. its a good day when something is brought home
Any coin from the 1800s, even copper, is considered a good find in America.
Today I returned to the park.
Some change, a cross pendant and some buttons of undetermined age, a 1874 2 Pfennig coin and a 1804 1 Pfennig coin from Hessen-Darmstadt.
I know that it isn't rare or anything, but I noticed that your 10 pfennig is a 1949, with the original motto: Bank Deutscher Lander.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
Yeah, that's right! Even though the "Bank Deutscher Länder" coins have a pretty high mintage, I don't find them too often.
Actually I rarely ever find the "Bundesrepublik Deutschland" 1, 5 & 10 Pfennig coins aswell as the younger 2 Penning coins. They give me a small iron signal which I usually don't dig.
But one time a friend invited me to one of his permissions, where we found a stolen cash register from the early 1990's. All the high denomination coins were removed, but the thief had left well over 1000 of the low denomination coins inside.
The rust had clumped them together, but a bath in WD40 really helped. There were dozens of 1949 "Bank Deutscher Länder" coins amongst them.
Wow. That would be a super fun find.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
Congratulations. It's always good to get out when you can
Jim
Time goes by so fast...
Today I finally went searching again. Unfortunately I didn't even find a coin or button, but still there were two interesting finds:
The first two hunts of 2025 are in the books.
I was too lazy to search for a good new permission after work, so I just went to some local parks.
Yesterday I found 4.17€ in change plus a 1929 1 Reichspfennig coin, today it was only 0,92€ in change plus a 1900 1 Pfennig coin and a broken sterling silver earring (0.9 grams).
I suppose I will proceed my short local park hunts after work until the weather gets nice enough for some full day hunts to try out some new permissions.
Today I went to a local park again. I expected a pretty slow hunt because I already searched the area last summer. But today the grass was short and the soil was moist, almost perfect conditions.
During my first 1½ hours I barely found any signals (except for canslaw unfortunately). I found 1.20€ in change, a 925 silver belly piercing (2.3 grams), two small musket balls, a prong to a old buckle and a wasted copper coin (probably a Pfennig, around 1800).
Then I discovered a little hotspot. My first find was a "miraculous medal" with a prayer to St. Mary, probably around 1900. Followed by two cast brass buttons with a drilled shank hole and a blow hole button (the shank is missing) and a tombak button - all four probably from the 1700's. My last two finds are my favourite ones, a heavy cast brass button with a star design (late 1600's) and a 2 Pfennig coin from the county of Lippe, minted 1763.
All in all not too bad for a 2½ hour hunt. I'll probably return to the little hotspot next week.
Today I returned to the little "hot spot" I found last time. It turned off very quick, I only found two old buttons, three musket balls and 0.52€ in current coins. Next week I'll go to some different parks, this one seems to be done.
Today was very harsh. I went to various different parks in the area, but all of them seemed to be either very trashy or extremely quiet.
Here are the few things I managed to find in almost 5 hours of detecting:
Pretty much my last signal today, ut totally saved this hunt for me.
0.50€ in change, a late 1700's button, a unmarked bead (modern, tested positive for silver), a 1940's zinc 1 Reichspfennig coin and...
Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (Brunswick) silver 6 Pfennig 1764
Most parts of America were not settled by 1764, and finds that old are essentially impossible in much of the U.S.
Today I detected some tot lots and a public park in a village nearby. I expected some older finds from the early 1900's, but it
seems like the area was re-modeled during the 1980's and most of the original soil got lost...
Garbage. It adds up quickly....
Over 19€ and 7 German Mark (not including the pesky little coins with a iron core). Even though the German Mark was replaced by the Euro in 2002, you still can exchange the coins at the Federal Bank of Germany.
The only old stuff for today. A musket ball, a early 1800's button, part of a shoe buckle and a 1940's 5 Reichspfennig coin (unfortunately zinc)
Same procedure as last week, same (or a bit worse) results:
Today I went to a tot lot in my village wich haven't detected before because it was always full of children.
Well, the usuall stuff - 6.35€ in change, a early 1800's flat button, a piece of horse tack (similar age) and a crusty 1940's zink 5 Reichspfennig.
But one find is pretty unusual for me - it's a commemorative (non-circulating) German 10€ coin from 2012, commemorating the global fight against famine. (10€ = 11.38$)
I was also a little bit pissed about it. Until 2011 they were made from silver, but from 2012 onwards it's only copper-nickel. Well, I'll probably just exchange it at the bank. Or should I keep it?
That 10Euro is as good as a macchiato and a couple of breakfast burritos here. I’d be tickled with that find!
Today's return to yesterday's site and a tour to two more villages was a complete bust. A small amount of change (8.01€) and a 10 Pfennig coin (date rusted away, circa 1950 - 1996).
Usually I expect at least a couple of flat buttons, a pre 1950's coin or a couple of musket balls from each hunt. But today absolutely nothing old to find there....
Thank you!
Since it's no silver, yesterday I exchanged the coin at my bank. I was kind of surprized that they weren't asking questions about the weired brown tarnish / oxydation.
Here in Germany 10€ is the equivalent of almost two full fast food meals aswell.
But actually I "invested" all my change from metal detecting into buying a coin collection at a yard sale. For 320€ (~367$) I got a collection containing roughly 450 grams of silver and a 1/20 ounce gold Maple Leaf - I reckon that's a pretty good deal...
After a nasty injury I finally went detecting again. This time I went to a small park close to my grandparent's house.
Just some modern change (6.30€), a silver bracelet with a engraved date of birth (clasp is broken, 83.5% silver), two foreign coins (French and Yugoslavia, 1960's) and a 2nd world war bullet (.50 BMG, most likely American).
In my grandparent's garden I got the nicest find of the day, a 1830's copper 1 Pfennig from Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (Brunswick).
Round two this morning only yielded 1.70€ in change, 1.02 Mark in coins from the 60's & 70's and a bag seal from the postal service. It's a Third Reich one with the imperial eagle holding a swastika.
Today I detected part of the hill behind the park where I spent the last days.
Finally some semi-old finds started showing up. Due to the stormy weather I could only stay for about one hour.
This evening I found 1.20€, a probably horse-related disk and a 1931 Reichspfennig coin.
But I have no idea what the hand-made brass object with the three loops could be. Probably some kind of buckle? Suggestions are welcome.
Today I tried another park. Still not great, I haven't found a good permission in the past 2 years...
2.40€ and 2.10 Mark in change, a 1940's 10 Reichspfennig coin (zinc) and a hand full of mid-1800's bullets.
Musket balls galore today.
In 90 minutes of detecting I found 17 of them.
There were not many other finds, just some modern change and a totally trashed coin (broken into 3 pieces).
It turned out to be a 4 Pfennig silver coin from the city of Hildesheim (1734 - 1764).
Here is a link to this coin on numista (their date range is incorrect): https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces140201.html
Those musket balls are rlly cool. Wish you could find stuff like that in the states.
This saturday I returned to yesterday's spot, but then went a few hundred meters north.
In about one hour I managed to find just one musket ball, a silver plated cufflinks, 2 Pfennig (1950), 10 Reichspfennig (1940's), 10 Rentenpfennig (1924) and - my favourite finde - a small renaissance era buckle.