Better finds from 2008

Here are some pics of my better finds for 2008. I was able to get 59 silver coins for the year. I was hoping to make it 60 even, but I couldn't find that last elusive silver coin for the year. Out of the 59, two of them are foreign coins--a Canada dime, a Portugese 2.5 escudo (I think that's what it is) and a silver panda coin from China in a ring.

Edited to add clad info--I managed to find 5109 coins for the year for a total of $285.22.

pennies--3342
nickels--192
dimes--1022
quarters--548
halves--4
dollars--1

I had a few new firsts for the year--all four of the silver halves that I got were the first ones I had gotten. I can't believe that I managed to find 2 silver Benjamin 50C pieces on the same day within a few minutes of one another. I also managed to pull my first dollar coin--a 1979 SBA. I had forgotten that I put it in with my other clads to be rock tumbled--thats the reason it looks like it does.



Here's a closer pic of the halves and the foreign coins minus the silver panda--it's in the bottom right of the first pic.



Here is a pic of some of my silver and gold finds for the year. I managed two gold items--a 10K gold childs coronation ring and a 14K/.925 earring--its at the top left of this pic. the second item up on the left is a gold plated ring--I thought I had the real thing for a few minutes until I started seeing the plating come off. The large silver item on the bottom right has an engraving of what appears to be a pagoda. At first site, I thought it was junk until I flipped it over and spotted sterling 950 on the back. Bottom left is a missileer badge (at least I think it is) and the one next to it appears to be a markmanship badge, both sterling silver.



And last but not least, I think I have found a civil war bullet--I'm not sure if that is what it is or not, but I think it may be. The two pennies with the crosses are pretty cool also--at least I think so.



I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year and everyone is able to find more goodies than they did last year.