Silver_Fox
Paul
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- Oct 31, 2013
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Hey All,
Went out detecting Good Friday with a mate of mine, thought we would try out South of ACT. We didn't do so well so we headed closer to home and hit small park just outside Canberra.
My first find was a coin spill of 4 Pennies, 1911, 22, 34 & 48, was quite wrapped, spills don't come around often. A short time later I found another penny (1919 I think) followed by about $8 in cash. My mate started digging a target but decided after digging the plug that the target was actually something undesirable and thinking it was large, he filled in the hole and left. I thought I would give it a go since I was next to him, the target was a sweet 86-89 (On the Garrett AT Pro International) indicating it was a penny or possibly silver of sort so I dug it. Low and behold I pulled out 2 pennies (1949 & 52 I think) about 1 inch deep past the existing hole! After that some teenage kids decided to hang around us, they were most annoying. I pulled up a few more dollars before pulling up a final penny which I quickly put into the pocket so the teenagers wouldn't ask to see it. After escaping from the nightmare of teenagers we sat down and had a beer. I pulled out all my coins and check out the year of the final coin, 1946, I thought 'meh, another bloody penny from the 40's and 50's. I most probably already have this', my mate however pointed out to me that the 1946 is a rare penny, I quickly change my attitude towards the penny
Below is the image of the coin. I soaked the coin in extra virgin Olive Oil for a week then I did used tooth pick to gently take of the oil soaked dirt. I was skeptical about doing this but I figured it's been in circulation and it's been roughing it in the ground for at least 50 years so why not, I was very gentle. If you dislike the way I cleaned it, look away quick!!!
SF
Went out detecting Good Friday with a mate of mine, thought we would try out South of ACT. We didn't do so well so we headed closer to home and hit small park just outside Canberra.
My first find was a coin spill of 4 Pennies, 1911, 22, 34 & 48, was quite wrapped, spills don't come around often. A short time later I found another penny (1919 I think) followed by about $8 in cash. My mate started digging a target but decided after digging the plug that the target was actually something undesirable and thinking it was large, he filled in the hole and left. I thought I would give it a go since I was next to him, the target was a sweet 86-89 (On the Garrett AT Pro International) indicating it was a penny or possibly silver of sort so I dug it. Low and behold I pulled out 2 pennies (1949 & 52 I think) about 1 inch deep past the existing hole! After that some teenage kids decided to hang around us, they were most annoying. I pulled up a few more dollars before pulling up a final penny which I quickly put into the pocket so the teenagers wouldn't ask to see it. After escaping from the nightmare of teenagers we sat down and had a beer. I pulled out all my coins and check out the year of the final coin, 1946, I thought 'meh, another bloody penny from the 40's and 50's. I most probably already have this', my mate however pointed out to me that the 1946 is a rare penny, I quickly change my attitude towards the penny
Below is the image of the coin. I soaked the coin in extra virgin Olive Oil for a week then I did used tooth pick to gently take of the oil soaked dirt. I was skeptical about doing this but I figured it's been in circulation and it's been roughing it in the ground for at least 50 years so why not, I was very gentle. If you dislike the way I cleaned it, look away quick!!!
SF
