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Hi all
I found a 1949 half penny!
i thought i would take my detector to the local park and start practising and mucking around with the settings on saturday morning. its quite a large park near the beach and is always well used by the public for kids parties and BBQs. the first thing i dug up was a nail and then the next hole out popped this half penny
i spent about an hour and a half there and only travelled about ten metres due to the amount of stuff that lay within the ground. after i had finished i ended up with quite a bit of junk, ten cents and a half penny. i also got pretty good at cutting a flap of grass out and replacing it back over the hole, most holes you wouldnt even know i had been there!
so what is the best way to clean up old coins?

Rod

<blockquote data-quote="Rodstar" data-source="post: 26377" data-attributes="member: 1159">Hi allI found a 1949 half penny!i thought i would take my detector to the local park and start practising and mucking around with the settings on saturday morning. its quite a large park near the beach and is always well used by the public for kids parties and BBQs. the first thing i dug up was a nail and then the next hole out popped this half penny <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> i spent about an hour and a half there and only travelled about ten metres due to the amount of stuff that lay within the ground. after i had finished i ended up with quite a bit of junk, ten cents and a half penny. i also got pretty good at cutting a flap of grass out and replacing it back over the hole, most holes you wouldnt even know i had been there!so what is the best way to clean up old coins?Rod</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rodstar, post: 26377, member: 1159"] Hi all I found a 1949 half penny! i thought i would take my detector to the local park and start practising and mucking around with the settings on saturday morning. its quite a large park near the beach and is always well used by the public for kids parties and BBQs. the first thing i dug up was a nail and then the next hole out popped this half penny :) i spent about an hour and a half there and only travelled about ten metres due to the amount of stuff that lay within the ground. after i had finished i ended up with quite a bit of junk, ten cents and a half penny. i also got pretty good at cutting a flap of grass out and replacing it back over the hole, most holes you wouldnt even know i had been there! so what is the best way to clean up old coins? Rod [/QUOTE]

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