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Last post by christinecriswell-joy
Wed Jan 03, 2018 4:25 pm
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Links For US Coin Variety Search and ID
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This is a work in progress, so it will be updated often. If you know of a good website that has images of varieties then please post it and I will...
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That's not what this topic is about, but you can try Facebook groups or post in our sell thread.
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Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:06 pm
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Finds from the stone house
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LWH36 » Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:14 am
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IMG_2554.JPG IMG_2554.JPG IMG_2554.JPG Cufflink, two rings,1900 and 1923 pennies, and a son in service ring
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If you wondered about the price on the penny, I was trying to sell it to my sister. She didn't buy it, but she did get a polished 1943 steel cent in...
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Last post by Nolifeking
Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:34 pm
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My First MD hunt
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Coins573 » Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:33 am
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This weekend I went on my first MD hunt and unfortunately I didn't find anything worth while. I'm using a Poineer 202 Bounty Hunter and man the thing...
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Last post by pahwa
Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:28 pm
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1969 S errors several different coins
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pahwa » Mon Jan 16, 2012 5:12 pm
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I figured I would group coins of like errors and dates together. These are probably doubling but I can always hope that they are. :l
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69 thru 72 are notorius for strike doubling, and a big indicator is doubling on the mint mark. The mint mark was added by hand until 1990 so it...
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Last post by pahwa
Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:29 pm
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New guy with a pic
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detectit » Sat Apr 09, 2011 12:09 am
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Hellow,
I just found this site and it looks good.
I have been metal detecting for 20 years and I used to be a dealer. I sold Minelabs and Fishers. I...
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.it was at the site of an old civil war hospital, but there's no telling where it was from.
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Last post by berryla
Wed Nov 23, 2011 4:43 am
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Good place to hunt?
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LWH36 » Sun Oct 09, 2011 12:35 pm
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When my great grandfather died four years ago, I got his medal detector. I've gone out in my yard a couple of times, but I usually only find five to...
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Thanks for the info.
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Last post by LWH36
Sat Oct 15, 2011 2:04 pm
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1964 Kennedy
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Lisa 5WOUNDS » Fri Sep 30, 2011 1:40 pm
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I've had this one silver coin since I was just a wee girl. I actually found it somewhere around my house! I wish I can remember where exactly I found...
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Yup my very first wheat pennies that I got as a boy. When I was maybe 9 my dad took me to an auction and in one of the boxes was an old coin album...
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Last post by Nolifeking
Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:44 pm
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Neat beach find ...
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marc.durante » Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:43 pm
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Unfortunately I haven't had time to look at coins in quite some time but at the end of the summer in between classes I took a few days off of work...
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There is one things that is interesting with this find is the lack of bacterial growth on the metal unless it was cleaned off.
Sand can do amazing...
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Last post by Maineman750
Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:22 pm
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Old farm house finds
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Nolifeking » Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:19 pm
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Well I finally got back out metal detecting. Older farmhouse from the 1800's that a friend's family owns. I didn't hit the jackpot, but I did find a...
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There are a couple on this site that have similar designs. Unfortunatly it looks like a auction type forum so there is no contact but if you find any...
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Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:25 am
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Half
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azporkey » Sat Jun 18, 2011 2:40 pm
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Was the half dollar silver ? I have scored about 10-15 silver halfs. But never a Real silver dollar.
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Any silver half dollar 1964 and earlier is 90% silver and any Kennedy Half from 1965-1970 is 40% silver. Of course, there's also the 40% silver...
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Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:07 pm
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A little tip
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azporkey » Tue May 17, 2011 11:51 am
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If you find a good spot to detect & think you got it all, go back & detect it after a good rain. Damp soil is a good conducter for metal...
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Headphones are a must for your machine. First, the noise bugs a lot of people. Your don't want to let anyone know your around. Second, you will miss...
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Last post by azporkey
Sat Jun 04, 2011 12:04 am
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Metal Detecting Club Hunt
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Nolifeking » Sat May 21, 2011 4:24 pm
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Well my club had our first annual club hunt today. It was a little rainy out, but I thought I could share my spoils of war with everyone. They put...
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I think you did great. The short hunts mean you made more per hour!!! Dan :trophy:
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Last post by Nolifeking
Tue May 31, 2011 7:23 pm
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Need help 1889-P Morgan
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chuckmarks50 » Sun Nov 29, 2009 10:16 pm
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:D Good Day to All,
I am having a little problem with this one. At first I thought some where in the MS range; but I see what looks like wear in the...
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sorry, I meant no P mint mark AZ
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Last post by azporkey
Mon May 16, 2011 11:44 pm
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First 2011 coin finds
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Nolifeking » Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:32 pm
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Well I decided to go down in my yard today metal detecting. It was cold, windy and even snowing, but I decided to give it a shot. I've been meaning...
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I got a couple confirmations now on a metal detecting site I belong to that the button looking thing is actually a hem weight. These were used to...
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Last post by Nolifeking
Sun Apr 24, 2011 12:18 am
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Paid Hunts for silver
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detectit » Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:47 pm
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Do any of you guys go to club paid hunts. The last one I was in I found 58 merc dimes and I won 3 morgan silver dollars. These hunts area a good...
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As far as I know there might be 30 people at this club hunt. My guess is 50 max. There is 18 people signed up so far. I hoping to clean up. :thumbsup:
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Last post by Nolifeking
Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:58 am
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First Experience with MD
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Donald52 » Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:59 pm
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Well(get ready to laugh), the wife and I went and bought our first Metal Detector today. Being Sunday, none of the coin shops or places who sold...
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I guess that might be the reason it was returned. I think you can order a Whites CoinMaster for less online. I was looking at one for $169, plus...
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Last post by Nolifeking
Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:16 pm
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1872 Commerative
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jazzman » Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:42 am
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Hi, my name is jazzman . This is my first posting. I have a coin that is very interesting. On the front is an eagle and under it is spelled CASSEL...
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While most of these in memory of commemoratives were for a specific death, this one one has the family name. My guess would be they had a 4 Jully...
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Last post by hermannr
Tue Mar 01, 2011 5:24 pm
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finds from today
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Nolifeking » Wed Nov 10, 2010 2:08 am
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Well I got a chance to get out again. This time I went out with my neighbor who's family owns quite a few old houses where I live. We were going to...
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Here's a chance to get sealed mint bags. It's not face value but I have been planning on buying one myself.
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Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:19 am
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One lone indian
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Nolifeking » Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:17 pm
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I found this tonight in my yard. I was quite surprised considering the time I'm put into my yard. I thought I had it cleaned out. Goes to show you...
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I found one mercury dime, 14kt gold necklace, rusted cap gun, old bottles in my yard. I have 4.1 acres and haven't searched but 1/2 acre. So I need...
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Tue Nov 09, 2010 9:26 am
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cheap homemade sand scoop ...
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marc.durante » Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:27 am
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I did not have a sand scoop/sifter when I went to the beach this past weekend and no place around me sold them. Since I didin't want to wait I ended...
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:l ... sorry that was a typo, I forgot the 1/ ..... what I meant was 1/2 in holes also about 1/2 inch apart or closer.
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Last post by marc.durante
Fri Oct 01, 2010 12:23 pm
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Nice pocket spill
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Nolifeking » Sun Sep 05, 2010 10:21 pm
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Well after weeks of taking it easy I finally decided to go out again. I recently got permission to MD a house that was built in 1884 that was a...
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Nice find. I hope the area under the swing proves fruitful.
I hope so too. If it is you guys will be the first to know :l There is a lot of nice...
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Last post by Nolifeking
Mon Sep 06, 2010 1:19 am
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nice early buffalo nickel
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Nolifeking » Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:54 pm
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Well it's been awhile since I've gotten out, but during a club hunt at an old church I pulled this beauty out.
I was completely shocked when I...
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Cool find! Were you out with a MD club? I need to join one around here.
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Last post by marc.durante
Sun Aug 08, 2010 3:07 pm
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First ... and only discovery ... Pierce Arrow Medal
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marc.durante » Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:02 pm
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So I'm thinking if I dug a hundred random holes I'd probably find something just by chance ... which is basically ow I came across my first find :D I...
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I noticed the key, I bet it's for a safe.
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Sat Jul 10, 2010 11:41 pm
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Amazing amateur find in UK...
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marc.durante » Sat Jul 10, 2010 1:39 pm
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How great would it be to find something like this!
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Wow! :thumbsup: I am heading out to my backyard now! :bouncing:
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Sat Jul 10, 2010 3:30 pm
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Head for the Woods!!!
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Nolifeking » Fri Jun 18, 2010 1:08 am
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I'm not sure how applicable this is for everyone, but where I live the parks have been pounded hard and the old coin pickings are slim. Just had an...
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Good advice :yourock:
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Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:33 am
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New finds 6/13/2010
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Nolifeking » Sun Jun 13, 2010 10:26 pm
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Well I got a chance to get to an older house in the neighborhood that I had permission to go to. It seemed like every time I wanted to go it was...
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Yeah, at the beach! rolf)
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Mon Jun 14, 2010 5:30 pm
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Odd local park relic
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Nolifeking » Tue May 25, 2010 11:33 pm
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Well it's been awhile since I've had time to post any finds on here both metal detecting finds and error coins. This relic I found in a local park...
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Yeah those look more like what I would have thought a log stamp would look like. Interesting and if it's that small it's probably some type of...
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Last post by marc.durante
Thu May 27, 2010 8:17 am
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Interesting new place to try
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Nolifeking » Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:32 pm
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I can't believe I didn't think of this myself, but while at my grandma's for easter my uncle mention an awesome place to look for old coins. If you...
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Well beggars can't be choosers :D I wouldn't be too upset to find a ton of coins like that. Still really cool and makes a clad counter go up really...
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Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:20 pm
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Swiss cheese :D
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TCOYEN » Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:12 pm
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Well got a little practice in today. Hunted my neighbors yard. the house has been there since the 1880's. I set my dector to all metal and dug...
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Sand would actually make the MD read even shallower. Usually wet dense soil will give you the best depth.
Loose soil must cause a refraction of the...
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Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:36 pm
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More finds from my apartment
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Nolifeking » Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:51 am
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I'll get some pictures up in a couple days just thought I'd share for now. In the past two days I've found some addition old coins. Most recent are:...
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Man those are really cool finds......to bad items like these don't have a huge list of history with them....be cool to know who they belonged to and...
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Last post by TCOYEN
Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:01 pm
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Finds from today!
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Nolifeking » Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:51 pm
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I had a very productive day at this new apartment that I'm moving into. The landlord let me go ahead and detect the yard, which is huge! I did a...
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You hit pay dirt! :bouncing: You're correct on the mint marks. You just might find gold! I'm happy for you and hope you find much more.
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Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:49 am
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Pistol Probe
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Nolifeking » Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:25 am
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Well I just got my pistol probe in the mail today, so I thought I'd give everybody a little review on it. I'd have to say that it is the best...
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I hope everybody gets a change to try one of these out someday. Nolifeking wrote
:l :l :l Hey I will try it out...send me yours and I will try it...
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Last post by TCOYEN
Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:02 pm
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remote controlled car
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Nolifeking » Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:35 pm
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Just thought you everybody might enjoy this. A remote controlled car that has a metal detector built in. It's actually pretty neat. Here is the link...
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This is pretty cool I do agree it would be interesting to see the price tag.... :l
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Last post by TCOYEN
Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:26 pm
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A pic of a PicK
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TCOYEN » Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:38 pm
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Here is a Pic of a Pick I made today..... :D
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Well I made my probe today. It doesn't look too exciting. I just took and sawed the end of a broom handle off and drilled a hole in it and stuck the...
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Last post by Nolifeking
Mon Mar 15, 2010 10:17 pm
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A couple of good places....
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TCOYEN » Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:36 pm
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I have found that hunting where the snow was all pushed into a pile at the edges of supermarket parking lots is a good place..Also like parking lots...
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yeah the company I used to work for would have pic-a-nics every year and would bust open about four bails of hay mix it up then throw in about four...
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Last post by TCOYEN
Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:00 pm
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Cen Tech Pinpointer
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Nolifeking » Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:08 pm
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I just thought I'd write up a little review on this pinpointer. This would be the model that is found both on harbor freights website and in their...
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sorry 1800's house. Yea it's a lot of work. Once you get better at it you will dig less trash which means that you'll have more time to find the good...
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Last post by Nolifeking
Sat Mar 06, 2010 1:24 pm
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1916 dime mint mark?
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Nolifeking » Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:44 am
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This is that 1916 merc that I found with my metal detector last summer. The mint mark is really hard to make out since the coin is in such poor...
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Thanks Daniel now I know for sure :D This is by far my most exciting find with metal detector.
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Last post by Nolifeking
Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:19 am
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Signal Pinpointing Improvements
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Nolifeking » Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:26 pm
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My girlsfriends dad told me about this one after seeing a video on youtube demonstrating it. We can't find the link anymore otherwise I'd just put...
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Yes I did this and it works pretty good.
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Fri Feb 26, 2010 3:30 pm
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Any suggestions?
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TCOYEN » Sat Feb 20, 2010 10:38 pm
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I am going to buy a metal detector leaning towards a White Prism III. Is this a good begginers choice??? I plan to use it alot on the river banks of...
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cool I have a harbor freight store about 7 miles from my house I go there often I have never seen one there I was not looking for one but the next...
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Last post by TCOYEN
Mon Feb 22, 2010 1:03 am
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Coin finds from 2009
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Nolifeking » Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:40 pm
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Thanks so much for adding this section to the forum Daniel. :yourock: In the past year I upgraded my metal detector and really hit it hard all...
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Great finds! :thumbsup: Could you take a closeup of the dime's mint mark?
I'm going to wait on taking a picture of that mint mark. I bought a...
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Last post by Nolifeking
Sun Feb 21, 2010 2:46 pm
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1916 s wheat penny
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rrr123 » Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:13 am
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hello,
this isnt the best picture but any idea what this would be worth? all i know is it's cleaned (not by me). so i dont know if the cleaning is...
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Yes, in that grade and with the excessive cleaning, the value would be very minimal. It doesn't look like a 1916-S, though. Did you possibly post the...
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Sat Feb 06, 2010 11:06 pm
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1922 -D PEACE DOLLAR
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DIXIEROADIE » Sat Jan 23, 2010 11:57 am
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Check out this 1922-D PEACE DOLLAR let me know what you think of it,Thanks It has a very small D mint mark and a die crack running around the obverse...
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It looks raised I will post cloer pics after I recharge my cam.
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Sat Jan 23, 2010 2:19 pm
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1921 Morgan Vam
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DIXIEROADIE » Sat Jan 23, 2010 4:44 am
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I have this 1921 Morgan No mint mark I put it under the scope and you can see all kids of polishing lines in places like the nose mouth and in...
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I gave up looking at all the possibilities,closest I got was Vam 40-A. It is amazing what a loup misses,I would never catch some of these details...
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Sat Jan 23, 2010 1:03 pm
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Coin grading question
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Nolifeking » Mon Jan 18, 2010 12:28 am
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So I'm starting to catch on a little to how to grade older coins i.e. IHC and wheat pennies. My question is how would a fairly large scratch or gouge...
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What makes you think that it might not be a scratch? :confused: Any chance that you could see what I meant about the toning or doesn't it really show...
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Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:01 am
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1918 or 17 Wheatie
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rrr123 » Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:06 am
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Hi,
OK Any info on if what this wheat penny would be worth? it was cleaned (not by me).
Thanks for any info!
Rose
:trophy: 1918 over 7 Wheat...
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It looks like a 1918 with a contact mark through the 8.
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Last post by RHM22
Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:25 am
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1881-P MORGAN
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DIXIEROADIE » Mon Aug 03, 2009 7:13 pm
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1881-P MORGAN OBVERSE ANY IDEAS ON THIS ONE ?
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I'm sure this person is long gone, but the coin doesn't really look counterfeit, cleaned for sure though. VF30 is probably spot-on.
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Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:58 am
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1902?
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zakota » Thu Jul 09, 2009 4:40 am
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I am wondering what grade you would give on this coin. This is one of those coins it jumps dramaticly between grades. What you see on the SW side of...
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The coin corrosion, but it should have a net grade from EF to VF.
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Last post by Daniel
Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:35 am
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1907 INDIAN HEAD ONE CENT
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DIXIEROADIE » Sat Aug 08, 2009 12:04 am
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1907 INDIAN HEAD ONE CENT THIS IS A SCANNED PICTURE BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT? THE REVERSE HAS A DIE CRACK FROM THE RIM ACROSS TO THE C IN CENT AND...
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I want to go to that store! I agree, a real nice find for pocket change.
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Last post by Daniel
Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:14 pm
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1921-P MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR
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DIXIEROADIE » Sun Aug 02, 2009 4:44 am
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THIS IS A 1921-P MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR I HAVE RESEARCHED IT AND IT HAS THE MARKERS FOR A VAM40-A,CHECK OUT THE MICRO PICS AND GIVE ME YOUR GRADE AND...
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It is in the HIT LIST 40 ON VAMWORLD
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Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:45 pm
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1879-P MORGAN RAW
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DIXIEROADIE » Mon Aug 03, 2009 7:02 pm
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1879-P MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR,RAW.
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It's appears to be AU details because it has a deep scratch on the obverse.
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Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:23 pm
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1922 Peace $ Trying to figure Grade & Mint Mark
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by wtdixon11 » Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:55 am
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I am new to coin collecting. I was sold this coin as it is marked on holder.
I take it that not all Peace $ have a mint mark.
It does seem to be a...
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Your Peace dollar may be what is called a VAM go to VAMworld and check out the guide
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Sun Aug 02, 2009 4:58 am
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