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7/29/2009

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Old site = old finds

7/17/2009

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Through some friends, I gained access to some private property that had a significant amount of history.  The site had seen use since colonial times, but also had a lot of construction, destruction and earth moving in 250 years.  Hope were high, but nothing from the earliest era surfaced.  Near an aged wisteria where a house stood at one time came these finds.  A Civil War era merchant's token, 1909 quarter and 1892 nickel.  Just by luck and a good guess, I was able to find a picture of what the token looked like, enabling me to identify it and learn some history of the merchant who issued it, Gilbert Beach. 

"Gilbert Beach came to Perrysburg, Ohio from New York state in 1835 while Perrysburg was still in an unimpressive oasis on the rim of the great Black Swamp. He opened a grocery store on Front Street, which was then the village's main thoroughfare, near the Exchange Hotel.  He remained there for the next 29 years, part of the time in partnership with Schuyler. At one point fire destroyed his store, but he built another that eventually was moved to where the Hood Park parking lot is now located and which later became the home of the Perrysburg Journal until it was razed in 1966.  In 1863 Gilbert purchased the building later occupied by the Munger Brothers Meat Market at 123 Louisiana where he added dry goods to his line of business. He continued there until closing the store in 1877.”

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40s-era private property pays off

7/8/2009

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Asked permission to detect on this small site I had passed by and this is what two evenings have turned up.  I think seven silver coins in one day is my second best, tied with one other day on which I also found 2 halves. The 1937M Philippines 20 centavos was a neat surprise and is my first foreign silver coin of the year.

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Independence Day Silver

7/4/2009

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Three hour hunt in a park netted these d-e-e-p coins. Did I mention there were a lot of difficult tree roots to work around too? The best hit was the 1945S quarter, clear as a bell, no roots, right where I pinpointed it. Not so easy was the 1934 quarter under a lot of roots, the rim got a few little Lesche bites from my digger. Many of the signals read lower on the meter than silver usually comes in, but the tones were still interesting or the ID peeped the higher numbers in-between the lower numbers. So, take for the day was two silver quarters, 1934 and 1945S; four silver dimes, a toasted 1920, 1918S, 1944 and 1946. Assorted wheats and a few clad. The 1934 quarter is silver coin #150 for the year.
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$1.20 in silver, love from Dotty

7/1/2009

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A gorgeous overcast 70 degree detecting day for the start of July. @#$%&!!

I was behind my desk for most of it, with an obligation at 6:00 pm, which means I did not get out detecting until 7:00 pm, way later than I would have liked.

It was worth the wait! A short hour and a half hunt in a park yielded these goodies. Started off with the 1936 dime, followed by the cool HEAVY sterling ID bracelet. "Robert" was probably in big trouble with "Dotty" when he lost it!

Next came the 1918D half, then it was quiet for a while until the 1902 Barber quarter showed up!  I kept thinking I was going to dig a silver Roosevelt dime, and then I got it, 1953D. Kept gridding the area and surprise! 1935 quarter. Kept at it for a while longer, but I had exhausted the hot spot. This was the same area that had given up a walking liberty half a few years ago and I had not been back to it with a Minelab yet. A few pieces of clad, not much, and wheats. I love days like this.


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    I'm Nick A. and I am a metal detector hobbyist in Central Ohio.  I have been metal detecting since 1990, and currently use the Minelab E-Trac detector.

    I am always happy to find silver coins (made before 1964) for my collection, as these are no longer in common circulation.

    All essays and blog posts are copyright.

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