Noob Here Asking The Group "What Would You Do?"

I've made a dent!



Finally found a '11, '12, 16D, 36S and 37S. Still no 09's, 13, 15 or 22. Other than the 56D, 57D & 58D the one that I have found the most of thus far is 1944!

Found my first Indian Head!



These are three steels that I found, at least I assume they are. Is there any way to remove the gunk and corrosion from these to at least verify they are what I think they are? The other side of all three are just as bad so I didn't photograph them

Look what I found! Not a VDB or an S but still...







Now the only years I haven't found are 22 or 32.

The "Hunt" is a huge part of the enjoyment. The fact that they were passed down to you makes it even better. My dad traveled throughout the Mediterranean during WWII on a light cruiser. He kept coins from every country and I inherited them. Not worth much, but provided hours and hours of enjoyment!

@Reed, thanks for the compliment. I knew basic stuff, like wheat pennies are worth 2-3 cents and dimes, quarters and halves pre '65 were mostly silver but that's about it. I knew nothing of key dates and DDO's and DDR's. Now I looking to buy new folders to finish what he started.

I knew my dad had bought multiple proof sets for about 20 years. Those were in other boxes that my mother asked me to get rid of and I knew he had saved wheat pennies and silver coins but not to this extent. As far as I know they haven't been touched in almost 20 years, if not more. He's been gone for 12.

Excellent progress!
Time for a thread title change perhaps? No longer a noob, right? How about "Junior Expert"?

Thanks DanFielding for sharing your story, and for your updates.
Also thanks to all who posted the responses that have made this such a positive and enjoyable thread to read.

I think I can safely say, everyone who reads it from the beginning would love to have inherited what your father passed down to you. But not necessarily for the monetary value, which is a bonus. But more so for the searching.

I am so glad you decided to go through them, and with such enthuasium.

Keep posting your updates like you are doing, I think we all will be looking forward to seeing your finds.

It looks like you have caught the fever!!!!

I have finished sorting the dimes. Only the halves need sorted now. While I have not counted each year/mint mark yet for the dimes the oldest I found was this



Nice, huh? The problem is the back looks like this



The oldest complete dime I found in the pile was a 1919. Strangely I found ZERO dimes of any type from 1955!