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Valued Member
United States
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We are visiting family in Southern Illinois. I was helping my father-in-law pour a concrete patio yesterday and I had a shiny, new 2015 cent (significant for the date and Land of Lincoln) that I decided to put in the concrete for someone to maybe find in the future. Has anyone else ever done something like this?  |
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No, I have not left one, but I have found one! A Morgan dollar that was in the foundation of my grandparents house! Also, that's not even the first coin I've found at their house. I've also found a German 10 Reichspfennig from WWII in their basement. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Great idea!
Let's hope the zinc does not corrode over time.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3049 Posts |
This year I did a whole bunch of renovations in my house...
Just for giggles I put a 2015 set of coins between the framing studs and behind the drywall.
If the next owner of the house tears down the drywall.. they may find a nice little surprise!
Otherwise... if I'm ever in a really big nead for $3.40 (toonie, loonie, quarter, dime and nickle) I know which wall I can bust out and find a bit of change!
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Rest in Peace
United States
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as a kid I helped my father with the cement slab for the garage he was going to build. the year was 1959. we imbedded a brand new Lincoln Cent in the wet cement so you can easily see the date. Yes it's still there. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very interesting.  I opened a roll of 2014 cents and poured them into a hole I dug in the back yard last year. |
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 United States
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I opened a roll of 2014 cents and poured them into a hole I dug in the back yard last year. I say those cents will disintegrate within two years.  Dig them up next year and prove me wrong!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Really used to be a common practice to put a coin on the bottom of a concrete pour. This has been done in sidewalks, streets, home basements, etc. for a long, long time. On a project I was working on not to long ago, many construction workers threw coins under the batch of concrete for a massive street. I've seen this done in foundations of buildings for a long time. From old tales it was always supposed to be only a penny, nothing larger.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Before my parents sold their house 1970, I broke up a red uncirculated mint roll of 24 X 1964 Australian Half pennies, climbed into the roof of the house, and threw the coins to the far corners close to the eaves, where the coins could not be accessed.
They probably have quite a heavy patination by now!
A sort of 'time capsule', the coins perhaps to be found when the house is demolished.
The house was built in 1948 and still currently stands.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I actually didn't bury any coins in the yard. But, 3 years ago my mother got my son a metal detector for Christmas. We took it out in the yard and found somewhere around $2 worth of change, ALL dated AFTER we moved in!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yes? The house was built in 1895, so I figured we'd at least find a few wheat cents. But all we found was my own change. I guess they made pockets better back in those days.......  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Anyways. I found 1 of the 2014 cents and dirt is basically infused into the surface. Some vinegar might help but I am all out. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Too many dateless buffalo's, huh SSK? lol I just tossed some 2015 quarters into a pile of dirt... Let's see what happens!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 This could be scientific! I'm going to put one in the ground as a control, on in a flip in the ground, one in a plastic bag in the ground and one in concreate! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Some of the Zincolns we found could be Half Cents.....or at least 3/4 cents, since many of them were corroded to the point it looked like something took bites out of them. |
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Posted 06/19/2015 11:10 am
