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Hello all. I have been collecting coins since I was 15 years old, I'm going on 45 now. Most coins were found in my pocket change but was lucky enough to receive a small box of old coins from my grandfather as well. One or two bought from the mint.
I also started metal detecting about a year ago and in that time I have found more old copper and silver coins than what I've found in the past 30 years looking through my change. Almost all of them in much better condition, after a light soap and water cleaning, than the others.
Anyway, just wanted to say hello and that I'm excited to learn more about grading and error varieties of which I almost know nothing about. I'll try and post some pics of my finds also.
Cheers
Michael
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PS. How do you edit a post? Never mind. Found it.  Edited by icehat
08/02/2016 07:56 am
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Valued Member
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Glad to have you. I have never tried metal detecting. Maybe you will have to share one of your latest finds here.
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New Member
Canada
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Ok here's one of my latest finds.   The coin appears to be scratched but it's just where the layer of dirt was rubbed off. I'll try and get a newer photo later of after a light rinse under warm water to remove the dust. Edited by icehat
08/02/2016 08:52 am
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Valued Member
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amazing! Where did you get it?
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Canada
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Found about 6" in the dirt at an old church site from the early 1800s.
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nice that's a beautiful coin
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to CCF, always happy to welcome another Canadian!! "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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