Modern Error Cent

[John Oliver]

5 minutes ago, CPT_GhostLight said:

Very cool finds, John, well done! You got a square nail so there should be some other older objects waiting to be discovered, maybe now that you cleared some of the newer finds they will reveal themselves. Good Hunting out there!

Thank you. I think the bullet casing was older for a center fire cartridge also. I haven't pinpointed the manufacturer or the date range on it. It measures about 2 1/8" long and has an inside diameter of 1/2" so I think its a .50 caliber. I wanted to rule out a .45-70 because of the diameter and it seems to be to short to be a Sharps. From what I can tell it is a rarer .50-80... The only markings on it are "F 10 87"

[BigSkyGuy]

Very cool! The key is for a Model T. Very distinctive shape.

[BigSkyGuy]

The "F" is for Frankford Arsenal and the 10 and 87 indicate that it was manufactured in October 1887. Frankford Arsenal later used "F" and "A", but the early ones were only "F".

This information is from "Cartridge Headstamp Guide" by Henry P. White and Burton D. Munhall.

[Old Miner Don]

3 hours ago, John Oliver said:

Thank you. I didn't want to get in trouble for talking about coin roll hunting on a detecting forum, but in the cold winter months I look through nickel and cent rolls from the bank. A little more than a month ago I found a $5 gold 1911 half eagle coin in a roll of machine wrapped nickels from Loomis. I was over the moon. 

Wow! Beautiful coin man.

[GB_Amateur]

3 hours ago, John Oliver said:

A little more than a month ago I found a $5 gold 1911 half eagle coin in a roll of machine wrapped nickels from Loomis. I was over the moon.

Talk about unusual, finding a gold coin in a modern roll of USA 5 cent 'nickels' -- you might be the only person that's ever happened too.  If there were such a thing as an innately lucky person (my scientific background says a strong 'no' to that), you would qualify.  😁

People have mentioned far more off-topic things here.  A majority of us here are coin collectors in one way or another and we're all treasure hunters.  The finds you've pictured that weren't found MD'ing are treasure in my book.

I think I can date that car by backdoor methods.  Someone might beat me to it as I have to run now.  More later (if necessary).

[Geologyhound]

6 hours ago, John Oliver said:

A little more than a month ago I found a $5 gold 1911 half eagle coin in a roll of machine wrapped nickels from Loomis. I was over the moon.

Gold is gold.  That’s a gorgeous looking coin.  Are you thinking about grading it?

[Chase Goldman]

Love the off-center strike as a detecting find.  Back in the day when I was into collecting - I branched off into error coinage collecting as I learned about the 1955 Lincoln Cent Doubled-Die error and some hype surrounding a number of variants of Lincoln Cent doubled-die errors in 1972.  So finding a error coin like that detecting would be one of my bucket listers.  Great saves.

[GB_Amateur]

8 hours ago, John Oliver said:

Thanks Rick. The car isn't that old, but it is cool.

 

OK, I think I found the real racecar this was patterned after.  See photo and story here.  Other internet search results show the original sold last year for $2.2 million.  Don't get excited, I'm not talking about your toy.  😄

The original was made&raced in 1965.  I suspect your model followed soon after.  Does it have any printing on the bottom side that indicates the manufacturer?

Most of the similar size cars I find detecting that have been in the ground for a while have had their steel axles rusted away.  And if the tires were soft, they've deteriorated away as well.  All those appear to be intact for your find.

[John Oliver]

7 hours ago, Bedrocker said:

Wow! Beautiful coin man.

Thanks Bedrocker. I appreciate that.

 

[John Oliver]

6 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:

Talk about unusual, finding a gold coin in a modern roll of USA 5 cent 'nickels' -- you might be the only person that's ever happened too.  If there were such a thing as an innately lucky person (my scientific background says a strong 'no' to that), you would qualify.  😁

People have mentioned far more off-topic things here.  A majority of us here are coin collectors in one way or another and we're all treasure hunters.  The finds you've pictured that weren't found MD'ing are treasure in my book.

I think I can date that car by backdoor methods.  Someone might beat me to it as I have to run now.  More later (if necessary).

Thank GB, I do have some really long lucky streaks I guess. I have had my share of bad luck also. I think it has a bunch to do with Karma somehow though. There have been people suggesting that it was probably one of the anonymous donations of a gold coin in a red Salvation Army kettle and it was probably overlooked when sorting the red kettle change. I had my doubts when I first heard this possible reason, but then I started looking up how many gold coins that are anonymously donated every year and I think it's plausible. I did find two different lots of wheat cents from customer wrapped rolls a couple years ago. One group was 747 wheats and a week later I found another 923 wheats. Here is a long video of me opening that second group: