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Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on February 7, 2014 at 5:00am: Last copper cents - 1982
Last 90% silver coins - 1964
Last 40% silver coin - 1969 Kennedy half dollar

Comment by carl hendrix on February 7, 2014 at 4:55am: guess I need to check my coin collection before I cash them in- last time I checked- it weighed a little over 50 pounds! in fact- over the years I worked- I saved all of my change and when I retired cashed in the biggest part of it. it bought my boat - depth finder- new rods and reels- fly tying stuff- everything on my page and then some. still have quite a bit left over

Comment by JBplusThuy on February 7, 2014 at 12:55am: I have a few wheat stalk pennies. Any time I get one, I always keep it. They still turn up in circulation once in a while.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on February 6, 2014 at 7:35pm: Chataqua - now theres one Ive not head in a while

Comment by Allen Morgan on February 6, 2014 at 7:34pm: It helps if there was ever anything that took place on the farm, besides farming. Was there ever a Chataqua (think small county fair) on the property? Brush-arbor church meetings? Ice Cream Socials?

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on February 6, 2014 at 7:27pm: The clothes line was also said to be a good spot to pick up a few old coins - if you can guess where it was.

Ive tried these places and never really got much. Ive always found a few pennies, a nickle or dime here and there. But little else.

Comment by Allen Morgan on February 6, 2014 at 7:24pm: Jim, take a detector, and scan the ground immediately around the house. Think 10 - 20' away from any corner, on a diagonal away from the corner. Used to be considered good luck to bury a few coins (even pennies) at such locations. Where was the privy? Scan a swatch, in a straight line, from the back door to the privy hole. Also check under any "obvious" spot that would make a cache of coins. Is there an old fence? Check the fence posts for something.

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on February 6, 2014 at 6:56pm: GREAT LOOKING BUGS JIM !!!!!!!!

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on February 6, 2014 at 4:51pm: Most farmers didn't have much, Jim. It is not the norm to find really high value items like gold and silver (even coins) at old farmsteads.