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January 14, 2024 Coin Balls
January 14, 2024
Coin Balls.
So
before
I
get
right
into
it,
(Coin
Balls?),
I’d
first
like
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
all
of
you
who
have
so
steadfastly
encouraged
and
supported
this
website.
Thank
you
to
the
detectorists,
the
newbies
and
the
more
experienced
individuals
that
came
out
with
me
into
the
fields
and
into
the
woods
to
share
time
detecting.
2023
was,
for
all
involved,
a
banner
year.
I’m
thinking
of
the
outing
to
Decimal,
to
the
Marais
River
at
the
Red,
the
old
Tache
School
site,
the
outing
in
December
and
the
detectorists
get
together
also
in
December.
I
have
a lot to be thankful for.
Welcome to 2024 to all of you.
Planning
for
2024
is
well
underway.
A
new
permission
has
just
been
obtained
for
a
site
with
a
very
long
and
full
history
just
north
of
Selkirk,
Manitoba.
A
grid
has
been
mapped
out
for
a
group
search
in
the
Letellier
area.
The
Dawson
trail
has
again
been
calling
with
new
information.
A
second
“Detectorists
Get
Together”
should
happen
this
spring,
just
before
metal
detecting
season
starts.
Let
your
friends
and
interested
parties
know.
Oh
and
did
I
mention
about
detecting
an
old
WWII
aerial
firing
range.
Stay
posted
my
friends.
It’s
shaping
up
to
be
another banner year of new finds, history and adventure.
So…
to
the
topic
on
hand.
Coin
Balls!
What
the
heck
are
coin
balls
you
ask?
Well
I
do
have
a
definition
for
them
on
this
website
under
the
“Nuggets”
tab.
It
says:
“It
is
a
roundish
clump
or
ball
of
dirt
that
forms
around
a
coin
overtime.
In
fact
one
can
sometimes
see
the
reverse
image
of
the
coin
on
the
opened
clump.”
Yes
Dorothy,
coin
balls
really
do
exist
and
I
have
the
pictures
to
prove
it!
Finding
a
coin
ball
really
doubles
the
fun
of
discovery
while
metal
detecting.
First
is
the
excitement
that
you
get
with
a
solid
“Hit”.
More
often
than
not,
one
already
knows
that
it’s
a
coin.
Pennies
generally
register
a
26
on
my
detector.
15
is
often
a
Nickel.
So
now,
I
have
a
hit.
Now
I
dig.
And
out
of
the
ground
comes
a
solid
round
mass
of
soil,
root
and
plant
material.
It’s
a
Coin
Ball!
They
are
most
often
found
in
parks
or
school
yards
or
most
anywhere
grass
leaves
and
plant
material
have
had
time
to
settle
over
a
coin
that
is
lying
flat
on
the
ground.
Over
the
years,
that
layer
builds
up
and
believe
it
or
not,
moisture
/
water
sits
within
the
micro
depressions
of
the
coin’s
image
and
all
around
within
the
coin’s
raised
edge.
Roots
the
thickness
of
hair
grows
over
this
absorbing
water
and
nutrients
from
old
grass
etc.
The
roots
get
bigger.
Soil
gets
mixed
in
and
more
dead
grass
and
more
roots
form….
Well
you
get
the
idea.
In
fact
the
mass
gets
so
tight
that
when
you
crack
open
some
of
these
coin
balls,
you
can
clearly
see
the
reverse
image
of
the
coin
in
the
soil
itself.
This
is
where
the
second
jolt
of
endorphins
kicks
in
with
a
new
round
of
excitement:
What
is
in
the
coin
ball?
From what year is this coin going to be?
This
past
summer,
at
a
grassy
site,
I
came
across
a
bunch
of
these
coin
balls,
so
many
in
fact
that
I
thought
hey…
what
a
great
idea
for
a
mid-winter
article.
I
collected
a
few
of
them,
brought
them
home
as
is:
undisturbed. I then took a series of photographs to share with you.
There
are
two
separate
sets
of
pictures
to
follow
though.
The
first
set
of
5
pictures
is
a
single
coin
ball
and
reveals
a
1999
Canadian
penny.
The
second
series
of
pictures
follows
the
opening
of
3
more
coin
balls
sitting
together.
These
were
found
in
August.
The
first
is
a
1996
Canadian
penny,
the
second
a
1996
US
penny
and
the
third
is
yet
another 1999 Canadian penny.
The
remainder
of
the
pictures
are
various
coins
as
they
came
out
of
the ground. Some leave strange imprints.
Roger
Reference:
https://www.google.ca/search?q=detecting+coin+balls
