Wheat Stalk Penney

I was surprised to find it in the driveway while going to the Mailbox.. It had been ran over enough that it ws easy to see it was a Wheat. That Part of the Driveway was also around the House Grandpaw built... When I picked it up the Color was so dark I thought it was a War Steele coin but the Head side had caked with Oxidation so thick nothing could be made out ... I very Gently used my Knife to Remove enough to begain to find the Features of the Head side to gently uncover the Date without scratching the coin... The Date 1918 D ---- It had to be a Coin that Grandpaw Lost when he Was Building the House... This Coin now has a Special Place to be Passed on to Family... At 99 years old now -- it can only get more valuable to our Family for all the work and Sacrafices he made for our Family

that's pretty cool.....I find one every now & then but don't recall any that old....

1918 D Wheat Penny Value | CoinTrackers

Great find Larry, I've searched my property high and low with my metal detector hoping to find something like that but all I find is newer clad coins.
"gene"

My older brother just got a detector ---- I know where three old house places are, that all that marks them are the old Water wells ----- all those places are so old I never remember a house there. That puts them older than 1950 when tore down --- Then three Places Black familys lived that died in the 60s but portions of those houses are there

I know a fella at the University that digs down in old outhouses - nasty for sure I know. He finds amazing stuff such as old bottles, coins, etc.

Randy sounds like a crappie hobby. :Rofl
"gene"

That was a pretty cool story Larry. Nothing like history, especially family history.