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So I went out to a new middle school to hunt the soccer fields with Christa. I let her test drive the White's DFX for a bit in the coin / jewelry mode. Her first swing said nickel, and out popped a nickel. Then she got a penny... and then she called it a day, and I don't blame her since you needed a pick axe to get an inch deep in the ground. I found your usual clad, but no jewelry this time out, but maybe next time. We were out maybe 45min and it started to rain. But the unusual find of the day was this 1865 Indian Head Penny that was about 3" down. Please note that this entire field is about a foot deep of fill dirt, rocks, and trash. Some of this fill dirt must have come from an old location since this IHP was found at all. I tried digging a few deep signals after finding it and found nearly brand new bottle caps about 8" down.
As it started to rain I decided to try the DFX while walking back to the car. I got 3 signals with, 2 of which said quarter, and out popped a quarter, and the other said nickel/ring and out popped a pull tab... oh well, they can't all be winners.
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« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2006, 07:09:08 pm » |
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Nice Indian, and a nice date too! I love those IHs, it's so great to find one of those, especially in such good shape! Good job!
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« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2006, 07:13:55 pm » |
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Nice Indian! I've had similar experiences with fill...no context...and you never know what may be down there.
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« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2006, 07:21:19 pm » |
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Nice IH Hope you find many more. HH Burdie
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« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2006, 07:23:36 pm » |
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Thats a nice unexpected find.
You better hunt there some more. That fill may have come from a demo site judging by the appearance of the patina on the coin. There could be other nice finds there.
Is there any way you can find out where they got the fill?
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« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2006, 07:32:24 pm » |
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I've run into the same situation before where fill dirt is placed on a lawn. Depending on where the fill dirt came from, you may find old coins 1-2 inches deep, and the modern clad coins are would be deeper. Many times people think that once a site gets filled in all the old coins become too deep...Wrong! Again, it all depends where the fill came from. I have found some very nice coins in these kinds of places.
Good luck!
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« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2006, 07:48:02 pm » |
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Nice find! Would love to get something like that! I like that date!
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« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2006, 08:47:58 pm » |
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Love them Indians, HH Art...
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« Reply #8 on: April 29, 2006, 08:57:36 pm » |
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Nice going, Brian. Don't ya just love those IHs? HH  |
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« Reply #9 on: April 29, 2006, 08:58:11 pm » |
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Nice Find!
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« Reply #10 on: April 29, 2006, 09:11:14 pm » |
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You never know what your going to dig up.... Good find....
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« Reply #11 on: April 29, 2006, 09:18:19 pm » |
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Beautiful find Brian! Wish my Indians would look as well!  Congrats!  |
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« Reply #12 on: April 30, 2006, 04:41:44 am » |
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Nice strong date on it too! Congrats!
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« Reply #13 on: April 30, 2006, 04:46:22 am » |
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BSCO, The Indian Is A Nice Find, Congrats. trk5capt...
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« Reply #14 on: April 30, 2006, 06:52:43 am » |
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Awesome Indian Brian, Congrats
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