A "Large" Year

[dwayne sueno]

90% of these finds come from one 400 acre property along the hudson river in upstate new york. I use a white's dfx, a white's silver eagle and a minelab se.

I found 36 large coppers this year. 34 are pictured here. i'm no expert on identification, but i will try to cover some of the high points. the first is a william III 1690's halfpenny. there are two george I "dump issue" halfpennies from the late 17teens, a cull hibernia/rosa americana-type copper, many george II counterfeit halfpennies, and one machin's mills counterfeit halfpenny from newburgh, ny, i believe. My oldest US copper of the year is a 1798 draped bust. There are several draped busts here, one classic bust from 1813, several coronet coppers, two hard-times tokens from 1837, and two braided hairs. The last coin pictured was found at a colonial site, but has no distinguishing markings except milled edges...





Here are some of the nicer silver coins from the year. There are two one reals, and three half reals. The trade dollar was in the middle of a large field, and i wouldn't have found it except that i was walking home with the dfx on and trailing on the ground. I thought it was going to be a lost tractor part...
The bust half-dime sounded terrible on the dfx, but there weren't many signals and every signal seemed to be an old coin at this one particular site. I dug an 1865 2 cent piece that isn't pictured here (gave it to a hunting buddy) and an 1866 shield nickel (pictured later) in the same hole at this site, and both sounded bad.
The darker disc between the seated half dime and the seated dime is a counterfeit 1842 seated dime that should never have been found. I was way out in the woods along a creek and under a modern tree-stand, and was digging nothing but shotgun shells. after five or six low-conductivity hits that proved to be casings, i got another hit that sounded a "little" different. Or maybe it didn't...



Here's some 2 centers, some nickels, my only flying eagle of the year, an 1857, a few "fatty" copper indians, a couple of nice bronze indians and two 1870's indians.



Here's a few relics from the year. the second row is all buttons from the war of 1812, found at one of my most productive sites, an old house site that has been ploughed for the last two hundred years, leaving no visual clues of it's existence. one day i stumbled upon an iron patch...


Happy hunting, Dwayne

[civilman1]

Man Dwayne....What can you say to something like that but WOW!!!!!!......Beautiful Dig's and Welcome to the Tnet

[seger98]

I don't know what to say..... I am at a lost for words.......... What an amazing year! If I found even a third of that in a year I would have thought I had a awesome season. You've got to be flying high!


CONGRATULATIONS!



Chris

[phantomfinder]

You had a great year , wtg Hope you have a better year next year

[time4me]

What an amazing year. Looks like you've got an incredible spot there in New York!

Good luck in 2009!

Jim

[collector01]

That's got to be one of the best years I have ever seen anybody have! Congrats on such incredible finds! Keep up the great work I cant wait to see what you find next year. HH!

[Detectingfreak]

nice job on all of the largies!!!!

[cntrydncr1]

Fantastic!! You are so lucky to have such a great spot to hunt. Keep on digging! congrats

[curbdiggercarl57]

Killer year, as in I'd kill for the Trade Dollar. Well maybe not kill, but seriously bad mouth someone. Kudos.

[The Bulgarian]

Well done mate.Cool finds.
Its been lot of digging.

[history hunter]

Outstanding!! Way too go, that's just beyond words. HH

[River Rat]

Remarkable finds for '08. Love that fancy thimble. Wishing you all the best with finds in '09. Good Luck and Happy Hunting.

RR

[Pentico]

Man that is a great year of digs!
90% from on field? Wow keep swinging there next year too/
Congrats on a fantastic year..

DN

[Goes4ever]

amazing you found so many coppers!

[iamadigger]

Definately a "large" year!! Congratulations on all the finds! I have to and need to find a place like that to hunt...

[t-bucket]

WTG those coins are just awesome!!!! Most on my want list !!! Congrats

[RONC(OR)]

Holy Cow nice finds congrats

[dazoff]

Very nice. Dan

[Goldiver]

Man, you pulled some great stuff! I love all that early stuff. I miss living in Upstate NY!

Steve

[crazyjarhead]

Very nice finds