West Jersey Detecting
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Season Finale Yields Two Large Coppers: 1819 & 1823
I returned to one of my favorite detecting spots today. The ground was damp, but the bugs weren't too bad. I hit a hillside again. The hillsides have been giving up some nice finds. After close to an hour of detecting I got a nice 80-81 hit on my DFX at 2.5 inches. Most of my coppers have been deeper at the site, but I find very few modern coins there, so I was very excited.
After removing the copper from the dirt pile, I scanned the hole again and got a much deeper 83 hit at 6.5 inches. No doubt this one would be another copper.
After a light cleaning, I realized that this is the best I will get before the detail washed completely away. Unfortunately, this site is upland forest. The soil is dense and damp; not a good environment for coppers. These are probably the worst condition large cents I have ever dug, but at least I was able to get dates off both!
This is copper number 9 and 10 from the site. The most modern was an 1839 found May of 2008.
I returned to one of my favorite detecting spots today. The ground was damp, but the bugs weren't too bad. I hit a hillside again. The hillsides have been giving up some nice finds. After close to an hour of detecting I got a nice 80-81 hit on my DFX at 2.5 inches. Most of my coppers have been deeper at the site, but I find very few modern coins there, so I was very excited.
After removing the copper from the dirt pile, I scanned the hole again and got a much deeper 83 hit at 6.5 inches. No doubt this one would be another copper.
After a light cleaning, I realized that this is the best I will get before the detail washed completely away. Unfortunately, this site is upland forest. The soil is dense and damp; not a good environment for coppers. These are probably the worst condition large cents I have ever dug, but at least I was able to get dates off both!
This is copper number 9 and 10 from the site. The most modern was an 1839 found May of 2008.
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