2 Large Cents in one hunt! (Scarce 1820 & 1845) Nice way to start the year.

Elad

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2 Large Cents in one hunt! (Scarce 1820 & 1845) Nice way to start the year.

Me and my buddy Neil went to our honey hole yesterday. It was extremely wet and muddy from all the snow melting. It was a beautiful day and nearly 70 degrees. The wet ground and comfortable weather made for a perfect metal detecting hunt.

Right away Neil found another pair of old silver cufflinks. Shortly after that I found a small flat button, which is very common for this area. Then Neil pulls out some kind of old copper, which turned out to be a large cent, but strange thing was is that it was low on the ferrous side of what LC's normally are. We each found a few more buttons, and the hunt continued. In some areas, when you dug a hole it immediately filled in with water, which made for a very muddy & messy hunt!

I got lucky near a tree and I got a great signal under one of the tree's large roots. I knew it was going to be a large cent (E-Trac is good at telling you this), and it was!
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About 40 minutes later I was over near an area I swear I have been 100 times before... and there.... near a tree, I got another great signal with the E-Trac. Just goes to show you that your "hunted out spots" are never truly hunted out. It was shallow and an easy dig. It was really wet so the hole was filled with water right away, but thankfully I got the coin out in the first scoop.
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This was my second hunt of the season. The first hunt was a big fat failure, but this hunt sure made up for it. It was GREAT to get out there at my favorite spot with Neil. I hope to get out there again real soon!

Thanks for looking!
 

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RFrady

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Re: 2 Large Cents in one hunt! Nice way to start the year.

Sweet finds. Love seeing the results from the ETrac. :icon_thumright:
 

billpa

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Re: 2 Large Cents in one hunt! Nice way to start the year.

WTG , very nice way to start the year off. :thumbsup:
 

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Re: 2 Large Cents in one hunt! Nice way to start the year.

Great finds. I found my first large cent with my etrac a few months back and did it scream. Problem is this Maryland dirt does not treat copper very well. Good luck on your future hunts.
 

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Re: 2 Large Cents in one hunt! Nice way to start the year.

Elad said:
I got lucky near a tree....

Wow, I have been detecting there for three years and never got lucky! ;D

Great day! I can't wait to return!
 

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Re: 2 Large Cents in one hunt! Nice way to start the year.

Neil in West Jersey said:
Elad said:
I got lucky near a tree....

Wow, I have been detecting there for three years and never got lucky! ;D

Great day! I can't wait to return!

Ya, that deer was a real harlot. I'm surprised you didn't hear us...
 

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Re: 2 Large Cents in one hunt! Nice way to start the year.

RiverRat3 said:
Great finds. I found my first large cent with my etrac a few months back and did it scream. Problem is this Maryland dirt does not treat copper very well. Good luck on your future hunts.

Thanks!

You know, all the other coppers I found at that spot look like crud - I couldn't get a date off any of them. Finding these 2 in the same day AND having them both with decent detail is really rare for me. Good luck with your future hunts as well.
 

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Re: 2 Large Cents in one hunt! Nice way to start the year.

Great start :headbang:
 

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Re: 2 Large Cents in one hunt! Nice way to start the year.

Awesome pics, and finds!
 

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Re: 2 Large Cents in one hunt! Nice way to start the year.

Nice Finds Dale! I think that moist earth enhance some signals. :icon_thumleft:
 

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Re: 2 Large Cents in one hunt! Nice way to start the year.

SouthJerseyJim said:
Nice Finds Dale! I think that moist earth enhance some signals. :icon_thumleft:

Yes, I would agree Jim. Better conductivity for the magnetic field from the coil... or something like that.
 

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Re: 2 Large Cents in one hunt! Nice way to start the year.

WOW that is a low circ. 1820 !! super nice find!!!!! im still looking for my first lg cent....... BTW what does it read on the etrac????

HH

mikeB
 

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Re: 2 Large Cents in one hunt! Nice way to start the year.

mretrackr said:
WOW that is a low circ. 1820 !! super nice find!!!!! im still looking for my first lg cent....... BTW what does it read on the etrac????

HH

mikeB

While in the ground it bounced between 12-43 to 12-48

It's a small date, but not sure which variety.
 

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Re: 2 Large Cents in one hunt! Nice way to start the year.

Congrats on the large cents!

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Re: 2 Large Cents in one hunt! Nice way to start the year.

2 LCs in one day makes for a super hunt!
 

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Re: 2 Large Cents in one hunt! Nice way to start the year.

:thumbsup:
 

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Re: 2 Large Cents in one hunt! Nice way to start the year.

Super Coppers!
1820s are one of my favorite dates :o
 

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