3rd Trip to Foundation Site Yields a FIRST for me! 1864 2-Cent Piece!!

grasshopper

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Today I was looking out my window expecting rain, but the radar looked OK so I headed out to a foundation site in the woods I've hit a few times with limited success (2 Indian Heads...I think). Again I decided to put the smaller coil on my XLT and work the surrounding areas real slow. There's a lot of modern trash and bullets, the area near the foundation seems to be where the local teens come to drink and shoot guns :icon_scratch: It's a nice looking cellar hole with fairly in-tact walls and remnants of a central chimney.

I got a nice signal about 30 minutes into the hunt but wasn't expecting too much since it pinpointed at only about 2 inches. Sure enough, a coin pops out and I thought it was a modern quarter at first. I then rubbed a bit of dirt off and noticed the shield...which I had first thought to mean it was a shield nickel. After a little more cleaning I saw the "2" with a date of 1864...my first 2-cent piece! It's in fairly nice shape too!

Hope you enjoy the pics!
 

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Wildcat1750

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Hamilton, New York...the home of the Flying Diesel. :thumb_up:
That 2 Cent'r is a beauty! That one is on my still-to-find list. Congratulations!
 

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John Boy

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Congrats on your first 2 cent piece. Its in great condition to.the place your hunting is cool looking. Way to go
 

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That's my kind of hunting. Can't ask for better than that. That coin will clean up beautifully. Sharp!!
 

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SWEET FIND !!:icon_thumleft:
 

RelicMedic

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Sweet finds! They are in great shape for being so old. You have an awesome site there. Keep 'em coming!!!
 

Tnmountains

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Oh boy that one looks almost perfect. Great recovery the site looks really good.
 

rex

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nice find, i found one last year. mine was in good condition like yours. i have seen pictures of other 2 cent finds and they seem to come out of the ground in pretty good shape.
 

cjon455

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i dunno, i think they come out of the ground quite nice, heres my 1864 IMG00980-20130406-2129.jpg

awesome find by the way grasshopper!!
 

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JohnnyMac

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Great looking coin:icon_thumright:
 

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