funkman
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Got my first hunt of the year off to a great start today! Went this morning to a field near me that used to have some houses on it. Found 3 keys one after the other and some clad coinage. Hit that place for a couple of hours in the morning then headed home to have lunch with the mrs. before she went back to work.
After she left I went back to my ever popular ATV trails to give them the once over for this year. Hit it for about 3 hours and went to a section that I thought I had hit before. Was on one of the smaller trails that the ATV riders just cut through a small section of grass. Figured it would be a good spot to detect and keep the coil consistent over the trail.
Got a nice dime signal on my Ace 250 and no matter which way I swung the coil it was showing a dime. Started digging through the muck and mud and using the BullseyeI pulled an 1811 Large Cent out of the mud. Did not know what I had until I got home but knew it was a coin. Put it in my small pocket of my jeans so it would not get lost or mingled with anything else.
Walked about ten feet then got a penny signal on the Ace. After digging through more muck and mud, I lose the signal and had to find it again. Apparently I threw it a little bit when trying to dig the hole. What turned up was a nice flat button from the 1800's. I can make out the word "DOUBLE" and I assume the next word is "GILT" but not sure if there is another word on it. These words were on the back by the shank, which is still there! No design I can see on the front of the button though. Also found an old fork that has a nice flower pattern on it. Will take pics of the button and fork and post them shortly. But here is the Large Cent. I can clearly see the "ONE CENT" on the back and some of the design. The front is pretty rough but can see some stars and can see the 1811.
Not bad for my first "official" hunt of the new season.
Took tomorrow off also and gonna hit those trails hard!
HH
Funkman
After she left I went back to my ever popular ATV trails to give them the once over for this year. Hit it for about 3 hours and went to a section that I thought I had hit before. Was on one of the smaller trails that the ATV riders just cut through a small section of grass. Figured it would be a good spot to detect and keep the coil consistent over the trail.
Got a nice dime signal on my Ace 250 and no matter which way I swung the coil it was showing a dime. Started digging through the muck and mud and using the BullseyeI pulled an 1811 Large Cent out of the mud. Did not know what I had until I got home but knew it was a coin. Put it in my small pocket of my jeans so it would not get lost or mingled with anything else.
Walked about ten feet then got a penny signal on the Ace. After digging through more muck and mud, I lose the signal and had to find it again. Apparently I threw it a little bit when trying to dig the hole. What turned up was a nice flat button from the 1800's. I can make out the word "DOUBLE" and I assume the next word is "GILT" but not sure if there is another word on it. These words were on the back by the shank, which is still there! No design I can see on the front of the button though. Also found an old fork that has a nice flower pattern on it. Will take pics of the button and fork and post them shortly. But here is the Large Cent. I can clearly see the "ONE CENT" on the back and some of the design. The front is pretty rough but can see some stars and can see the 1811.
Not bad for my first "official" hunt of the new season.
Took tomorrow off also and gonna hit those trails hard!
HH
Funkman
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