coinman123
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I went out today to what I thought was a colonial site and found some cool things. I went through a 30 foot long field of thorns up to my neck until I reached open woods. A little bit into the hunt I got my first signal and dug, a nice watch fob pops out of the dirt. I happily put it in my find pouch. Five feet away I got another signal, a mid tone on my metal detector, this time a gilded two piece button. Around 10 feet away I got another mid tone, I dug and in the dirt on the side of the hole I saw a nickel. I picked it up and saw that it was not that corroded and looked to be pretty old. I nervously flipped it over and saw a big "P" on top of Monticello. I finally found my second silver coin, my first was on April 13, 2013, almost exactly two years ago. What are the chances of that?! I tried some more and never found anything else very cool except some weird clothes rivet thing which was in a grassy patch next to the car that I tried before leaving. The funniest part of the hunt is when I saw that I never had to have gone through the thorns in the first place! I left through some metal gate that took me back to the area where the parking lot was.
Anyways, the fob is pretty cool, some research shows that it is from 1909. It says, "National Sportsman" with a pop-out deer on the front and some cool writing on the back. The war nickel cleaned up nice and is 1943p, it does not look to be the rare 1943/2 variety though. Also, the button is gilded a weird printed design and an iron back.
Thanks for Looking and Happy Hunting,
Coinman123,
Anyways, the fob is pretty cool, some research shows that it is from 1909. It says, "National Sportsman" with a pop-out deer on the front and some cool writing on the back. The war nickel cleaned up nice and is 1943p, it does not look to be the rare 1943/2 variety though. Also, the button is gilded a weird printed design and an iron back.
Thanks for Looking and Happy Hunting,
Coinman123,
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