Zakurie84
Jr. Member
- Jun 24, 2014
- 64
- 44
- Detector(s) used
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Garrett Ace 250,
Minelab Xterra 705
- Primary Interest:
- Other
Detecting in Utah, you don't expect to find many older coins. The pioneers who founded the state only came in around 1847, so settlements are typically much newer than that. That is why this find was so exciting!
I wasn't really feeling like knocking on doors today, so I decided to try to find someplace a little "out of the way" to look. Only a half a mile away from my front door is a small park, and having looked at some old aerial photographs of the area, I knew it was at least old enough that I might find something good that someone may have missed. I went out and set up my detector to start, picked a corner that looked promising and was mostly overgrown weeds and dirt. Not 5 steps along a dirt path through these dry, dead weeds I got a strong dime signal on my detector. The depth meter said it was practically on the surface! Initially I thought it was going to be a clad dime, being so close to the surface. I jabbed my trowel into the dirt, and out popped this lady no more than a inch and a half under the dirt! I knew as soon as I saw the rim that it was going to be a old silver, but I had no idea HOW old! 1842, I couldn't believe it!
This is by far the oldest coin I have found. It's not in the best shape, and is covered in this black residue, but she is beautiful, and a rare one out here!
I wasn't really feeling like knocking on doors today, so I decided to try to find someplace a little "out of the way" to look. Only a half a mile away from my front door is a small park, and having looked at some old aerial photographs of the area, I knew it was at least old enough that I might find something good that someone may have missed. I went out and set up my detector to start, picked a corner that looked promising and was mostly overgrown weeds and dirt. Not 5 steps along a dirt path through these dry, dead weeds I got a strong dime signal on my detector. The depth meter said it was practically on the surface! Initially I thought it was going to be a clad dime, being so close to the surface. I jabbed my trowel into the dirt, and out popped this lady no more than a inch and a half under the dirt! I knew as soon as I saw the rim that it was going to be a old silver, but I had no idea HOW old! 1842, I couldn't believe it!
This is by far the oldest coin I have found. It's not in the best shape, and is covered in this black residue, but she is beautiful, and a rare one out here!
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