🥇 BANNER BEST hunt to date!! 6 coppers, 2 seated quarters, a BUST HALF DOLLAR and more

Coilcrazy2

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Nov 9, 2010
274
740
Reading, pa
🥇 Banner finds
3
Detector(s) used
Teknetics T2, gray ghost headphones,
Fisher 1265x,
Whites Eagle Spectrum
Tesoro cibola,
Tesoro Outlaw
Hey everyone,
Today's hunt started like all the rest but about an hour into it, I got a nice read on my T2 and dug a crusty LC. After that, I decided to grid the surrounding area. About 2ft from the LC I found one of the seated quarters. At this point quite excited. Not long after I got another LC, and then another and another and another and then another!! I was ecstatic at this point. I took my haul back to the car and gave it a few more swings in my gridded area. I sure am glad I did because I found another seated quarter and a few feet from that....AN 1838 BUST HALF DOLLAR. This was a first for me! I actually ended up licking the obverse side of it in the field because I wasn't carrying any water. :laughing7: All three of the silvers are in fantastic condition. The one quarter is absolutely stunning. I took pictures of them before rinsing the dirt off, after rinsing, and after some light brushing with a Qtip. The copper are all large cents from the 1830s and 1840s. I believe this all was either part of a cache or someone lost a change purse in the 1840s or 1850s. In addition to the coins, I found a quartz arrowhead, a few musket balls and a few buttons. Truly a hunt to remember......
 

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fishstick

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Oct 28, 2012
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6,954
Indiana
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Fisher F5, T2SE, F2 for the boys, XP Deus
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No doubt that was a BANNER hunt!!!!! The pile of coins in your avatar just got BIGGER!!! CONGRATZ & HH......
 

gwdigger

Bronze Member
Dec 3, 2006
1,421
1,826
Ocean City, Md
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1
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XP Deus
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting
I nominated for banner. No brainer. What a hunt. And the condition of the silver. Man oh man.
 

sutphin

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Oct 2, 2013
8,344
4,466
brunswick md
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WHITES 5900, MXT 300, MXT PRO, MXT ALL PRO/ 8X6 SEF COIL
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Relic Hunting
CC2 THATS A HECK OF A BUNCH OF COINS , AND A HECK OF A DAY FINDS .....
 

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Coilcrazy2

Coilcrazy2

Sr. Member
Nov 9, 2010
274
740
Reading, pa
🥇 Banner finds
3
Detector(s) used
Teknetics T2, gray ghost headphones,
Fisher 1265x,
Whites Eagle Spectrum
Tesoro cibola,
Tesoro Outlaw
Thanks everyone! And thank you for the votes!
 

Tom Bigbee

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Feb 17, 2009
354
136
Miss/ Ala
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1266X
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Metal Detecting
Just put my vote in... Good work on one of the best coin spills I've seen on here.
 

Carolina Tom

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Apr 4, 2014
10,059
17,063
Charlotte
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1
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XP Deus V3.2 9" & 11" Coils, AT Pro, ProPointer AT, Lesche 55, 75 & 80LT
Primary Interest:
Other
That one day is better than my whole coin collection...

Congrats on an epic set of finds. WOW.
 

Ahab8

Gold Member
Oct 15, 2013
8,408
8,288
Topsham, Maine
🥇 Banner finds
2
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Teknetics T2 SE w/15' SEF Coil/ Minelab GPX 4500/2 Garrett Pro Pointers/3 Sets Killer B Headphones/ Koss Headphones/ Detekniy Wireless headphone Adapter
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Incredible hunt buddy! Congrats on those killer coins. What did the half ring up on the T2? Man I want one of those
 

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Coilcrazy2

Coilcrazy2

Sr. Member
Nov 9, 2010
274
740
Reading, pa
🥇 Banner finds
3
Detector(s) used
Teknetics T2, gray ghost headphones,
Fisher 1265x,
Whites Eagle Spectrum
Tesoro cibola,
Tesoro Outlaw
Incredible hunt buddy! Congrats on those killer coins. What did the half ring up on the T2? Man I want one of those
Thanks AHab! The T2 is truely an amazing machine. It didn't ring up quite as high as I thought it should have actually. It was about 91.
 

streakert

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Aug 1, 2013
412
500
central Maryland
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Minelab Explorer II
Minelab CTX 3030,
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
I am guessing that 1844 traveled from Philadelphia to Reading and was lost all in the same day it was minted.
better Slab that one along with the Half, good luck sleeping tonight.:occasion14:
 

BigWaveDave

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Nov 22, 2013
9,322
16,996
Mountain Maryland
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2
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
4
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Garrett AT Pro, AT Max, Minelab
Equinox 800
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
HOLY CRAP!!! Amazing finds!... The silvers are beautiful, congrats!:occasion14:
 

streakert

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Aug 1, 2013
412
500
central Maryland
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Minelab Explorer II
Minelab CTX 3030,
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
I'm going with FX 45 on the 1844, anyone else want to take a crack at it!
 

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Coilcrazy2

Coilcrazy2

Sr. Member
Nov 9, 2010
274
740
Reading, pa
🥇 Banner finds
3
Detector(s) used
Teknetics T2, gray ghost headphones,
Fisher 1265x,
Whites Eagle Spectrum
Tesoro cibola,
Tesoro Outlaw
Thanks everyone for the kind posts! I don't know that it will make banner but I'm still stoked!
 

Ahab8

Gold Member
Oct 15, 2013
8,408
8,288
Topsham, Maine
🥇 Banner finds
2
Detector(s) used
Teknetics T2 SE w/15' SEF Coil/ Minelab GPX 4500/2 Garrett Pro Pointers/3 Sets Killer B Headphones/ Koss Headphones/ Detekniy Wireless headphone Adapter
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Btw brother I voted Banner. Those coins in that condition....hell yeah
 

Iron Patch

Gold Member
Sep 28, 2007
19,254
8,730
Dirtyville
🥇 Banner finds
3
Detector(s) used
Deus
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
This would be worth fighting for, but it's not for one reason... I know it will make it! :thumbsup:
 

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