McCDig
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- Jan 31, 2015
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- Fisher F75
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Tried a new area of the park in Bel Air, MD. This took me into the woods.
I headed to the highest part and began to get the usual shotgun casings and some modern coins and then got a signal in the 70s; down about 4 inches was the copper that is pictured. The coin diameter is 27 mm, so I'm ruling out a British penny. This leaves the possibilities to at least a draped bust cent or a British half penny, on the basis of diameter and the figure facing right. The red arrow shows the detail at the back of the head and I think this contends more for the half penny. This is my guess; there's just not enough here to make a solid connection.
I meandered back into a stream area and got a signal in the 50s which turned out to be a 1907 IHC in the same hole as a shotgun casing. Is this a good reason for digging casings? I have to say that of the hundred or so shotgun casings I've dug, this is the first instance where a coin was in the same hole.
Dug about 20 casings on this hunt but my two favorites are shown; both were made early 20th century.
A horse tack rivet turned up in an area I'd hit before; still has a little of the leather remaining.
All-in-all a successful morning in the field. Looking forward to the late fall when the rest of the vegetation is knocked down.
I headed to the highest part and began to get the usual shotgun casings and some modern coins and then got a signal in the 70s; down about 4 inches was the copper that is pictured. The coin diameter is 27 mm, so I'm ruling out a British penny. This leaves the possibilities to at least a draped bust cent or a British half penny, on the basis of diameter and the figure facing right. The red arrow shows the detail at the back of the head and I think this contends more for the half penny. This is my guess; there's just not enough here to make a solid connection.
I meandered back into a stream area and got a signal in the 50s which turned out to be a 1907 IHC in the same hole as a shotgun casing. Is this a good reason for digging casings? I have to say that of the hundred or so shotgun casings I've dug, this is the first instance where a coin was in the same hole.
Dug about 20 casings on this hunt but my two favorites are shown; both were made early 20th century.
A horse tack rivet turned up in an area I'd hit before; still has a little of the leather remaining.
All-in-all a successful morning in the field. Looking forward to the late fall when the rest of the vegetation is knocked down.
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