1806 Large Cent

dirtdog5584

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Nov 9, 2017
27
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Found today with my Bounty Hunter.

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IDXMonster

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You are one lucky SOB! What a find! VERY nice work!
 

sprailroad

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The only Large Cent I'm going to find out here, is one that's been run over by a train.
 

Scrappy

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Mar 6, 2014
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I love those Draped bust coppers. Not in bad shape either. Congrats
 

califteacher

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Congratulations on a very nice find. I have yet to find a "1906" coin, much less one a hundred years older. Thank you for the motivating post.
 

GB1

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Carolina Tom

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Well done sir. That's a nice Draped Bust you got there.
 

Oct 5, 2014
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Love the old coppers, congratulations! :occasion14:
 

terpfan

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Very well done, congrats. Would love to hear the story behind the find!
 

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dirtdog5584

dirtdog5584

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Nov 9, 2017
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Very well done, congrats. Would love to hear the story behind the find!

I'm a newb. Got into metal detecting this summer, my Dad had a Bounty Hunter in his garage that he bought through Cabelas a few years ago, but he never got into it. My parent's house is a few miles from me in Aldie, VA and is 10 acres at the base of a mountain on an old farm with some civil war history. A few MD'rs have asked for and received their permission to dig the land over the years, but nobody had spent more than a day or two hunting. Someone said they thought there was a civil war cavalry camp somewhere on the property but didn't know where.

I've been learning and getting into the the hobby since the summer, including the research side of things. I have been digging there a few hours a week, and finding mostly trash and junk, but some old nails and farm stuff. My best find before the large cent was a civil war era pistol bullet. I have two young sons who sometimes get out there with me. The large cent was only the second coin I've dug. The only one before was a quarter from 1984.

This past Sunday I had some freetime before a Christmas family gathering at my parent's house I got out there with my bounty hunter. Was gonna hunt the area in the woods near a bend in what's now the driveway but the leaves were too thick so I went to an area along the driveway. Marked a bunch of targets. First one I dig is a sprinkler head, oops sorry dad. Second one I dig the plug and determine the target is out with the plug before I see it.

I wasn't sure what it is at first, a coin or a button. Could not see any markings whatsoever. Rubbed it on my pants a little still nothing. Showed my mom she thought it was a button. My dad thought it was an old plug to an electrical box LOL. Held on to it all day during the family gathering, when I got home i got some toothpicks and scraped off some dirt and rubbed a tiny bit of water on it. That's when the markings showed up and I said holy **** this is an old coin.

After that I showed my wife and then it took me about 5 minutes to figure out that it's an 1806 large cent. I was pretty excited. So that's the story, I'll be out there looking for more soon!

Here's some of the junk I've been finding before the coin and the pistol bullet:

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