1780s Inn permission granted

Snowjonson · Dec 22, 2015

I flew back home to New Hampshire for a family christmas party and a woman who lives down the street lives in an Inn that was by a stage coach stop came by and said sure go ahead and dig around and see what you can find, I asked if anyone's detected there before and she said nope! So the next day I went down there and spent 5 hours with the AtPro with the small coil.

Her and her husband were very kind and gave me a history lesson on the place and showed me the inside and told me where the original door used to be and where they would have pulled up the horse and buggy back in the day.

First few signals were wheats from the 40s then put popped a merc, then another merc, then a war nickle, then got a deep 85-86 signal and popped the Barber quarter down about 6-7 inches, really was hoping for something older but no complaints here.

Then I moved spots and focused on where the original door was and it was full of nails and iron, got a strong 82 signal only about an inch deep and a holed copper came out, little disappointed since it was completely toasted but after I got home I could make out a couple leaves and a ribbon of what looks like a Draped bust large cent!

I dug 2 Indians in the same area and some more wheats, then went to the other side and scored 2 more Mercs less than an inch deep around the family entrance to the home, searched around some more but only came up with a few more wheats. I was mostly cherry picking high tones since I only had a day to hunt there but I dug a few mid tones first 61 was yup pull tab, then got another strong mid tone right next to the pull tab and just as shallow about an inch down and decided to dig it and out pops a coin! I couldn't think of what kind of coin would ring up mid 60s at that shallow of a depth, I thought maybe foreign? I could make out "One Cent" on the back and I thought maybe a fatty Indian? Wrong! 1857 Flying eagle cent! I couldn't believe how shallow it was since I dug wheats at 7-8 inches in the same area. You just never know! Ended the day with 6 silvers, the draped bust largy, flying eagle cent, 3 Indians and 14 wheats (not pictured) oldest 1920

Next day I went to an area where there used to be a small town in the woods with my mom and I went 2 hours without finding anything and I had to leave for the airport soon. Then I hit a nice 84-85 down about 5 inches and called my mom over and said this could be something good! I was expecting silver quarter maybe but to my surprise a Coronet large cent pops out! I wasn't expecting that since I thought the town was late 1800s to early 1900s. We were next to a depression which looked like an old well and pulled a nice big flat button about 2 inches across close to where I got the large cent. I pulled the other toasted large cent (braided hair me thinks) and the barber dime in the same area in a previous hunt and decided to throw them in the same post.

Thanks for looking and HH!

Gotta love the weather back east right now!