screwynewy
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- May 10, 2011
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Teknetics T2 SE
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But it takes a lot of research and searching to find one. Since I've been bitten by the colonial relic bug I have been researching my area for early settlements. In my reading I discovered that there was a small settlement along a river bank where they used to load terpintine and tar/pitch onto rafts to float them down the river. I found some wooded property in this immediate area and looked up the owner to get permission and found that it is owned by the county making it fair game for me to detect. I set out today to scout the area not really intending to do any detecting but once I got to the site I couldn't resist. Within 5 minutes my very first solid signal was a steady 84 on my T2. Not really expecting anyting I dug a large plug and flipped it out and to my surprise there it was, an old copper coin. I resisted the urge to scratch off the caked on crud and put it in my pocket. I stuck around for about 30 more minutes and dug a flat button and some other mechanical part. After getting home I rinsed it under water and could make out the left facing bust so I assumed it was a Matron Head large cent. Flipped it over looking for the "One Cent" and there she was (whatever she is? and whatever she is doing?) and I knew right away it was a British coin. After a couple peroxide soaks I could finally make it out to be a 1732 King George II Half Penny. All of you New Englander's that find these regularly may not get excited about digging up a common copper like this but for us southerners these old coins don't surface very often. I am thrilled to find it and even more excited that my research was accurate. I can't wait to get back there in a couple of weeks and see what else I can find.
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