Barber, Merc and BUCKET LIST Copper!

JerseyDigger19

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Apr 20, 2015
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West Orange, NJ
Detector(s) used
XP Deus and AT Pro
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Had a fun hunt today that started out strong and ended with a HUGE surprise! Had a day off today so I started at the break of dawn and went to a turn of the century park I had hunted a few times. I started out with the curb strip and hit a 41 Merc and a couple of wheats. Then went into the park and an hour later while searching around some big trees I got a coin beep in between the pull tab signals. Started digging and thought I had a wheat or a clad dime, when the glint of silver showed up in the hole and I was looking at the reverse of a beautiful 1912 Barber Dime. I thought wow, 2 cool silvers and now I have a shot at my first ever Trifecta! 30 minutes later I'm under another tree and I get a beautiful deep repeating signal, 84 to 87 on the AT Pro, 4 to 7 inches. This is it I thought - sounds like silver, could be the Trifecta or better! So I carefully dig down and hear a coin sized pinpointer signal about 6-7 inches, and soon after that I felt the rim of a coin standing straight up against a root. It felt heavy as I pulled it out, then I saw a copper coin and was shocked to see what I thought was a large cent, then I turned it over and saw NOVA CAESAREA - my first NJ Copper! And in a 1900 park! That made my day, my month - and maybe my detecting year :)

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Great saves on all of those. Congrats on the old copper! :occasion14:
 

Very nice ...I love the design of the New Jersey coppers...I dug one a couple of years ago here in Massachusetts...Hopefully it's a rare one...Nice find.
 

NICE COPPER FIND ...
 

Awesome digs. Love those 3 coins. Remember the land was there before the park was laid out. Congrats on that early copper JD19.:occasion14: I bet you're still on that adrenaline rush. Enjoy it while it lasts.
 

Good day of hunting. Congrats!
 

Nice find Steve. Take your time cleaning it and I think the detail will be excellent.
 

awesome JerZ coin man...like Steve says thought take ur time cleaning it...i learned that lesson early this year!
 

Congratulations on your first NJ copper! Sent you a PM.... :)
 

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