Don in SJ
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- May 20, 2005
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Most of my Large Cents finds in recent times have been duplicates or much more for any particular year. So today, I hobbled into the woods for less than an hour and got two targets that made me happy for my short hunt.
A Imperial Orange Gilt button was my first find and about 5 minutes later, next to thick Mountain Laurel I got that nice high tone of a large copper.
Wow, was this one encrusted, I knew it was a large cent, once the dirt dried some I could plainly see the words on the reverse side but the front had almost a half inch of crud caked onto it.
Usually when a coin is like that it is an indicator of severe corrosion taking place. Well, after cleaning the coin, I was pleasantly surprised to see that it was not too bad of shape afterall.
I did not have an 1843 in my collection, so it is a welcomed addition.
The site I hunted was located along a old road that parallels the new road and there were two small holes in the ground, one appears to have been a cellarhole and the other one nearby, like 10 feet away I have no idea. The coin was found not near the cellarhole area but about 30 feet away close to a rise in the ground that turned out to be old jersey stone foundations.
Earlier in the year, I got several buttons similar to mine today and a Barber Dime on the old road.
It was nice to get out for my second time in quite awhile and even nicer to at least get "my November Copper".
HH
Don in South Jersey
A Imperial Orange Gilt button was my first find and about 5 minutes later, next to thick Mountain Laurel I got that nice high tone of a large copper.
Wow, was this one encrusted, I knew it was a large cent, once the dirt dried some I could plainly see the words on the reverse side but the front had almost a half inch of crud caked onto it.
Usually when a coin is like that it is an indicator of severe corrosion taking place. Well, after cleaning the coin, I was pleasantly surprised to see that it was not too bad of shape afterall.
I did not have an 1843 in my collection, so it is a welcomed addition.
The site I hunted was located along a old road that parallels the new road and there were two small holes in the ground, one appears to have been a cellarhole and the other one nearby, like 10 feet away I have no idea. The coin was found not near the cellarhole area but about 30 feet away close to a rise in the ground that turned out to be old jersey stone foundations.
Earlier in the year, I got several buttons similar to mine today and a Barber Dime on the old road.
It was nice to get out for my second time in quite awhile and even nicer to at least get "my November Copper".
HH
Don in South Jersey
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Congrats on that fantastic find!
