Ridley
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- Jan 6, 2004
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- White's Classic SLII and the E series DFX and the Minelab ExplorerII
I secured the permission of an old property and gave the owner a case of beer in thanks. (Actually two 12 packs). The house is located in the oldest section of town and the yard contained a mish-mash of metal things from clad to this.... my first Large Cent.
Doug joined me and we detected the house next door as well. The house next door seems to have been detected before, as there were only modern coins, but there were some older relics in spots. I gave some items to one of the owners on the spot, including a silver ring and what looked like a coin button.
You can see the LC is in pretty bad shape. I think the date is 1827 or 1837. Anyway. It's the oldest coin I've found so far. I thought it was a token at first, but when I rinsed it off I could see the ONE CENT. It's the closest thing to Big Coppa in my neck of the woods.
Even though it's trashed, maybe one of the coin experts can tell what the date is by the close up.
This one took me by surprise for sure!
Cheers!
Ridley
Doug joined me and we detected the house next door as well. The house next door seems to have been detected before, as there were only modern coins, but there were some older relics in spots. I gave some items to one of the owners on the spot, including a silver ring and what looked like a coin button.
You can see the LC is in pretty bad shape. I think the date is 1827 or 1837. Anyway. It's the oldest coin I've found so far. I thought it was a token at first, but when I rinsed it off I could see the ONE CENT. It's the closest thing to Big Coppa in my neck of the woods.
Even though it's trashed, maybe one of the coin experts can tell what the date is by the close up.
This one took me by surprise for sure!
Cheers!
Ridley
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Sure been a lot of large cents found lately...
Might take a while!!Big High Five Ridley!!!Happy for ya my man.....Congrat's and HH!!
