My first in 20 years of detecting

[mountainman 2]

Went detecting with Whitesid and his dad at a park we were at a week before where we found a couple indian cents and some other coins. First coin of the day was another Indian cent found by white's dad. We figured we were in a section of park that hunters might have frequented at one time by all the older coins and spent ammo we were finding. I recovered a corroded buffalo nickel followed by a shield nickel a short time later and then spent the next couple hours finding very little.Went back to where Whites and his dad were finding some good stuff earlier and worked the area real slow. Got a faint signal but lost the signal in the removed dirt. Almost gave up and refilled the hole but rescanned one more time and picked it up again. Picked up a coin no bigger then my small fingernail and turned it over to see a roman numeral 3.Found my first 3 cent piece,not in the greatest condition, but my first! It's an 1858.
A little after that, Kevin's dad gets a good signal and recovers a 1914 dime with a full liberty.
I'm sure there's more there but we left because of other commitments. Thanks for reading.HH-MM2

 

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[fortbball9]

Congrats on a super nice find,I found my first about 2 months ago mine was a 1853.
They are some tiny coins,but a great coin

fortbball9

 

[Indyfan73]

cool finds get back soon so we can se what else there is there

 

[mainer]

Congrats Mountainman. Found my first and only one 4 years ago. Defenitly hard to come by. Sit back and admire it.

Mainer

 

[mlayers]

Nice looking 3 cent silver you found there......Matt

 

[IronSpike]

That's a sweet looking coin. Congrats on the great find

 

[TommNJ]

Very cool find, congrats on finding the smallest US coin ever made, I always wanted one and still do !!

TommNJ

 

[tseekerMike]

That's a beautiful coin. WTG!

 

[olekyground]

frickin' sweet! I wish I could find a three center!

 

[sscindercoop]

Wow nice find. How deep was it ?

 

[mountainman 2]

Wow nice find. How deep was it ?

Thanks,i think it was about 4 inches deep.It settled to where the topsoil changed to clay.If i was in a hurry, i would have passed it by.

 

[ggossage]

What kind of signal did you get? Bottlecap, pulltab, penney...? Great find! Congrats!

 

[mountainman 2]

What kind of signal did you get? Bottlecap, pulltab, penney...? Great find! Congrats!

Thanks.My machine's display isn't working correctly. I set my classic id to the iron range and depended more on the audio signal. I increased the discrimination setting over a target until i lost the signal, dug anything that seemed to register slightly above iron. Found some interesting non coin items and some larger iron.The penny is for size reference.

 

[Boobydoo]

Now that's a sweet treasure worth all the hard work. Congrats on getting that baby!! I am sure there are a lot of us dreaming of finding one of those.

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

I hope I don't have to wait as long as you did for your first III.

Congratulations!

N

 

[history hunter]

Awesome, I still need to find one.

 

[dfx willy]

they are awesome coins!! i found 2 and a half 1853 last year. great job. willy.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Those are the tiniest of coins. You really have to hold one in person in order to fully appreciate that.

I have yet to find one, but I have seen others find them. I think that twenty years and a lot of luck sounds about right........

Sounds like I have 3 more years of digging before I find one.


Great find!

 

[eathabs]

Those are the tiniest of coins. You really have to hold one in person in order to fully appreciate that.

I have yet to find one, but I have seen others find them. I think that twenty years and a lot of luck sounds about right........

Yup, what the copy writed guy said.

habs

 

[MaineRelic]

Mountain man u rock!!! A silver 3 cent piece is harrrrrrrrrrrd!!! 3 come by!!!!! I found 1n 1853 last year check it out !!! con grads!! MaineRelic.