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After spending hours and days hunting my early French coin spill site in Montreal without more success, decided to revisit one of my old sites where I pulled lots and lots of goodies in the past (militaria,coins etc) Went with my deep 11'' coil on the Deus which is unusual for me but wanted to give it a try and since the grass almost completely died out it became possible.
Well guess what, with great results I should say. In the first 5 min or so a deep clear sound without number readings. Dug a deep hole (one of the deepest ones I can remember digging) and pulled 4 large coppers one after an other. I would have never heard those coins without the 11'' coil which shows that sometimes it's a good strategy to use those big coils even in the woods. A few feet away 2 more large coppers (not deep thou). Well being a good start decided to cover the areas previously covered by the vegetation and by the end of the day pulled 1 more coin and 2 military buttons.
Irish Halfpenny 1760's-1770's
Liverpool Halfpenny 1790's (with writings on the edge)
A beautiful Un Sou - Halfpenny tokens 1837 Banque du Peuple Lower Canada (my best preserved copper from this site so far)
2 Agriculture et Commerce Halfpenny Tokens 1836
2 Impossible to ID coppers
British 71st (Highland) Regiment of foot Pewter Button (1830's)
British 56th (West Essex) Regiment of foot Pewter button (1840-1842)
A really nice little hunt!
Well guess what, with great results I should say. In the first 5 min or so a deep clear sound without number readings. Dug a deep hole (one of the deepest ones I can remember digging) and pulled 4 large coppers one after an other. I would have never heard those coins without the 11'' coil which shows that sometimes it's a good strategy to use those big coils even in the woods. A few feet away 2 more large coppers (not deep thou). Well being a good start decided to cover the areas previously covered by the vegetation and by the end of the day pulled 1 more coin and 2 military buttons.
Irish Halfpenny 1760's-1770's
Liverpool Halfpenny 1790's (with writings on the edge)
A beautiful Un Sou - Halfpenny tokens 1837 Banque du Peuple Lower Canada (my best preserved copper from this site so far)
2 Agriculture et Commerce Halfpenny Tokens 1836
2 Impossible to ID coppers
British 71st (Highland) Regiment of foot Pewter Button (1830's)
British 56th (West Essex) Regiment of foot Pewter button (1840-1842)
A really nice little hunt!
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