silverfinder
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- Dec 31, 2006
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Near me is an old, nineteenth century mental hospital. It's extensive, and the grounds have been hunted heavily long before I purchased my first detector back around 2000. I go there occasionally, hoping to find a coin or two that was overlooked. Usually, I come back empty-handed. Yesterday, however, I discovered a small patch that yielded a '24D dime and a several wheat cents. I returned there today, and hunted on the edge of a wooded stretch where some ancient trees stand, trees that were obviously planted a long time ago, such as English beech. In the soft earth under the antediluvian beech, I dug a disc that was only about 4" down. It was obviously copper, but thinner than the one large cent in my possession, which was purchased, not found. I thought I discerned some markings, but I wasn't sure, as they were very faint and the disc was very dirty. I put it away until I got home, rinsed it off, and....holy toledo. It was a colonial copper, my first. I went to Border's and looked at the new Redbook to identify the coin. It's apparently a 1786 Connecticut cent, mailed bust facing left. I'm afraid to clean it further, as you can see by the rough shape it's in. What surprised me was the that I found the coin in an area which I did not think had had any older homesteads which existed before the hospital was built. I'm going back there as soon as possible; maybe there are more coins or old buttons.
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