This hunt was cooked silvers and LCs to perfection

[pepperj]

Got up early and headed out to the church site that I hunted a week ago or so back. I knew there still had to be a few good ones laying around the underbrush so I put a serious 8 hrs of bush/brush crashing to get what I got for keepers. Once again the place didn't disappoint me, but there was some dry periods of just swinging around the site without a good target to be had. I haven't even gorton close to the the actual church yet as all the scraps of roofing tin seems to be around where the building sat. So I stayed a good 75-100ft away before I even attempted to detect. So I got a couple of 1940's pennies followed by the 1920, then came the 1904 Fish Scale /5 cent piece, and then the 1903 quarter. Then I found the stove door just peeking out of the leaves, at the bottom of a rock embankment that ran up from the back of the site. It took some persuading but it came out all in one piece and I packed it back to the truck as this one was going home with me. Here's a link about the history and the period that they mfg. the stoves.

James Smart Manufacturing Co. - History | VintageMachinery.org


The surprise of the hunt was the "Bouquet Sous" Token that were struck in 1837 and before, and this token and the 1859 LC predate the site as it's mid 1880's so these coins must of being around still in circulation, but still it's great to get unexpected older coinage any day. I got the 1888 LC and the 1920 LC from the same area as the /59. I wanted to get a dime today and had to settle on the 1937 and also the 1937 nickel from another area.
Overall it was a pretty good hunt and I'll keep it now for a back up in the late fall or spring when the undergrowth is down.

 

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[pepperj]

Awesome coins in amazing shape. Good one! [emoji106]

Thank You. There's one thing about older sites that are in the bush, usually the coinage is a little better shape.

Very nice hunt, thank you for sharing.

Thank You It's really about time I got into the habit more often.

Really nice haul !! Congrats on all your finds. That's a long hunt but it payed off. I admire your persistence.


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I'm sort of paying for the hunt today, delayed in finishing a job that I was avoiding, so I would of stayed a little longer but my spare jug of water drained out onto the seat of the truck.

Nice collection of silvers and coppers there.

Thanks some will be great fillers in the finds collection.

What do you use for a detector? I have an at pro and would like tho know what reading the large cents are
These are some nice coins!
Kyle-

Strictly Minelab, these days it's the Etrac, basically wide open except for a small line at the bottom of the screen.

If you're going to put in 8 hard hours, at least you were very rewarded! Super finds, the two Edward silvers would make my day.

The old silver are the best, love the design on the coinage, class written all over them.

 

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[pepperj]

I was out for a couple hours and the heat kicked my butt, no way I would have stayed out there 8 hours. Then again, if I was finding some Awesome finds who knows?
The old coppers and token are Sweet!! And I'd have taken the stove piece home too.

It's always a little easier to stick it through when the finds are coming, then again it's harder to quit.
It wasn't too bad in the shade of the trees, later in the day the humidity was starting to build.

Man, you guys of north are kicking it lately!!!!! Great finds!

Thanks for the reply, I still drop my jaw when viewing the southern finds.

Great finds!

Thank you

Nice job PJ. That's a nice handful of finds.

Thanks Old Dude
It's always easier to post a mitt full.

looks like a great hunt!, Canadian LCs are very cool, would love to find one

great finds!!

It's not that far flung not to find one in PA, best of luck on the LC quest.

Wow very nice bud. Always nice when you make finds that predate the sites written history. Awesome

Thanks Abe
I think it's one the greatest things in a hunt is to predate the site with a find or two.

Very well done. Congrats on the nice hand full of coins. Best of luck to you!

Thank you Tom

Great coin haul Jim and looking forward to eyeballing the stove pics. I also find many old pieces to be quite intriguing, including bottles and marbles.

Thanks Chris, I think I'll restore it and make it a door for something in the cave.

 

[digndeep]

Sweet hunt,I agree that roofing tin is a real pain..but with finds like that I'd have a bag full of it!

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[pepperj]

Sweet hunt,I agree that roofing tin is a real pain..but with finds like that I'd have a bag full of it!

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Thanks

Around this site it would fill a good part of the truck, an option but unlikely to happen unless the immediate area around the building site produced finds. I might do a couple of sample areas in the spring to see if it's warranted.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Your Canadian Large Cents are a sharp looking coin. Would you mind throwing some south of your border ?

 

[46Wheat]

I love the look of the Canadian LCs . Hopefully I will find one sometime

 

[park pirate]

Wow awesome haul Congrats brother....

 

[pepperj]

I love the look of the Canadian LCs . Hopefully I will find one sometime

Thanks for the reply.

The LCs are really a classic design and still a favourite find.

 

[sutphin]

PEPPER J LIKE THE STOVE DOOR .

 

[treblehunter]

Very cool finds, good hard work pays off again!

 

[pepperj]

Your Canadian Large Cents are a sharp looking coin. Would you mind throwing some south of your border ?

Thanks Trezurehunter, I'm sure there's a few lurking in the soils down you way.

Wow awesome haul Congrats brother....

Thank you

PEPPER J LIKE THE STOVE DOOR .

It's one of those finds that just have to taken home, and deserves a new life.

Very cool finds, good hard work pays off again!

It's the only hard work that I really enjoy in life.

 

[OBN]

That is a Killer hunt! Wow, if I did that good on land I may go back to it.. Great Treasures!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

That's one heck of a fist full of finds!
I appreciated the history behind the stove door too Jim... at least you know it dates before 1912!
That thing's huge and must've weighted a ton, it'll make for a nice wall display in your new out building too!

Best of luck to you on your health my friend!
Dave

 

[pepperj]

That's one heck of a fist full of finds!
I appreciated the history behind the stove door too Jim... at least you know it dates before 1912!
That thing's huge and must've weighted a ton, it'll make for a nice wall display in your new out building too!

Best of luck to you on your health my friend!
Dave

Thanks for the kind words buddy, I'm not sure what the door will be used for but it'll be fun to see it restored. Fast recovery to you, so the fall season can begin.