Don in SJ
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Back in 1984, I found my first Large Cent and today in March 2007 I finally got Number 100 and ten minutes later got Number 101! 
After many hunts in the past month of no old coins, I finally did good at an old sawmill site, that to be honest, I really did not expect to find any Large Cents today, but did expect to find Colonials, which is what I found before at this site over ten years ago.
I was hoping that Number 100 would be really a special coin, like a 1793 Chain cent, but that was not to be, in fact, it is probably in my worst 5 group for condition, since corrosion took a big toll on it and the date was very hard to determine but I am fairly certain it is an 1836 Coronet Large Cent, and that is how it will be recorded in my book.
About ten minutes after finding Number 100 I got Number 101!!!! That coin is beautiful, it was found about 30 feet away from the other but it was up the hill on much dryer soil and thus the big difference in condition, and it is a big difference between the two coins.
The site is huge, and very little underbrush, BUT, back in the 60's and 70's there was an access road that led to the site and evidently a lot of beer parties were held there, so it is almost like hunting in a trashy park!
I will try and make a post up in the coming week somehow showing all 101 Dalmations, oh, I mean 101 Large Cents!
I have attached photos of both coins before and after cleaning, and again, if a coin is damaged by soil conditions, no miracle cleaning will restore it to look great, as is evidenced by the condition of the two coins in the post, if they are good in the ground, the clean up well, if they are corroded, they will clean up but will still be damaged by the action of the soil.........
I have attached a URL to a video of the recovery and a brief glimpse of the immediate area where the coin was found, no way for dial up users I think, so enjoy the photos instead....
VIDEO URL: http://home.comcast.net/~slospokes2/100n101LargeCents.wmv
Don in SJ
After many hunts in the past month of no old coins, I finally did good at an old sawmill site, that to be honest, I really did not expect to find any Large Cents today, but did expect to find Colonials, which is what I found before at this site over ten years ago.
I was hoping that Number 100 would be really a special coin, like a 1793 Chain cent, but that was not to be, in fact, it is probably in my worst 5 group for condition, since corrosion took a big toll on it and the date was very hard to determine but I am fairly certain it is an 1836 Coronet Large Cent, and that is how it will be recorded in my book.
About ten minutes after finding Number 100 I got Number 101!!!!
That coin is beautiful, it was found about 30 feet away from the other but it was up the hill on much dryer soil and thus the big difference in condition, and it is a big difference between the two coins.The site is huge, and very little underbrush, BUT, back in the 60's and 70's there was an access road that led to the site and evidently a lot of beer parties were held there, so it is almost like hunting in a trashy park!
I will try and make a post up in the coming week somehow showing all 101 Dalmations, oh, I mean 101 Large Cents!
I have attached photos of both coins before and after cleaning, and again, if a coin is damaged by soil conditions, no miracle cleaning will restore it to look great, as is evidenced by the condition of the two coins in the post, if they are good in the ground, the clean up well, if they are corroded, they will clean up but will still be damaged by the action of the soil.........
I have attached a URL to a video of the recovery and a brief glimpse of the immediate area where the coin was found, no way for dial up users I think, so enjoy the photos instead....
VIDEO URL: http://home.comcast.net/~slospokes2/100n101LargeCents.wmv
Don in SJ
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