11 cents in 10 old coins!

cjon455 · May 7, 2015

Dave and I were out on a permission seeking day, 3rd house we tried we got a yes, not too much there even though it was very old, I got 6 wheats, the pocket knife, the square do-dad thing and the hurlitzer tootsie toy, I thought that was pretty cool. We drove for a while only knocking on a few more doors, Dave ended up getting permission for us at a nice older home where a woman was cutting the grass, we only had less then an hour to detect because we had to go when she was done cutting. Anyhow, I managed a 3 more wheats and the surprise of the day :headbang:

1865 2 Center!! :headbang:

rang in a solid 10-42 on the etrac at about 4 inches!, I dug into the sidewall and pried upwards and the familiar green disk pops right out of the hole! With a big koolaid smile, I had to run over to dave and show him my find of the day! the owner was done cutting the grass so we left shortly after that, and were granted permission to come back anytime!,

we also scouted a bit more while we were in this nice old town, dave also got us permission for next week at an EARLY 1800s home, guy said "come back next week", I got a good feeling about this town!

notice the top row of clad below the tootsie toy, it was shiny because it was part of a clad spill, got the heart pumping a bit at first when I thought I saw silver!, oh well next time, Thanks for looking and hh!!

WHADIFIND · May 8, 2015

cjon455 said:
Thanks gary!, they are quite awesome in my opinion!
I'll never forget the time I dug my 1st 3 yrs ago, I was w my son at the cornfield, I had no idea what they were or that they even existed, I've found 1 each of my 1st 3 yrs detecting, I know I'm quite lucky for that!

Thanks!

I have found 5 or 6 in my time and each one is a pleasure. I wouldn't call it just "luck" though. After all, you did a LOT to put yourself in position to find it. The permission, the machine, the discernment of the signal, even the digging without harming it. Luck? No, there's more to it than some sort of lottery.

johnnycat · May 8, 2015

One of my, "searching for"...2c piece. Lucky you!!

deershed · May 8, 2015

Something wrong with this, too many of us on here still looking for their first 2 Center and here you find your third one??

Comgrats!! It looks to be in Awesome shape too..

cjon455 · May 8, 2015

deershed said:
Something wrong with this, too many of us on here still looking for their first 2 Center and here you find your third one??

Comgrats!! It looks to be in Awesome shape too..

Thanks, I have been pretty fortunate to get on some pretty good sites

Steve in PA · May 8, 2015

Sweet 2 center! Those are always fun to find.

richardson · May 8, 2015

Awesome 2 cent! Congrats

park pirate · May 8, 2015

Very nice two center nice detail...

cjon455 · May 8, 2015

Steve in PA said:
Sweet 2 center! Those are always fun to find.

richardson said:
Awesome 2 cent! Congrats

park pirate said:
Very nice two center nice detail...

thanks a lot guys!, I love these coins, im still shocked that my 1st 3 yrs detecting I got one in each of the three years, here they are, my first starting with the left

beez0404 · May 8, 2015

So you got permission from an 87 year old lady to swing in her yard and did what? Kicked back and had a beer while she mowed the yard for ya'll? LOL

LOVE that 2 center. Extremely nice.

Ahab8 · May 8, 2015

Great little hunt buddy. That's a great looking 2 center. One of my first good coin finds

cjon455 · May 8, 2015

beez0404 said:
So you got permission from an 87 year old lady to swing in her yard and did what? Kicked back and had a beer while she mowed the yard for ya'll? LOL

LOVE that 2 center. Extremely nice.

Omg no lol!!! She was 60, and was cutting the other field close to the house we detected, she wanted us to leave once the field was cut, which was 25 minutes of digging time. I think at 1st she wanted to keep her eyes on us, when she was done she thanked dave for asking and invites us back next time we were out her way, very nice woman! Lol at what you thought!!!

cjon455 · May 8, 2015

Ahab8 said:
Great little hunt buddy. That's a great looking 2 center. One of my first good coin finds

Thanks abe!, before I started detecting I had no idea 2 centers even existed!

Ahab8 · May 8, 2015

Yup I hear Ya man. I have learned soooooooo much since starting this great hobby and joining Tnet

Msbeepbeep · May 8, 2015

Congrats! Very nice looking 2 cent!

Sounds like you guys will be having a good time hunting.

cjon455 · May 8, 2015

Msbeepbeep said:
Congrats! Very nice looking 2 cent!

Sounds like you guys will be having a good time hunting.

thanks!, we hope to get back to that property soon! Found it funny that the property owner asks "hey what ya finding" and as I explain she says "yeah I found this big coin about the size of a half dollar that says one cent on back laying in my driveway" so ok a Large cent was just LAYING in the driveway! I said to dave of course I want to go back lol!!!