1798 Cent - Coastal Georgia Find

[GaRebel1861]

I haven't posted anything in a while because I just haven't found anything worth posting until now. This past weekend, I got an invite to hunt a colonial home site on the coast of Georgia. I was finding flat buttons (15 total) musket balls, and a lead cast net sinker but no coins. It was a great area to hunt because there wasn't much modern trash. At the end of the day while I was about to wrap up, I got a really good signal. It was about 4" down in a mix of white and gray sand. Finally a coin and one that I'm quite happy with! I also dug a small toy cannon from the site and will post it later when I can get better photos.

 

[toasted]

Gotta love those sandy soil coppers

 

[CreakyDigger]

Congrats! Gorgeous coin!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Beautiful old copper, congrats!

 

[digging440yrs]

 

[diggerranger]

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[Steve in PA]

Nice looking large cent

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[mbcuce]

Nice find, great condition.

 

[Megalodon]

Congrats on such a great find! And nice job to not overclean it!

 

[lenmac65]

That is a beautiful coin in great shape. Congrats!

 

[Georgivs]

Wow! If that had been in the red clay it wouldn't look anywhere that nice!

 

[xcopperstax]

That coin has some great detail left to it. The ground was very kind! Looking forward to seeing this toy cannon too. I'd love to find one of those!

 

[dansalata]

sweet condition

 

[terpfan]

Oh wow, what a beauty!

 

[terpfan]

Oh wow, what a beauty!

 

[Radon]

Hard to believe it's 222 years old, in such nice shape. 222 years old, in 02/2020, that is! Time to buy a lottery ticket?

 

[A2coins]

Great coin I'm trying to find my first good addition to your collection. Tommy

 

[SilverDreams]

Amazing find! Congrats!

 

[GeoW]

Very nice!