1798 Draped Bust Large Cent

cannonball

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I had a little play time this weekend so I decided to recon new sites. On the way to the area I got distracted when I saw a clam fragment at a construction site on the side of the highway. I usually stay in the pine barrens because the large cents get destroyed in the fields. I almost forgot what it was like to spend a sunny day in a field. I managed to spot this Indian pestle sitting right on top (look behind the detector in the picture) The large cent came out of a trashed out area using high discrimination and the buckle and rig came from a clean wooded area. Please chime in if you can identify the variety of large cent.
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Digger RJ

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I had a little play time this weekend so I decided to recon new sites. On the way to the area I got distracted when I saw a clam fragment at a construction site on the side of the highway. I usually stay in the pine barrens because the large cents get destroyed in the fields. I almost forgot what it was like to spend a sunny day in a field. I managed to spot this Indian pestle sitting right on top (look behind the detector in the picture) The large cent came out of a trashed out area using high discrimination and the buckle and rig came from a clean wooded area. Please chime in if you can identify the variety of large cent.
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Very Cool!!!! Congrats!!!!
 

rhedden

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It's a "Style 1 Hair" 1798 cent. They are harder to find than "Style 2 hair." The "9" in the date is tipped to the left, which possibly points to one of the 1798/7 overdates (S-150, S-151, S-152). Based on the position of the "E" over the hair on the obverse, I'm going to guess 1798/7 S-152. Congrats on a nice find!
 

Gare

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Very nice finds :) Love the large cents. What size coil and program on the II Thanks for sharing with us !!
 

JohnnyMac

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I had a little play time this weekend so I decided to recon new sites. On the way to the area I got distracted when I saw a clam fragment at a construction site on the side of the highway. I usually stay in the pine barrens because the large cents get destroyed in the fields. I almost forgot what it was like to spend a sunny day in a field. I managed to spot this Indian pestle sitting right on top (look behind the detector in the picture) The large cent came out of a trashed out area using high discrimination and the buckle and rig came from a clean wooded area. Please chime in if you can identify the variety of large cent.
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Very nice
 

grasshopper

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Great eye on recon'ing the site and great finds!!
 

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cannonball

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It's a "Style 1 Hair" 1798 cent. They are harder to find than "Style 2 hair." The "9" in the date is tipped to the left, which possibly points to one of the 1798/7 overdates (S-150, S-151, S-152). Based on the position of the "E" over the hair on the obverse, I'm going to guess 1798/7 S-152. Congrats on a nice find!
Thanks for the help with the ID. Nice Job!!
 

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cannonball

cannonball

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DEUS 11 Fisher F75ltd,TDI Minelab Excailber
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Very nice finds :) Love the large cents. What size coil and program on the II Thanks for sharing with us !!
11" coil with a custom program the changes based on conditions.
 

Cape Hunter

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The 1798 One Cent is in decent shape. Very nice finds.
 

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