1802 Draped Bust Coppa

Colonial KirkPA · Sep 21, 2008

Forum,

Hey, dudes, guess what? :headbang:

Yup, you know it, my PASSION has been as HIGH as ever! :headbang:

Yup, my coil was low today and my passion was HIGH! :headbang:

The 3 Datectateers got out to the recently harvested cornfield that we hit yesterday. To give some insight on this field, folks, my brother and I scouted it out on Friday to see if it had been harvested. :headbang:

While pulling up to the site, we saw that the two main fields weren't cut yet, but another one was. :headbang:

We soon started to yell super loud with our detecting passion high! :laughing11:

Back to our day: We arrived at the site at 9 and with a chill in the air, we started to swing with the fever. I even think Zeus said some joke that would not be proper to tell on this forum. :laughing9:

We were bursting out in laughter about 2 seconds into our sweeps. :laughing3:

After about an hour with nothing to show for, I got a nice "E" on "Dime" hit that pinpointed at 4". After plucking the doyt out, I saw the GREEN disc, baby! :headbang:

I picked it up and started to rub at it. The coppa had no detail in the field, but after a 30 minute tumble at home, it turned out to be a Draped Bust large cent. :headbang:

The coin is perfectly identifiable in person, so I hope you guys can see the da-tail from the pics. :wink:

I yelled to the other datectateers to come over and hit the area with me. We blitzed it for a few more hours and was welcomed with more ancient artifacts. I found the iron buckle, which was a suprise, since when digging those iron signals, I am expecting nails.

Folks, we can't wait to get back to this site next week. They are harvesting the field where Zoyboy got his MINT STATE 1791 one real and KGII coppa on the same day. :headbang:

I can guarantee a coppa will be dug on our two day hunt again. :love5:

Oh, since we have limited time on these fields before the snow comes, we are going to be hitting the fields two times a week. :director:

Keep your coil low and your passion high! :icon_thumleft:

Kirk

Colonial KirkPA · Sep 21, 2008

Re: Draped Bust Coppa

collector_1 said:
Nice finds you guys shore know how to find them coppers. Keep the passion high and find many more for me to see sense I cant find my own.

Thanks, man, for the reply. We do our ra-search, so it is simple to find these productive coppa sites.

Maryland? I would rather live there! :wink:

The stuff is there!

Kirk

Colonial KirkPA · Sep 21, 2008

Re: Draped Bust Coppa

PACO said:
YO KIRK, GREAT JOB ON THE DRAPED BUST PAL...... NICE BUTTON TOO.

PACO

Thanks, Pac, you sure had a great day as well!

That 1806 half real and 1800 Draped Bust were awesome! :wink:

Kirk

Colonial KirkPA · Sep 21, 2008

Re: Draped Bust Coppa

Detectingfreak said:
Congratulations on the draped Bust large cent! Man that thing is really corroded!

Thanks.

It turned out to be an 1802!

Kirk

Colonial Zoyboy · Sep 21, 2008

Re: Draped Bust Coppa

You zoyster of a datectorist, let's excavate a few more next weekend, you looney. OOOF

Lemony Snicket

Colonial Zoyboy · Sep 21, 2008

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Folks, 90% of our jokes today pertained to moshing. As Brian said to Colonial Silver Zeus many times, "Come on, snitsy witsy, let's go moshing."

Zeus, could you picture Keith in a mosh pit, heaving zoyster boys around like there's no tomorrow?

Snicket

Colonial KirkPA · Sep 22, 2008

Re: Draped Bust Coppa

Colonial Zoyboy said:
Folks, 90% of our jokes today pertained to moshing. As Brian said to Colonial Silver Zeus many times, "Come on, snitsy witsy, let's go moshing." Zeus, could you picture Keith in a mosh pit, heaving zoyster boys around like there's no tomorrow?

Snicket

vpone · Sep 22, 2008

nice finds kirk,

fields are comming down everywhere - definately the best time of the of year to hunt !

not sure if paco told you guys but i got nailed with posion oak from trolling around in the woods detecting - my eye swelled completely shut !

anyway - take care and good luck on your upcomming hunts !

kevin

Evolution · Sep 22, 2008

Every time I look at that avatar I laugh.

The coppas are poppin out of the ground like popcorn in a microwave. :happy1:

I cant wait to see how much comes out of the ground when you get to the main area of this site. It's my birthday next weekend Kirk so find me a couple birthday coppas if you would be so kind

Colonial KirkPA · Sep 22, 2008

vpone said:
nice finds kirk,

fields are comming down everywhere - definately the best time of the of year to hunt !

not sure if paco told you guys but i got nailed with posion oak from trolling around in the woods detecting - my eye swelled completely shut !

anyway - take care and good luck on your upcomming hunts !

kevin

Kevin,

Hey, man, thanks for the reply! Awesome job on you guys kicking some a$$ yesterday! It looks like we all had a great weekend in Central PA. :thumbsup:

Yeah, Paco told me about your poison...that sucks! Well, at least you are back at your detecting game and coming along!

I hope to see your thread soon, Kevin! It sure is nice to be sweeping those fields again!

Kirk

Colonial KirkPA · Sep 22, 2008

Evolution said:
Every time I look at that avatar I laugh. The coppas are poppin out of the ground like popcorn in a microwave. I cant wait to see how much comes out of the ground when you get to the main area of this site. It's my birthday next weekend Kirk so find me a couple birthday coppas if you would be so kind

I laugh, too, when I see it.

IP is a funny boy.

Rob, you will find a crapload of them soon. I feel it, man! Our main site was only hit for about 5 total hours and we had to leave due to the crop growing up. In that time, we found 7 coppa coins along with a mint state 1782 half real (all the coins were found in an area about half the size of a basketball court). :icon_sunny:

We also found about 25 buttons. We drool each time we drive by this site. It is just beckoning our detectors to come back and find the goodies.

But, we also have another potential great site to hit this fall. The site is now in soybean, so we have to wait. Our analog detectors will be popping out the coppas very soon. Our goal of 50+ coppas is just around the corner. :icon_sunny:

Kirk