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1808 Tavern site gives up Spanish silver

TimmyNY

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Today started off a bit cold. with temps in the 20s. after a meeting of the Rochester club, Johnand I decided to hunt a few areas around Southern Wyoming county.

We decided to start at a recently cut corn field that had a hotel on it in the early 1800s. after locating the owner I went to ask permission. It was the closest Ive come to a rejection yet. He has a friend that detects who wanted to come over and hit the field. but he hadn't showed yet so he let us hunt the front half of the field. after about 2 hours we were wondering whether the hotel was there at all. The only thing we found was a memorial cent.

next we went to get permission to hunt a large potato field near by but the owner wasn't home.

it was getting close to 2:30 so we decided to hit one more place . an old tavern site that we've hunted several times before. this site has given up several draped bust large cents and buttons and has been hit pretty hard. after about 2 hours in the freezing wind with very few signals I finally got a decent signal. with the first shovel out pops this little baby. It is my second half real and by far the better shape. Its a good thing John was there to take the pics. maybe next time will be his turn.

Tim
 

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Impressive find Tim, congrats big time.
That's like a TH'ers dream find, wooohooo!!

Smiles!
BDoo
 
That's one of the first time's i've ever seen a action photo with a reale. Thank you for the pics man and congrats, what a great shape ancient coin!!
 
Be specific, Tim, how many Draped did you find there? I love those 1700 tavern sites!
 
Man I have found two like that, it sure gives a guy a rush, just think how long it waited for you to dig it up, Great Job..
 
There you go. I love those old reales.

Gotta place or two to hit like that as soon as they plow under the corn stalks.

Burt
 
Congrats on the lucky dig, keep it up!
 

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