2 Cent day times two! Colonial goodies from the Hayfield

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Jackalope came out to the east coast again to hunt with me, today was our first day hunting of this trip out. I will let Jackalope tell you what he found. I took him to four of my sites in a dizzying hunt around south Jersey. I have never found a Two Cent coin before today. The first field we went into, five minutes there I found my very first 1864 Two Cent coin. We left there after I called the farmer to ask about a couple of his fields I have not tried yet and five minutes into that I found another Two Cent coin! Before and after these two fields I tried to get Ken into the field I found my 1797 Draped Bust yesterday. No one home, so off to the Hayfield we go. I found six buttons there. After that I took him to a cellar hole where I found nothing. We will see what tomorrow brings?
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Congrats! Those 2 cent pieces are too cool! Just wondering....how big are they in comparison to a large cent?
 

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That was great Brad, and folks he found these coins in completely different fields 1 hr apart. Kind of mind boggling to me.. :)
 

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I found my first and second 2 centers the same day as well. Your look in good shape.

HighVDI, they are a couple mm bigger than a nickel.
 

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You two had a very nice hunt!! congrats on the 2 cents and the time hunting with a friend!!
never found a 2 cent piece. yet 8-)
 

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Congrats on your first couple of 2 Cent pieces Brad. Always nice to dig 2 in the same day, let alone have them be the first 2 you have ever dug.
 

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Sweet coins you dug there.Looks like they will clean up nice.
 

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Congrats on the sweet two centers... and a double play at that! Very well done Brad.

That thingy with the toothpick next to it.. picture 6... is that a wax matrix seal? it looks too small to me, but I can't tell what it is.
 

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Congrats on the sweet two centers... and a double play at that! Very well done Brad.

That thingy with the toothpick next to it.. picture 6... is that a wax matrix seal? it looks too small to me, but I can't tell what it is.

Was going to ask the same. Your odds of finding 2x 2 centers in different places are outrageous, but a wax seal matrix would be the star of the show for me. More pics! : )

Nice work
 

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Congratualtions on the first 2 cent piece find! :occasion14:
 

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Two, four, six, eight! What a way to be counting out there! ;)

WTG!
 

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The round object with stud , i found 1 this past week at a circa 1690 plantation...any ideas what it is ?
 

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Like winning the lottery, what are the chances? And they are in sweet conditions too, WTG!
 

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Congrats! Those 2 cent pieces are too cool! Just wondering....how big are they in comparison to a large cent?
Thanks, smaller 23mm Here is a link to the two I found, too bad they both were not the Small Motto, would have been cha ching

That was great Brad, and folks he found these coins in completely different fields 1 hr apart. Kind of mind boggling to me.. :)
Thanks Ken, You never know when it's going to happen.

I found my first and second 2 centers the same day as well. Your look in good shape.

HighVDI, they are a couple mm bigger than a nickel.
Thank you, not bad for bronze coins laying in fertilized fields.


You two had a very nice hunt!! congrats on the 2 cents and the time hunting with a friend!!
never found a 2 cent piece. yet 8-)
Ken didn't do so bad either, It's fun having company. Thanks

Congrats on the 2 centers and other nice finds
Thank you Art

Congrats on your first couple of 2 Cent pieces Brad. Always nice to dig 2 in the same day, let alone have them be the first 2 you have ever dug.
Thank you

Sweet coins you dug there.Looks like they will clean up nice.
I'm still fooling with them thanks.

Congrats on the sweet two centers... and a double play at that! Very well done Brad.

That thingy with the toothpick next to it.. picture 6... is that a wax matrix seal? it looks too small to me, but I can't tell what it is.
I was hoping someone could tell me what it was, I looked on the bottom, I'm not sure your right, but hell I don't know much when it comes to allot of this old stuff, lol
 

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Gotta love finding a two cent piece! Double the love finding two!! Congrats.
Thanks, I knew they would come some day, ha yesterday must of been Two Cent Day.

Was going to ask the same. Your odds of finding 2x 2 centers in different places are outrageous, but a wax seal matrix would be the star of the show for me. More pics! : )

Nice work
Thanks, I'm still working on getting it clean, when I pulled it I thought it was a toy soldier? I'll post some more pix of it in awhile.

Congratualtions on the first 2 cent piece find! :occasion14:
Thank you Doc

Two, four, six, eight! What a way to be counting out there! ;)

WTG!
Thanks Gary, I was in a cornfield that I have been waiting on them to knock down those dam stubble stalks so I wouldn't stumble when I found the first one, second one was in glorious soybean!

The round object with stud , i found 1 this past week at a circa 1690 plantation...any ideas what it is ?
Watch winder

Like winning the lottery, what are the chances? And they are in sweet conditions too, WTG!
Thanks Bill, we played a couple scratch offs before we started hunting too, no luck there, I should have run back to the store while I was hot, lol
 

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I have never found two 2 cent pieces in a single day.
Come to think of it, , I have never found a single 2 center. lol
Congrats
 

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Congrats on the sweet two centers... and a double play at that! Very well done Brad.

That thingy with the toothpick next to it.. picture 6... is that a wax matrix seal? it looks too small to me, but I can't tell what it is.

Was going to ask the same. Your odds of finding 2x 2 centers in different places are outrageous, but a wax seal matrix would be the star of the show for me. More pics! : )

Nice work
For you and Tom, thanks for pointing that out, I do believe you guys are correct, wax seal matrix, cool. check out the pix.
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I have never found two 2 cent pieces in a single day.
Come to think of it, , I have never found a single 2 center. lol
Congrats
Until yesterday, me either
 

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Congrats on your double mint finds.
 

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