85 means LC

[McCDig]

When you're working a farm field and hearing iron and the occasional mid-tone, the solid high-tone ringing "85" is the exception.
It got my attention this afternoon, and 7 inches down, there was an 1819 large cent, my fourth of 2017.
Other relics recovered today were a musketball and two flat buttons. Great weather day, following a cold end of the week.

Thanks for checking out the pics. Happy hunting!



Link to LC recovery:

Wrap-up of my AM hunt that same day:

 

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[McCDig]

Thx L-D! You know I've been givin' the city a lot of love over the past couple years, so the LCs were few and far between. Now in the county, it's a different story.

 

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[McCDig]

Thx Chizzy! Who knows what coming next with this "Whadi" luck goin' on.

 

[McCDig]

Thx Professor! Those 85s are "sweet"!

 

[McCDig]

Yes! It was that "Whadi" luck mojo.

 

[McCDig]

Thx ATW! You guys are getting slammed. I may have told you, but one of my detectorist buddies here in Maryland suggested we go on a NYC roadtrip. If that materializes I may ask some advice on how detecting works in the City.

 

[Tommy G]

Congrats on the LC! The F75 and the AT Pro must be in tune to large cents as I get the same reading on those coins. Judging from the shotgun head stamps, I can guess they ring up like the flat buttons I dig as well. Nice hunt!

 

[mooncusser]

love that sound!!!nice finds

 

[McCDig]

Thx Tommy G! I agree. I'd like to get an AT Pro someday; seems like the most versatile unit out there. In the woods it's almost a guarantee that that mid-tone is gong to be a shotgun base. I think I'm starting to be able to differentiate the ones with an iron primer now. They're never very deep, so it's a quick dig.

 

[McCDig]

Thx mooncusser! I agree! Anything above 70 in a farm field is either brass, copper or silver. Had a nice target in the 70s today and deeper which turned out to be a brass bridle rivet.