Mach1Pilot
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Today I was at a new site.... one that a friend told me about a few weeks back. His friend owned this site and said some old coins and buttons were eyeballed here in the past.
When we arrived and were introduced, the owner showed us a handful of large coppers found on the surface over the last thirty or so years when the field was plowed. So the three of us walked out to the site and I put the CTX 3030 to work.
It only took minutes to find an iron patch. But, to my dismay the only thing that popped up was an old grommet. Not to be dismayed, I worked toward the water source and found another iron patch. This one was much more promising! Within minutes a nice (albeit dateless) Large Cent appeared... followed quickly by a worn King George III Halfpenny. The 17?? Half Reale was next.... followed by pair of barely recognizable King George II coins. The 1832 Province of Canada Halfpenny Token was next.... that was a new one for me!
The final one was the last target of the day.... a beat and corroded 178? Connecticut Copper. 
That made the total 6 coppers and one half reale.... and only three buttons! Normally for me the button to copper ratio is about 15:1 or more, so this was a welcome change of pace too!
Its a day I will not soon forget, hope to get back there soon!
When we arrived and were introduced, the owner showed us a handful of large coppers found on the surface over the last thirty or so years when the field was plowed. So the three of us walked out to the site and I put the CTX 3030 to work.
It only took minutes to find an iron patch. But, to my dismay the only thing that popped up was an old grommet. Not to be dismayed, I worked toward the water source and found another iron patch. This one was much more promising! Within minutes a nice (albeit dateless) Large Cent appeared... followed quickly by a worn King George III Halfpenny. The 17?? Half Reale was next.... followed by pair of barely recognizable King George II coins. The 1832 Province of Canada Halfpenny Token was next.... that was a new one for me!
The final one was the last target of the day.... a beat and corroded 178? Connecticut Copper. That made the total 6 coppers and one half reale.... and only three buttons! Normally for me the button to copper ratio is about 15:1 or more, so this was a welcome change of pace too!
Its a day I will not soon forget, hope to get back there soon!
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The rest of the coppers looked to be fairly common and a few of them were in really nice shape. One was a half cent that looked like the day it was dropped except for the dark green patina. 
