dirtdigger1581
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- Jun 18, 2011
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- Location
- Chesapeake, VA
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab E-trac, Minelab Excalibur II 1000, Garrett AT Pro, Teknetics T2
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Yesterday I was at my favorite field that sits next to a colonial church. This field has produced numerous quality finds for me this summer. To include: buttons(flat & 2 piece), civil war lead, a bust dime, seated dime, barber dimes, mercs, wheaties, Indians, V nickels, Buffalos and the list goes on. Yesterday I found a cut spanish silver 2 Reale at this field. So I decided to go back and hit the area near where I found that. Even though I've been over that area a dozen times or more before.
After about an hour of hunting and not finding much to brag about I came upon a signal that read 12-41 on my E-trac. My thought when I saw and heard it was Wheat Penny. The signal wasn't very deep...About 4 inches so that pretty much confirmed it in my mind. I dug a wide plug around the signal because I'm notorious for nicking coins with my shovel or Lesche digger. Glad I did too. After flopping the plug back I rechecked the hole and the signal was out. I pinpointed the signal in the plug and started poking with my finger. I scraped a piece of dirt from the plug and as I did a disc came flying out. At first I thought I had just unearthed another shotgun shell, as I've dug many of them in this field. Upon further inspection I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was another colonial coin. This time instead of Spanish silver it was Colonial Copper!!! Looks to me like it's a 1773 Virginia Half Penny!!!
I couldn't believe it! How fitting that I find it in Virginia too! Two colonial finds in two days! I couldn't be happier! 
Happy Hunting!!!
-Nate
After about an hour of hunting and not finding much to brag about I came upon a signal that read 12-41 on my E-trac. My thought when I saw and heard it was Wheat Penny. The signal wasn't very deep...About 4 inches so that pretty much confirmed it in my mind. I dug a wide plug around the signal because I'm notorious for nicking coins with my shovel or Lesche digger. Glad I did too. After flopping the plug back I rechecked the hole and the signal was out. I pinpointed the signal in the plug and started poking with my finger. I scraped a piece of dirt from the plug and as I did a disc came flying out. At first I thought I had just unearthed another shotgun shell, as I've dug many of them in this field. Upon further inspection I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was another colonial coin. This time instead of Spanish silver it was Colonial Copper!!! Looks to me like it's a 1773 Virginia Half Penny!!!
I couldn't believe it! How fitting that I find it in Virginia too! Two colonial finds in two days! I couldn't be happier! Happy Hunting!!!
-Nate
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Looks like a VHP to me also! 
Keep up the good work!
