any large cents in michigan?

[fatsmahoney]

Anyone finding any large cents in michigan please post and tell story im on the hunt for one

 

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[Michigander2005]

I've found 1 a 1849 found in 1987 using Garrett ADSlll.


Town was built in early 1900 's house I figure was built in the 50's , this was found in yard maybe 50 feet from house.

My theory back then was coin collector lost in couch , couch taken out of house for cleaning lost in yard

 

[Scott (Mich)]

I have not gotten out to do much md-ing in the last two years, but below is what my dad and I had found from 1996 to 2004. Over half of them came from my dad's (now my) farm fields where buildings used to be.

Keep looking, You will find one.

Happy Hunting,

Scott (Mid-Mich)

PS - the 1861-O half dollar I use as my icon on the left came from the same field

 

[Sandman]

I used to do quite well on Belle Isle and it is always fun to detect there. Now days it is best to detect in a group and have a couple guys standing by with AK-47's or Street Sweepers. LOL

 

[goldencoin]

a rare 1857 one found up in the UP plus i have found a colonial in the thumb

HH
-GC

 

[detectordave]

My 12 yr old daughter <11 at the time> found our only large cent at a public beach. My guess is some kid brought it to show others maybe from dad's collection. Was the last place I would have thought. Hh dave.

 

[Jim C.]

Found these (if picture loads) mainly at old farm houses and a few at parks.

 

[Michigander2005]

Scott and Jim ... very nice collections on large cents

 

[Clad 2 meet u]

My first large cent found in Algonac Michigan... See link

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,113750.0.html

 

[SgtSki in MI]

I've found 2 near my hometown

I live in Hesperia about 1 1/2 hrs north of you. There is a field there which once had a homestead on it from 1862 to 1881. I hunt this field religiously and have managed to pull 2 LC's out of there. The first was an 1846 Tall Date variety. A couple weeks later I dug an 1851 about 20 feet from where I found the first one. Both of them were pretty beat up from being knocked around by plows over the last 120-odd years but the metal was still in good shape. The land is still owned by the same family and I'm told that the Indians that lived nearby used to borrow rifles from the farm to hunt deer with. They'd borrow them and bring them back after cleaning them along with some "thank-you" meat. I think that's who the LC's belonged to since they're both holed at the top obverse. Also in this field I found a NICE 1866 IH and an 1866 Shield Nickel and LOTS of .44 Henry rimfire casings.

The Hesperia area really didn't start seeing any substantial population/homesteading until the early 1870's, so I guess the point of my story is that if I managed to scare up a couple in my neck of the woods, then there are definitely some to be had down your way.

I'd post pics of them for you but me and my coins are seperated by about 7,000 miles at the moment. Once I redeploy home I plan on trying my luck in the SE corner of the state where there was earlier habitation.

HH,
SgtSki

 

[Clad 2 meet u]

Re: I've found 2 near my hometown

I live in Hesperia about 1 1/2 hrs north of you. There is a field there which once had a homestead on it from 1862 to 1881. I hunt this field religiously and have managed to pull 2 LC's out of there. The first was an 1846 Tall Date variety. A couple weeks later I dug an 1851 about 20 feet from where I found the first one. Both of them were pretty beat up from being knocked around by plows over the last 120-odd years but the metal was still in good shape. The land is still owned by the same family and I'm told that the Indians that lived nearby used to borrow rifles from the farm to hunt deer with. They'd borrow them and bring them back after cleaning them along with some "thank-you" meat. I think that's who the LC's belonged to since they're both holed at the top obverse. Also in this field I found a NICE 1866 IH and an 1866 Shield Nickel and LOTS of .44 Henry rimfire casings.

The Hesperia area really didn't start seeing any substantial population/homesteading until the early 1870's, so I guess the point of my story is that if I managed to scare up a couple in my neck of the woods, then there are definitely some to be had down your way.

I'd post pics of them for you but me and my coins are seperated by about 7,000 miles at the moment. Once I redeploy home I plan on trying my luck in the SE corner of the state where there was earlier habitation.

HH,
SgtSki

You better get back soon Sgt. winter will be here before you know it!

 

[jglunt]

I used to do quite well on Belle Isle and it is always fun to detect there. Now days it is best to detect in a group and have a couple guys standing by with AK-47's or Street Sweepers. LOL

LOL....I haven't been there in years. I bet it's pretty bad. I remember going to Bob-lo island when I was a kid. I wonder what's going on there these days. I bet detecting would be fun there as well.

For those who don't know...there was a huge (at least it seemed huge when I was a kid) amusement park on Bob-lo island in the Detroit River and you had to take a boat to get there. It was used as a park at least as far back as the turn of the 20th century.

Jim

 

[SgtSki in MI]

Re: I've found 2 near my hometown

I live in Hesperia about 1 1/2 hrs north of you. There is a field there which once had a homestead on it from 1862 to 1881. I hunt this field religiously and have managed to pull 2 LC's out of there. The first was an 1846 Tall Date variety. A couple weeks later I dug an 1851 about 20 feet from where I found the first one. Both of them were pretty beat up from being knocked around by plows over the last 120-odd years but the metal was still in good shape. The land is still owned by the same family and I'm told that the Indians that lived nearby used to borrow rifles from the farm to hunt deer with. They'd borrow them and bring them back after cleaning them along with some "thank-you" meat. I think that's who the LC's belonged to since they're both holed at the top obverse. Also in this field I found a NICE 1866 IH and an 1866 Shield Nickel and LOTS of .44 Henry rimfire casings.

The Hesperia area really didn't start seeing any substantial population/homesteading until the early 1870's, so I guess the point of my story is that if I managed to scare up a couple in my neck of the woods, then there are definitely some to be had down your way.

I'd post pics of them for you but me and my coins are seperated by about 7,000 miles at the moment. Once I redeploy home I plan on trying my luck in the SE corner of the state where there was earlier habitation.

HH,
SgtSki

You better get back soon Sgt. winter will be here before you know it!

I'll be here through the winter, Clad. I should be home right when the nice detecting weather hits in late April~early May

 

[gallienus267]

Found this one (only one for me) in Albion.

 

[idighistory]

My grandfather, while putting in a new septic on his property dug up a 1857 lg cent, which is willed to me I had it graded through ANACS as very good condition. This coin was found in Gagetown in the thumb area. Also as a young kid, new to coin collecting I found a 1897 Indian head cent on a two track in Pellston. His find was back in 1968, I found my coin back in 1975.

 

[DAYTONA TOM]

try alleyton just outside of white cloud all 47 builds burned down to the ground and pushed into the river
ice or not i,m hitting it again in the am great place Lot's of things there more then i can carry or try over below the damn past the park look for the glass in the river bank then try the bridge going to whitecloud
going over the white river look south you will see the old house on the river bust of luck to ya

 

[fatsmahoney]

i know exactly where your talking about but i never knew about the buildings burning we used to fish that spot for trout up stream

 

[SwampHunter]

So what do large cents register at when you find them?

 

[SgtSki in MI]

try alleyton just outside of white cloud all 47 builds burned down to the ground and pushed into the river
ice or not i,m hitting it again in the am great place Lot's of things there more then i can carry or try over below the damn past the park look for the glass in the river bank then try the bridge going to whitecloud
going over the white river look south you will see the old house on the river bust of luck to ya

Hey Tom,
I'm not sure if I found Alleyton or not. I've hunted around the old Flowing Well Park. I think that used to be part of Alleyton but not too sure. I read once that that artesian well was struck when they were drilling for water for a hotel in Alleyton. I've had a little bit of luck in White Cloud. In the lot behind our dentists office (Dr Schondelmeyer) I found a couple Wheaties and an 1866 2c Piece. On the other side of M-37 I've found an 1898 Barber Dime and a 1950 Rosie ( and a couple more wheaties) where the old RR depot used to sit. That's about it for me in White Cloud.

All I've found around Flowing Wells has been a 1937 Wheatie, part of a pocketwatch case, and a Model A hubcap.

I'm just down the road in Hesperia. I should be home from Iraq in late April to early May if you want to meet up for a hunt.

HH,
SgtSki

 

[DAYTONA TOM]

when you get back let me know i have a map of the town alot of the stuff is deep in the river covered
in sand i'll show you how to get it out there is piles of stuff on the other side of the road from
the well on the right hand side it's half up the hill remember it was flooded at the time for logging
I'm working on Morgan town the first dam is next to my house in 1872 their was a logging camp here
hope to see ya soon