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Tenderfoot
Hello everyone,
I am new to the forum and just purchased my first MD 2 weeks ago. I took it out for its maiden voyage this past weekend just hoping to figure out how to identify, pinpoint and dig good targets when I got a hit I thought was going to be a quarter or half dollar. What I ended up pulling out was a 1787 Connecticut colonial coin. At first I thought it may have been just a blank as I couldn't see any details but after it dried I was able to move some of the dirt off with my hand. I posted some pictures on a coin collectors website and they have identified it as a 1787 connecticut colonial with a right facing muttonhead and a miller 1.2-C coin, with rarity at URS-10 (250-499 estimated known to exist). I never in a million years thought I would pull out a 1700's coin from the ground let alone one on the first day with the MD.
I am excited to meet members of the forum and look forward to posting more finds in the future.
Jason
I am new to the forum and just purchased my first MD 2 weeks ago. I took it out for its maiden voyage this past weekend just hoping to figure out how to identify, pinpoint and dig good targets when I got a hit I thought was going to be a quarter or half dollar. What I ended up pulling out was a 1787 Connecticut colonial coin. At first I thought it may have been just a blank as I couldn't see any details but after it dried I was able to move some of the dirt off with my hand. I posted some pictures on a coin collectors website and they have identified it as a 1787 connecticut colonial with a right facing muttonhead and a miller 1.2-C coin, with rarity at URS-10 (250-499 estimated known to exist). I never in a million years thought I would pull out a 1700's coin from the ground let alone one on the first day with the MD.
I am excited to meet members of the forum and look forward to posting more finds in the future.
Jason
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