Cool hunt today ...first large cents..

[CASPER-2]

In the water that is
- have many from land hunts but got my firsts from saltwaters for me today
hit an old Cape Cod beach in the water this morning - have gotten a lot of silver here and old gold in the past
even though Ive gotten indian heads, a shield nickel and seated silver here ...did not expect these today
I was just hoping for modern silver - got a nice hit in deep water ...scooped down and saw a large disc in the bottom
was hoping it might be a half but it looked a little smaller - then thought it must be some sort of medal
gave it a swipe with my thumb and saw the head - which Ive seen many times on land hunts but never from the water
my first saltwater large cent - 1851
near by I got another coin and it was an 1861 indian head - then some recent silver
then I found what looked like a gold washer - thought it might be a brass washer of a recent fishing reel or something
my girlfriend looked at it when I got out and said - "It's stamped"...turns out to be stamped 10k
I worked around as tide started to come in - finding many bronze boat nails and some old lead
got into some rocks - another nice hit - see a blackish large coin in scoop - once again thought it might be a silver half
grabbed it and gave a rub - older style headed large cent - 1819 ...wow my first 2 water hunt large cents
was hoping to find some silver with dates like these - but no
I did get one more indian head - 1866 before I headed in
other coins
silver war nickel -1944P
silver Washington - 1951-S
mercs - 1939 & 1944
2 silver roosevelts
will get back in there and work harder next time - still think theres some more goodies out there

 

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[cjon455]

wow that's a great hunt, I love the way your large cents look , the saltwater was kind to them, very cool

congrats!!

 

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[cjon455]

the 1819 is actually pretty worn - this is the reverse of the 1851
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jesus that's beautiful, our dirt coppers are NEVER that nice, congrats again!

 

[Old Dude]

Great finds Casper. Those LC's look as they are supposed to. What an odd piece of gold. As MBB said, maybe a bezel from something?

 

[treblehunter]

Very cool hunt and finds. I have been wondering how a LC and Indians would hold up in the salt. Thanks for posting, I'd keep pounding that spot, I bet there is a old silver reale or early american silver hiding in there.

 

[CASPER-2]

Ive probably got close to 100 from land/dirt hunts, but these are my first 2 from a water hunt
have found about 20 IH pennies in water so far - though these are 2 of my earliest
nicest land one looked liked this but it came from under an old sidewalk and was protected from the elements

jesus that's beautiful, our dirt coppers are NEVER that nice, congrats again!

 

[CASPER-2]

I found a seated dime, a shield nickel and a few other IHS there in the past - a lot of newer silver there
its not a very big spot maybe 50 yrds by 20 yards total, the LCs and IHs were found in the rocks around the old wharf pilings and were not deep
there are some soft sand areas and have gotten gold rings around 2 feet down - another hunter was watching me from shore and says he wants to get in there now
just got to hope he cant get out as far and something is left for me

Very cool hunt and finds. I have been wondering how a LC and Indians would hold up in the salt. Thanks for posting, I'd keep pounding that spot, I bet there is a old silver reale or early american silver hiding in there.