BuckleBoy
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DiggerGirl's FIRST EVER 1700s Coin--I've Never Seen one Posted on Tnet Before!
Hello All,
DiggerGirl had just gotten a new Tesoro Tejon as an awesome gift from an awesome husband.
Great upgrade for her from the little Silver uMax.
Anyhow, we meet up with Shanegalang to do some Deep South Detecting in Cane Country. Quindy had told me that he thought that DiggerGirl would be a "Holy Terror" with her new machine, and he was right. Here's the video (photos below).
As soon as she got out in the field, her very first target was a beautifully gilded civilian button. Later on in the hunt, I dug a matching button, but as you can see from the photos below, I got the bum end of that deal.
(her button is on the left)
I started putting the pedal to the metal, knowing that I needed to keep pace. I got a nice aluminum signal and popped out a small silver coin. Was really pleased to see that it was a picayune.
Unfortunately dateless, but goes in the Spanish Silver total for the year. I have high hopes for making a decent showing this fall. Would be impossible to beat last year, but we have to at least be in the race after 19 Spanish Silvers in 2012 and 27 last year. This little coin makes over 50 Spanish Silvers recovered in Louisiana since January '12.
At that point, the rest of the day would be, as they say down here, "lagniappe." I did pick up a musket ball, a couple buttons, and a crusty Shield Nickel.
Well, I heard DiggerGirl cheering and looked up from my sugar cane row. She was saying "Copper." Now, DG has never dug a copper, and to be honest they're hard to find down here. When I got over to her, there was a big ole copper staring me right in the face, still in its clod!
When she broke it free, it was so thick I was thinking "Cartwheel!" If you watch the video, you'll hear my mind spinning, trying to come up with an ID on a coin I'd never seen before. Sorry for the couple of French words in the video. It was the coin's fault.
Later on, she dug some barrel tap pieces, what I think may be a piece of a brass horse bit, and part of a spur. I got a fired musketball and some pack rivets. Overall a Home Run. She was giggling all the way home, and cooing over the coin. It's a 1792 French 2 Sol from the reign of Louis XVI. Thicker than a silver dollar. EDIT: As it turns out, a couple of these coins have been posted on Tnet before. Three others dug and posted in the past. BIG Congrats to DiggerGirl!
Inspired by Bill D's EXCELLENT finds photos in natural daylight, here is my photo of hers and my finds for the day. And of course a photo of DiggerGirl with her prized Copper:
Best Wishes and HH,
Buck
Hello All,
DiggerGirl had just gotten a new Tesoro Tejon as an awesome gift from an awesome husband.
Great upgrade for her from the little Silver uMax. Anyhow, we meet up with Shanegalang to do some Deep South Detecting in Cane Country. Quindy had told me that he thought that DiggerGirl would be a "Holy Terror" with her new machine, and he was right. Here's the video (photos below).
As soon as she got out in the field, her very first target was a beautifully gilded civilian button. Later on in the hunt, I dug a matching button, but as you can see from the photos below, I got the bum end of that deal.
(her button is on the left)I started putting the pedal to the metal, knowing that I needed to keep pace. I got a nice aluminum signal and popped out a small silver coin. Was really pleased to see that it was a picayune.
Unfortunately dateless, but goes in the Spanish Silver total for the year. I have high hopes for making a decent showing this fall. Would be impossible to beat last year, but we have to at least be in the race after 19 Spanish Silvers in 2012 and 27 last year. This little coin makes over 50 Spanish Silvers recovered in Louisiana since January '12.
At that point, the rest of the day would be, as they say down here, "lagniappe." I did pick up a musket ball, a couple buttons, and a crusty Shield Nickel.
Well, I heard DiggerGirl cheering and looked up from my sugar cane row. She was saying "Copper." Now, DG has never dug a copper, and to be honest they're hard to find down here. When I got over to her, there was a big ole copper staring me right in the face, still in its clod!
When she broke it free, it was so thick I was thinking "Cartwheel!" If you watch the video, you'll hear my mind spinning, trying to come up with an ID on a coin I'd never seen before. Sorry for the couple of French words in the video. It was the coin's fault.
Later on, she dug some barrel tap pieces, what I think may be a piece of a brass horse bit, and part of a spur. I got a fired musketball and some pack rivets. Overall a Home Run. She was giggling all the way home, and cooing over the coin. It's a 1792 French 2 Sol from the reign of Louis XVI. Thicker than a silver dollar. EDIT: As it turns out, a couple of these coins have been posted on Tnet before. Three others dug and posted in the past. BIG Congrats to DiggerGirl!
Inspired by Bill D's EXCELLENT finds photos in natural daylight, here is my photo of hers and my finds for the day. And of course a photo of DiggerGirl with her prized Copper:
Best Wishes and HH,
Buck
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