The Seeker
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Doing your homework pays off again!!! 1803 & 1804 Large Cents
There is a time in your Metal Detecting career when you ask yourself, is this site going to be as good as the last one! So when you do research and come across something that gets your heart pumping, you just know it’s going to be good! That is what happened when we arrived at this site today ……As Tim mentioned we started at the (2 old Cellar Hole site) and the finds are running very thin there. Well after detecting it for a little over 2 years now you know the Pickens are getting thin. So the new plan was to head down south and go check out 2 sites that I had worked on in my office over the past couple of days. Now as I mentioned earlier when you find something doing research, you hope it pays off and you find some nice coins and Relics. But after a couple of hours we found nothing but a few trinkets.
So now with it almost lunch we have a quick bite to eat and once again we pull out the maps and see what kind of sites we have to look at for the rest of the day. With plan 4 in effect and taking place, the day really looks bleak. Knocking on some farmer’s door is never a problem for me, I will do it if the time calls for it and the site has great potential…We were discussing this, I pull out the maps and one of them was from a place that I did some research on last fall but never had the chance to detect it. So we got in out vehicles and off we went. We arrived and got right into it …….we all know what happened according to Tim…….. He had a great day and one to always remember! This picture is of the Cellar hole where the purse was found! Five feet in front of the moss covered wall in the distance!
I have always been one who believes in the phrase. What you put into it is what you get out of it! Research is a must and it will improve your chances of finding some great finds. I made a copy of a small portion of a very old map and happen to have it with me on that day. On it was the names and location of the old roads, so as I compared them to the more recent map I noticed that the Cellar hole we hit first was the one that gave up the Coin cache Tim found and that was sweet! Boooooo! :P Lolol…..Only kidding! Anyway after all the excitement I drifted around the old foundation and pulled out an 1849 large cent in nice shape.
A short time later I find a small sleigh bell and flat button with some gold gilt on it. Now with not much area to detect due to the amount of brush and trees we decided to take a small break.
Back at the trucks we are all standing there looking at the finds and the SILVER! Jeff decides to call it quits while talking to Timmy. I happen to be across the road looking at something that just seemed to be different and out of the ordinary. You know something..When it comes to detecting you surely need a little luck and luck is what we had that day. So after Jeff had left for the day, I asked Tim if he wanted to quit or go over into the wood across the street and what happened ……….The first 5 minutes, I found 2 Draped Bust large Cents. Tim said come on; I think he thought I was kidding. But they were real, the 1803 is still readable but the 1804 is rough but you can just make out the 804 on it. Then I think we just looked at them and said what the heck.
Now as we continued what happened, Tim pulls out the reale and I find another Bust large cent but this one was under a root and a hole full of water so you know what that’s like. So without dragging this on any longer we found plenty of buttons, potters, clay pipe stems and a number of the old pewter spoon pieces.
Within an hour and a half, we had plenty of nice old Relics of what now is a very old home site with some great potential. I just hope when we go back soon, we have the same luck we had that day! Enjoy!
Good luck and Keep on Digging!!! The SEEKER
There is a time in your Metal Detecting career when you ask yourself, is this site going to be as good as the last one! So when you do research and come across something that gets your heart pumping, you just know it’s going to be good! That is what happened when we arrived at this site today ……As Tim mentioned we started at the (2 old Cellar Hole site) and the finds are running very thin there. Well after detecting it for a little over 2 years now you know the Pickens are getting thin. So the new plan was to head down south and go check out 2 sites that I had worked on in my office over the past couple of days. Now as I mentioned earlier when you find something doing research, you hope it pays off and you find some nice coins and Relics. But after a couple of hours we found nothing but a few trinkets.
So now with it almost lunch we have a quick bite to eat and once again we pull out the maps and see what kind of sites we have to look at for the rest of the day. With plan 4 in effect and taking place, the day really looks bleak. Knocking on some farmer’s door is never a problem for me, I will do it if the time calls for it and the site has great potential…We were discussing this, I pull out the maps and one of them was from a place that I did some research on last fall but never had the chance to detect it. So we got in out vehicles and off we went. We arrived and got right into it …….we all know what happened according to Tim…….. He had a great day and one to always remember! This picture is of the Cellar hole where the purse was found! Five feet in front of the moss covered wall in the distance!
I have always been one who believes in the phrase. What you put into it is what you get out of it! Research is a must and it will improve your chances of finding some great finds. I made a copy of a small portion of a very old map and happen to have it with me on that day. On it was the names and location of the old roads, so as I compared them to the more recent map I noticed that the Cellar hole we hit first was the one that gave up the Coin cache Tim found and that was sweet! Boooooo! :P Lolol…..Only kidding! Anyway after all the excitement I drifted around the old foundation and pulled out an 1849 large cent in nice shape.
A short time later I find a small sleigh bell and flat button with some gold gilt on it. Now with not much area to detect due to the amount of brush and trees we decided to take a small break.
Back at the trucks we are all standing there looking at the finds and the SILVER! Jeff decides to call it quits while talking to Timmy. I happen to be across the road looking at something that just seemed to be different and out of the ordinary. You know something..When it comes to detecting you surely need a little luck and luck is what we had that day. So after Jeff had left for the day, I asked Tim if he wanted to quit or go over into the wood across the street and what happened ……….The first 5 minutes, I found 2 Draped Bust large Cents. Tim said come on; I think he thought I was kidding. But they were real, the 1803 is still readable but the 1804 is rough but you can just make out the 804 on it. Then I think we just looked at them and said what the heck.
Now as we continued what happened, Tim pulls out the reale and I find another Bust large cent but this one was under a root and a hole full of water so you know what that’s like. So without dragging this on any longer we found plenty of buttons, potters, clay pipe stems and a number of the old pewter spoon pieces.
Within an hour and a half, we had plenty of nice old Relics of what now is a very old home site with some great potential. I just hope when we go back soon, we have the same luck we had that day! Enjoy!
Good luck and Keep on Digging!!! The SEEKER
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Those are some nice finds.
