Ohio Jerry
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What a weekend! I revisited my favorite old cellarhole site Friday evening and started with diggin a first for me,a Draped Bust half cent. It will never look better than the moment it came out of the dirt. It has a fragile crust that is holding the only detail left so after rubbing the reverse and finding no detail whatsoever i decided to put it in a coin flip and leave well enough alone.
Minted 1800-1808
Next i get a solid 79 on my DFX which always gets my heart racing cause i know its a possible large cent. Sometimes it's a rifled slug or copper junk but this time i was pretty confident so i set my camera up on a nearby log to try to get a video. (End of post
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Here's a shot of the Matron Head Large Cent fresh out of the hole
Overview of Friday evenings digs
This afternoon i had a couple hours to revisit the site, now that i have a renewed interest. The weeds are high,the briars are vicious and it was around 80 degrees but I am glad i went back.
Welcome to the jungle
I dug another first for me,a draped bust Large Cent!! The date is faint but looks to be 1797. Man i wish i would have caught this one on video. I really was expecting junk,i was close to the road where i get occasional aluminum junk and i was getting an 80vdi at only half inch deep,the same depth by the way that my Matron head was at on Friday.
I should have taken more time pinpointing i guess cause a cut a plug and saw this large green disk right in the dirt where i had made my cut
Yep,i put a little scrape on her but this is the first coin I've marked so I guess it was bound to happen sometime.
Here's a shot of this big green disk poking out of the dirt for the first time in a maybe a couple hundred years.
Reverse of the Draped Bust LC
Heres my first attempt at catching a dig on video,i had a solid 79 vdi reading so i was pretty confident it was a big coppa..no tripod,just a nearby log so the view is a little low to the ground. Enjoy!!
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Minted 1800-1808
Next i get a solid 79 on my DFX which always gets my heart racing cause i know its a possible large cent. Sometimes it's a rifled slug or copper junk but this time i was pretty confident so i set my camera up on a nearby log to try to get a video. (End of post
)Here's a shot of the Matron Head Large Cent fresh out of the hole
Overview of Friday evenings digs
This afternoon i had a couple hours to revisit the site, now that i have a renewed interest. The weeds are high,the briars are vicious and it was around 80 degrees but I am glad i went back.
Welcome to the jungle
I dug another first for me,a draped bust Large Cent!! The date is faint but looks to be 1797. Man i wish i would have caught this one on video. I really was expecting junk,i was close to the road where i get occasional aluminum junk and i was getting an 80vdi at only half inch deep,the same depth by the way that my Matron head was at on Friday.
I should have taken more time pinpointing i guess cause a cut a plug and saw this large green disk right in the dirt where i had made my cut
Yep,i put a little scrape on her but this is the first coin I've marked so I guess it was bound to happen sometime.Here's a shot of this big green disk poking out of the dirt for the first time in a maybe a couple hundred years.
Reverse of the Draped Bust LC
Heres my first attempt at catching a dig on video,i had a solid 79 vdi reading so i was pretty confident it was a big coppa..no tripod,just a nearby log so the view is a little low to the ground. Enjoy!!
[youtube=425,350]<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>[/youtube]
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