DCMDer
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Hi All,
I had one of those weekends we all dream about. Oddly enough it began as one we all dread. The wife was out of town so I decided to visit my family in SE PA. My family land has given up many colonial coins and relics in the past year and my dad just cut the field so I had high hopes. I hunted the field all day Saturday and found nothing, nada, zip. On to plan B for Sunday. I decided to hunt my grandmother's yard as it is very near an old homesite. I had hunted a little at this site but it is really trashy and afterall there was the field full of colonials(so I thought) to hunt. Well to my great surprise the yard was full of treasures. I had to dig a lot of tin, foil, and shotgun shell ends to find it but it was worth it. My finds for the day are:
1-1804 Draped bust half cent
1-1836-Capped bust half dime
3-Indian head cents-1861 fatty, 1864(awesome condition), 1896
1-1911 V nickle
1-CW US general service button(Scoville Co Mfg.Waterbury backmark w/ shank)
6-flat buttons-3 Warrented Orange backmark, 1 London: Double quality
1-complete suspender buckle
1-3 ring minie bullet
1-possible counterfeit coin
and other assorted relics
My brother also hunted with me and he found an 1852 large cent, 1860 fatty Indian, a nice brass bridal rosette and other nice relics. It was a great day.
Thanks for looking and HH
I had one of those weekends we all dream about. Oddly enough it began as one we all dread. The wife was out of town so I decided to visit my family in SE PA. My family land has given up many colonial coins and relics in the past year and my dad just cut the field so I had high hopes. I hunted the field all day Saturday and found nothing, nada, zip. On to plan B for Sunday. I decided to hunt my grandmother's yard as it is very near an old homesite. I had hunted a little at this site but it is really trashy and afterall there was the field full of colonials(so I thought) to hunt. Well to my great surprise the yard was full of treasures. I had to dig a lot of tin, foil, and shotgun shell ends to find it but it was worth it. My finds for the day are:
1-1804 Draped bust half cent
1-1836-Capped bust half dime
3-Indian head cents-1861 fatty, 1864(awesome condition), 1896
1-1911 V nickle
1-CW US general service button(Scoville Co Mfg.Waterbury backmark w/ shank)
6-flat buttons-3 Warrented Orange backmark, 1 London: Double quality
1-complete suspender buckle
1-3 ring minie bullet
1-possible counterfeit coin
and other assorted relics
My brother also hunted with me and he found an 1852 large cent, 1860 fatty Indian, a nice brass bridal rosette and other nice relics. It was a great day.
Thanks for looking and HH
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That Bust half dime is the BEST! I dug an 1835 last year and I am still pumped about it. 
That's sure some awesome finds, I didn't grab my coin book, but I'd think that 1804 half cent would be a good one. I've never found a half cent, congrats. I've found a super worn 1823 capped bust dime, your dime is much nicer. 
