Early 1800s Riverside Camp Gives Me A Four Large Cent Day

[Goldiver]

Early 1800's Riverside Camp Gives Me A Four Large Cent Day

My coworker and treasure hunting buddy was able to secure us permission to hunt a very large riverside soybean field next to a river that was well traveled in the early days. I have been itching to hunt this field as I knew it had never been hunted before with detectors and could yield a very wide variety of artifacts including flint Indian artifacts. The first day we hunted it I stumbled upon a campsite from the early 1800's. There I dug melted lead, an 1838 large cent, musket balls a crude cuff link, and a flat button.

Upon returning two weeks later I dug 1827, 1825, 1831 US large cents and a 1806 British large cent. Among these were a nice copper thimble, several flat buttons, fired and dropped musket balls and a few flint relics. My Fisher F75 served me well.

My hunting buddy found a nice cut large cent, some flat buttons, and musket balls with his brand new Ace 250. Also he found a neat flint artifact. He will probably make a separate post. Anyway, enough talking, here are some of the pics.....good hunting! Steve

 

[John987]

Re: Early 1800's Riverside Camp Gives Me A Four Large Cent Day

Nice spot!
GREAT FINDS!!
HH

John

 

[Goldiver]

Re: Early 1800's Riverside Camp Gives Me A Four Large Cent Day

That is a beautiful assortment of finds from a very wide range of time. Those coins cleaned up very well, what method did you use to preserve them? Congratulation on a few gret hunts!
Anthony

Thanks for the compliments, I cleaned them with a quick warm water and toothbrush treatment, then after drying I put a thin coat of vaseline on them, the vaseline helps bring out what little bit of detail is left.

Steve

 

[lairmo]

Re: Early 1800's Riverside Camp Gives Me A Four Large Cent Day

My brother and i found three L.C.'s in SWMO. It's a pretty cool feeling to find something like that where you're not expecting it huh?

 

[halfdime]

Re: Early 1800's Riverside Camp Gives Me A Four Large Cent Day

I tend to find a large cent oh, about every eight months. I'd love a site that gives up four in one day! Congrats, and keep your eye out for the early silver!

 

[Bob S]

Re: Early 1800's Riverside Camp Gives Me A Four Large Cent Day

Nice Finds WTG

 

[hogge]

Re: Early 1800's Riverside Camp Gives Me A Four Large Cent Day

Nice LC's Goldiver. Congrats..........Hogge

 

[NUKE345KV]

Re: Early 1800's Riverside Camp Gives Me A Four Large Cent Day

Very nice steve look forward to hitting that field again this weekend. will post my pics soon. It was a very good day for me not as good as goldiver but this was my 3rd hunt and only the first with my own detector. hey steve meant to tell you more permission for riverside fields are in the works. I hope they are good producers also.