Early coppers, and more....

[j.d. in the usa]

Detecting can certainly be an adventure, yesterday we went to a spot that should have produced many items and we basically found found nothing at all, then today my wife comes home from work and says my friend at work has an old house and says you can detect there so i had about 1 1/2 hours left till it got dark and we go there and its a house 150+ years old and they told me there was an old stage stop and store in the woods they showed me where the cellar holes were and within 2 min. of putting my coil down the finds kept coming ... here a few of them!!

2 king george coppers i think no dates
1 draped bust large cent i think its 1801
1 1825 LC
1 1848 LC
1857 seated qtr "damaged"
1853-O arrows seated dime XF shape

some cool relics.... small powder flask and silver thimble with hall marks!!

 

[jeff of pa]

There will Be NO MORE WARNINGS !

 

[Ocean7]

hey JD you making trouble again? *L* I'll put my two cents in. I used to keep a log of JD's find on another site because I really didn't believe him either. i'd check it for obvious duplications etc. and never found one.

when JD decided to leave PA - I contacted him and said "John I'll pay you $50 to show me where you are finding all this stuff". So he agreed. We wondered around one site not finding squat and then i said to him - show me where you found the reales. And he did but he really didn't think anything was left there to find. i got two "whispers" about foot and half to two feet apart. they were deep and in the root system of a massive tree. About 10" down in both places, I unearthed spanish half reales just like JD had found.

At another site he showed me - i found all kinds of LC's and other very good finds.
Well some will probably say, 'well he must have seeded those coins'. JD might be generous but I can tell you he ain't that generous.

those of you who know me - know I"m a straight shooter. i still see some of John's stuff and say to myself yeah right. But then I've seen some of the stuff he has found.
I don't believe everything i see or read on Internet. Common sense dictates that you must draw your own conclusions.

For the record, JD put me on to 2 sites that produced similiar finds like he was posting.
so either he's one heck of a MD'ing Santa Clause or he's got a gift for finding damn good sites.

Hope you don't mind that i told this story JD. Best of luck in all you do!
O7

 

[Mirage]

First off - SMOKIN finds JD! I love those drapped bust large cents.

Thanks for the story Ocean. I have a similar story. Butch in NY who has a Quattro felt that the Quattro was getting a bad rap. He started posting his finds on a regular basis. I was amazed at what he was finding so I had to see for myself. I never really doubted that he found them I just needed to see what was going on in NY. Well I went and it was a very enlightening experience. Basically finds are all about Location, Location, Location. Yes, skill with your machine and what machine you use do make a difference but not nearly as much as doing your research, having prime old parks, networking and having "people skills" to get good locations.

Anyway, Keep those finds comming JD. I can handle em.

Mirage

 

[allen]

thats a history of american coins...wtg

 

[tsgman]

I have had the opportunity to hunt with JD on several occasions, he knows his machine and he knows how to pick good ground. His research and common sense are as strong as his detecting abilities. So to all you unbelievers I say put up or shut up. Tsgman

 

[td in missouri]

hey Ocean 7 thanks for your post bud I didnt look at this post until today or I would have written sooner, I want you to post that killer dime you found again!!!

 

[Rusted_Iron]

Awesome finds JD, you hit into a great site there!