Finds from a 1779 house

[JeffInMass]

My buddy and I were given permission to hunt a 1779 house on the south shore- lots of EMI and mineralization made it very difficult- had to turn the sensitivity WAY down. First decent signal turned out to be my first shield nickel in quite a while- appeared to be 1866 or 8, until the dirt dried, flaked off and took the date with it! Next was an 1889 Indian, very worn and not worth a pic.

Got a real nice signal near a tree, but it was almost totally covered by thick roots, so after leaving much skin behind I finally nabbed an older wheat penny at 6"- very depressing . Just a few feet away, however; karma rewarded the previous effort with 2 silvers, just a foot apart, and only a few inches down- 1931 Merc & 1936 Washington. Also nabbed a pretty cool button on the back side of the house.

All in all, not a bad day..

HH All!

-- Jeff --

 

[VTColonialDigger]

Those are some great finds! 2 silver coins, a shield nickel, and a button is an really awesome day!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the nice old coin shooting!

 

[trapperart]

Very nice congrats

 

[RVRoamer74]

Nice!! Silver and the button are fantastic...Congrats !!

 

[washingtonian]

Nicely done! You did well.

 

[trdking]

The shield Nickel Is one of the top 20 most beautiful coins. On my list anyway. I still have not found one but my hopes are up! Nice Work!

 

[Indiana Mark]

Nice finds! 1866 nickel will have rays on the reverse. 1868 will not.

 

[Mzjavert]

 

[park pirate]

Awesome day Jeff that button is sweet....

 

[dirtlooter]

in all fairness to the IH, it was still a great find too. there's a few guys out there that would love to find it toasted or not. those finds would have a lot of us stoked for a day or two

 

[Dave N Japan]

 

[Relicific]

Excellent hunt

 

[sutphin]

NICE FINDS

 

[Chizzy]

I've been away for a while, Jeff, so not up to date on your diggin's this year..........
It's great to see you post some goodies!!

 

[Silver Saver]

Nothing like effort rewarded with some silver! Great finds

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Shield nickel, big silver, Merc, IHC and a cool button. Sounds like a great day to me!

 

[Diggin Dude]

Nicely done!! Cool silver! Congrats and HH

 

[pepperj]

Nicely done on the silvers and the nickel, liking the button as well. Congrats.
Note: What's with these wheats digging themselves down so deep into the soils, especially roots?

 

[coinman123]

Great job! The two silvers and nickel are killer!