coinman123
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Last year at about this time there was two feet of snow on the ground, even when I tried to metal detecting in late March it was absolutely impossible. Luckily this winter has been way milder, and I have been able to get out to metal detect a few times when the weather was nice. Today I thought it looked like a good day to metal detect, it was over 50 degrees out (which is extremely rare for NH during February), and the snow was starting in to melt. Me and a friend decided on a reliable place to metal detect. When we got there we saw over 2 inches over the whole place, I figured that would be a little annoying but not impossible. I decided to go in the stream first, the only place without snow, I found a lot of pieces of pottery on the surface and a musket ball with the metal detector. My friend found an iron buckle at around the same time, only in a different area of the site. I then decided to try away from the river, in the snow. My friend then exclaimed that he found a button. We were ready to leave, but decided to stay for another 10 more minutes. I decided on an area I have tried before, finding buttons in the past. I quickly got a very high signal under the snow, I dug and right in the dirt was a copper disk. I picked it up and looked at it, right away I saw the huge rim and know that it was a King George I Half Penny. Overall, It was a very good hunt, very pleased and surprised I was able to find anything in the snow. When I got home I cleaned it up and was able to make out the date of 1722, almost three hundred years old. It may not look very nice but I am happy with finding it. Last year it wasn't until spring when I found my first copper.
Here's all the snow on the ground.
Here's all the snow on the ground.
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