paleomaxx
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I've been in a bit of a silver slump lately and while I didn't break out of that today I did surprise myself with a find I never expected in this yard: my very first Flying Eagle cent and as an added bonus it's in stellar condition for a dug one!
I've found a number of copper-nickel IH pennies and all were barely legible, so I'm particularly glad that this escaped the usual ground action. The soil is incredibly rocky so that must have helped.
Partly why I was so surprised to find this is that the next oldest coin from this yard is 1895 and the one after that 1906. The yard is a tiny postage stamp by the road and I tried it once a few months back with my AT Pro, but the mineralization made it impossible to nail down anything below 2" so I gave up. Fast forward a few months and I wanted to challenge the Deus; boy was it a different experience. I popped up the 1895 IHP, two buffalo nickels (which I almost never find) and six wheats within an hour.
The wheat pennies are almost all early (1911, 1913, 1916, 1920, 1927, and 1954-D) and the one buffalo with a date is 1935. There were a few other cool finds, but no silver as of yet.
The decorative pin is very nice and I always love finding antique valves. The zinc harmonica is almost complete and even has the wooden combs still sandwiched between the reed plates. The small rectangular piece next to the valve is a set of brass gauges which actually still move. Everything is this yard was in a great state of preservation. It really is a shame there isn't more to it, but I'll check it again just to be sure that no silver was hiding. Even if not, the FE is enough of a victory for any yard!
I've found a number of copper-nickel IH pennies and all were barely legible, so I'm particularly glad that this escaped the usual ground action. The soil is incredibly rocky so that must have helped.
Partly why I was so surprised to find this is that the next oldest coin from this yard is 1895 and the one after that 1906. The yard is a tiny postage stamp by the road and I tried it once a few months back with my AT Pro, but the mineralization made it impossible to nail down anything below 2" so I gave up. Fast forward a few months and I wanted to challenge the Deus; boy was it a different experience. I popped up the 1895 IHP, two buffalo nickels (which I almost never find) and six wheats within an hour.
The wheat pennies are almost all early (1911, 1913, 1916, 1920, 1927, and 1954-D) and the one buffalo with a date is 1935. There were a few other cool finds, but no silver as of yet.
The decorative pin is very nice and I always love finding antique valves. The zinc harmonica is almost complete and even has the wooden combs still sandwiched between the reed plates. The small rectangular piece next to the valve is a set of brass gauges which actually still move. Everything is this yard was in a great state of preservation. It really is a shame there isn't more to it, but I'll check it again just to be sure that no silver was hiding. Even if not, the FE is enough of a victory for any yard!
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