First post and best find yet

[Badfrog]

I couldn't resist showing you my best find yet for this first summer of detecting. I must say I have been really lucky so far, not in terms of quantity, but quality. Today, I found my oldest coin yet, a 1799 half penny :

I never taught I would beat my previous best, a 1817 shilling

Can't wait to see what autumn will bring !

 

[Staci (Fargo ND)]

Wow awesome! where/how did you find it?

 

[CRUSADER]

That 1799 is one of the best I have seen dug I wish I had your soil!

 

[Evolution]

Beautiful large copper. Congrats!!

 

[lonewolfe]

Very nice

HH

 

[Noodle]

Wow! Very nice! I take it you're not in the U.S.? Maybe UK?

 

[relichunters]

Major congrats, your rolling in the dough now!

 

[dakotama95]

Congratulations on a great find.

 

[CRUSADER]

Wow! Very nice! I take it you're not in the U.S.? Maybe UK?

Quebec

 

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

That's a gorgeous penny - thanks for sharing!

 

[Badfrog]

Crusader's right, I'm in Quebec, Canada. It was found on a new site that I've been exploring, on a path that is still beeing used today (found a 1976 penny pretty close by). It was only an inch in a half down in hard packed soil. The reading was a solid 82 on my XLT. THe oldest canadian coin I have found so far is a 1882 large cent. Seems I have been more lucky with english coins.

T

 

[JerV3]

Those are some nice coins.

I could get that silver looking new again.

HH Jer

 

[Badfrog]

How ?

 

[hogge]

Beatiful half penny! Boy that soil sure is kind. Congrats....Hogge