paleomaxx
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I was driving by one of my old permissions and I noticed they were pulling out their in-ground pool so there was scraped ground and piles of dirt all over the place. The first time I detected there I didn't find all that much, but it's a house right in the center of the very old town and I suspected more was hiding under layers of fill. I stopped and got the go ahead to give it another shot and the results were much better this time. For starters I found a bunch of buttons including a few tombacs:
I did a very careful grid since in a few days everything would be reburied and this was the one shot. I was surprised by the sheer number and variety of coins though. There were two IH pennies.
An 1863 and a 1885. Even better was the shield nickel which actually has a clear date!
It's 1867 and I usually find them completely toasted so this was great to see. Best though was the draped bust large cent:
I love it when these have the black patina and it's very nicely preserved. The date is 1805, but the 5 is very thin so there isn't much contrast to see it. I don't dare mess with it further so I'm going to leave the dirt it has on there which I think gives it better eye appeal anyways. With all the tombacs I was hoping British halfpenny or some other early coppers would turn up and while 1805 was the earliest date for the day, I did find a completely unexpected British coin:
Don't feel bad if you don't recognize it, I certainly didn't, but it turns out it's an 1836 farthing! I've never seen one dug around here and it seems it wasn't a particularly popular coin in those days. In all likelihood it made it's way down from Canada and it's about the right size for a half-cent so maybe it was passed around at that value. In any case pretty cool to find.
No silver unfortunately and oddly no older relics besides the buttons. This week it'll all be smoothed over and likely covered with rock for a driveway so that's that, but I'm very glad I stopped and caught it when I did!
I did a very careful grid since in a few days everything would be reburied and this was the one shot. I was surprised by the sheer number and variety of coins though. There were two IH pennies.
An 1863 and a 1885. Even better was the shield nickel which actually has a clear date!
It's 1867 and I usually find them completely toasted so this was great to see. Best though was the draped bust large cent:
I love it when these have the black patina and it's very nicely preserved. The date is 1805, but the 5 is very thin so there isn't much contrast to see it. I don't dare mess with it further so I'm going to leave the dirt it has on there which I think gives it better eye appeal anyways. With all the tombacs I was hoping British halfpenny or some other early coppers would turn up and while 1805 was the earliest date for the day, I did find a completely unexpected British coin:
Don't feel bad if you don't recognize it, I certainly didn't, but it turns out it's an 1836 farthing! I've never seen one dug around here and it seems it wasn't a particularly popular coin in those days. In all likelihood it made it's way down from Canada and it's about the right size for a half-cent so maybe it was passed around at that value. In any case pretty cool to find.
No silver unfortunately and oddly no older relics besides the buttons. This week it'll all be smoothed over and likely covered with rock for a driveway so that's that, but I'm very glad I stopped and caught it when I did!
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