Great Day In The Corn Field

[Lee43]

Larry and I went to a friend of his that said he had found bricks in his field, the corn was out so we tried it. we found the house site and and lots of misc. brass etc. some flat buttons, after about 3 hours we left and went to another spot that the corn had just be taken out, talk about tought hunting, the stalks were about a foot high. Larry found the debris field and about 10 minutes later I dug a 1857 Flying Eagle cent, about 45 minutes later I get a great signal that shows deep, I call Larry over and he listened and said it was half dollar size, it wasn't, it was the 1851 large cent all the while Larry is digging flat buttons, he would bring a dirt clod over and the edge was showing and every time it was a flat button. About a an hour later I dug a Civil War Eagle cuff button and then part of a civil war infantry hat bugle, Larry is still digging flat buttons, another hour passes and I dig the 1865 Indian, Larry is still digging flat buttons, he then digs a civil war Eagle coat size button. We both got lots of misc. brass items, I was wore out almost 8 hours of fighting corn stalks, But it was worth every minute. That is the first Flying Eagle Cent I have dug in about 20 years, The last ones were in Fredericksburg, Virginia in the 1980s. Thanks to all for looking, hope you enjoy....Lee

 

[Don in SJ]

Lee, sounds like it was 8 hours worth hunting, so congrats on some good coins and all the buttons and other CW artifacts.

Don

 

[Evolution]

Awesome finds Lee. Incredible. Sounds like a great site. i know what you mean about the corn stubble. i'm dealing with the same thing right now at the site I'm hitting.

 

[Mirage]

Nice Large cent and Flying Eagle. That would be a great day.

Bob

 

[randall61]

congrats...that is an awesome day!!!!!

 

[Leon]

Super digs Lee, WTG!!!
The Flying Eagle Cent is still on my want list as well as hunting a corn field and after seeing your finds I'm going to move hunting a corn field a little higher up my list of priorities.

Continued Good luck, & Happy hunting~

 

[Goldiver]

VERY nice coins!

 

[Green1]

holy mouse turds... great day out !!!

 

[cwdigger]

WOW those are three great coins to find in one day, congrats

 

[Roger Mn.]

The large cent looks real nice and so does the flying eagle.sounds like you had a great day in the field.Thanks for sharing.

 

[SilverDreams]

Awesome finds! Looks like a good day to me!

 

[eathan]

Dang! Looks like you had some fun!

 

[SilverFox167]

Wow Lee that is one beautiful Large Cent!!!
Does not even look like it was in circulation for very long.
Love those large cents, just found my first this year.
HH

 

[oddcoins]

Nice finds man! Especially that 1851 Large Cent ~ that thing doesn't look like it circulated much before it got dropped! AWESOME!!

 

[Harry_Morant]

I love the large cent - its in great condition. Well done!

 

[tymcmurray]

Very nice keepers.
Congratulations.

 

[Danimal]

WOW...that hunt would knock two coins off my list!....good work on narrowing down that large area!

 

[Ridley]

The LC looks great!

Congratulations on a very productive hunt!



Ridley

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

Nice digs, Leester! Forum members: That Flying Eagle was DUG! Good job, bud! That F-75 is paying for itself!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Nice digs, Leester! Forum members: That Flying Eagle is DUG! Good job, bud! That F-75 is paying for itself!

Lee,

This sounds like a fantastic day for you two. You got a type set of one cent coins from that era--superb! And the best part is that LC is a beauty.

Regards,

Buckleboy