lrgoodger
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I went to a spot I located last year but could not hunt because it was waist high in weeds and grass. The owner said it had not been tilled in years. I figured now would be the time since grass and most of the weeds have been flattened by snow. It was still clumpy and rough swinging, but huntable. I made a pass all the way across the area about 30 feet from the road looking for the 1860 house iron patch. Did not find it. Only got a few bits of scrunched up junk metal. I turned around and went 10 feet from the road and made a pass back. Still no iron patch, but I got an 1854 large cent. I then debated whether to call my brother Jerry. He bested me last year on large cents on spots I found when I brought him in. What the heck, I thought. Two machines covering this large area is going to tell us faster if this spot will pan out. It did. My brother had only been there 10 minutes when he got an 1856 seated quarter that I had to have just missed on my first pass. It was straight back of where the large cent had been. We concentrated in that area for about an hour with nothing else turning up. Jerry moved about 50 yards back of the road to a small rise in the field. Shortly he yelled there is a lot of iron up here! You must have found the house site, I said. I started working up the hill and hit an 1865 two cent before I got to where he was. A few minutes later he hit what he thought was a large cent. It looked like an1841 braided hair, but it was too thin and didn't look quite right. After a little scrutiny, we decided it was a token modelled after the braided hair penny. You can see what it was in the photo. He concentrated on that area and the next signal about six feet away WAS a large cent. It was an 1824 matron. A few minutes later I got a dime signal, but when I dug it, out popped an 1863 civil war token.
It got dark on us and we called it a day. Six mid 1800 finds from a new spot is really good for us in this area of Michigan and a great start to a new year!
The back says millions for defence, one cent for tribute on this 1841 token.
Jerry was ecstatic with this find. He said it was his bucket lister first seated quarter, but he got one a couple summer ago that we could barely tell what it was because it had been in a fire. He didn't count that one.
This was Jerry's last find of the day, an 1824 matron. Unfortunately, all three of his finds were holed. Very common on mid 1800 coins.
I didn't get a photo of my 1854 braided hair, but it was kind of chunky anyway. Here is the 1865 two cent piece I found.
And my civil war token. MI-60-aA-6a
It got dark on us and we called it a day. Six mid 1800 finds from a new spot is really good for us in this area of Michigan and a great start to a new year!
The back says millions for defence, one cent for tribute on this 1841 token.
Jerry was ecstatic with this find. He said it was his bucket lister first seated quarter, but he got one a couple summer ago that we could barely tell what it was because it had been in a fire. He didn't count that one.
This was Jerry's last find of the day, an 1824 matron. Unfortunately, all three of his finds were holed. Very common on mid 1800 coins.
I didn't get a photo of my 1854 braided hair, but it was kind of chunky anyway. Here is the 1865 two cent piece I found.
And my civil war token. MI-60-aA-6a
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