I just found my very 1st LARGE CENT!!!!!!

[treasurefiend]

This hunt was on 4/18/09. Me and my buds went back out to the woods to look for some oldies, well we started finding a lot of coins in an area where some 4x4's had rutted up the place. Later we decided to try out another spot that was rumored to have an old tavern (bar) back in the day and the building was torn down about 100 years ago. Well once there it took me maybe 10 min until I got my first target, it was my 1st Large Cent. then I found an IH 1891, then an old Civil War ere general service button.

It was getting late so we started to head back to our first site so we could get a few more coins then call it a day. The LC is toasted and I couldn't get a date off of it but it is a Matron LC, I can tell because on the reverse it has a line under the letters EN in cents and the Braided LC's don't have that feature. So its between 1816 - 1839!!!!

My finds:
Large Cent dateless Matron 1816 - 1839
1891 Indian Head penny
2 Buffalo nickels 1936 & 1 dateless)
Jefferson nickels from the 40's
1 War Nickel (my only silver for the day)
3 religious charms
2 marbles
1 Army CW era general service cuff button (small size of a nickel)

click the "HQ" to see it in higher quality.
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[Lowbatts]

Re: I just found my 1st LARGE CENT!!!!!!

Yeahhhh Fiend!

 

[NUKE345KV]

Re: I just found my 1st LARGE CENT!!!!!!

Thats a nice first to find

 

[juju]

Re: I just found my 1st LARGE CENT!!!!!!

WTG Sounds like that place might kick out a few more firsts before your done with it.

JuJu

 

[Finman]

Nice finds, Congrats on your 1st LC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HH Joe

 

[allen]

congrats on your first LC !!!!

 

[Ed-NH]

Wow I love the assortment of relics you found. That was a successful days hunt congrats.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Great Finds!

I think your eagle button is coat sized not cuff sized.  Is it a one-piece or two-piece button?  Could I see a photo of the back of it?  I may be able to date it a little better for you.



Best Wishes,



Buckles

 

[DPBOB]

Awesome

High five's on those great finds

Hey I was there too.... oh!!! wait I was watching that great video , It felt like I was..

Nice job to all

 

[Wallhangers]

Congratulations, now you are officially hooked. Go find some more!!!

 

[mlhudson]

great finds

love the videos- keep'em roll'in the footage

real nice gen svr button- i think it's a coat size aswell- congrates

i like the lords prayer medal, does it have a date?

as always great finds and videos........wonderful

keepa diggin

mlhudson

 

[Jazdo]

It sucks when you cant read the date on a coin,however I would rather find one dateless than not at all!..
Nice finds

 

[John Deere Digger]

Nice digs, congrats on the LC.
JDD

 

[JimBeHuntin']

Nice day of detecting for you guys ... great finds and a big congratz on your first LC ... great job on the video as well, I really enjoyed watching ... good luck on your next hunt ~ Jimmy

 

[STH69]

Super finds

 

[mlayers]

LC is a LC even if you can not see the date I will take it any day of the week. Nice finds...Matt

 

[michigan michael]

Perfect hunt! congrats on the LC!

 

[Butler]

Wow! A very nice day hunting indeed! once again, Thanks, I enjoyed the video! Keep on hunting!

 

[SilverFox167]

Treasurefiend,
Very nice finds and congratulations on your fist Large Cent. When I found my first one I really did not recognize what kind of coin it was at first and when I did...Man I was excited, so I know how you must have felt.

Great research on your sites too. Research usually always pays off.

Talk to you soon.
Rob

 

[beetle662]

Congrats on your first LC!

Great finds TF... you are on a roll!!!