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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[shaun7]

congrats on a first! great feeling

 

[treasurefiend]

I just wanted to say thanks everybody!!! I don't know how many times I just daydreamed while looking here at TNET at all of the great old finds. I honestly never thought that I would find anything that old around where I live, I'm still on cloud 9!!! Thanks for looking, happy hunting!!!!

 

[John987]

Wow! Looks like you hit a "Jackpot" there!
Congrats on all your finds!
Especially your first Large Cent!
Hit that area hard.........

John

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Hmm nice and toasty! Congrats on your first!!

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Nice job on your first LC and its great that you got a video of it

 

[Jerry1NJ]

Great find!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bigrig40]

beautiful finds! congrats,bigrig

 

[Detectingfreak]

awesome large cent! Nice job on all of the old coins! Thats amazinvg that you got silver at the end of the hunt!

 

[dfxmatt]

Congratulations fiend!.....great video, you don't see many large cent videos, thanks and keep them coming.......wish i was there to hunt with u guys i'd love to make a *cameo*

 

[Goes4ever]

sweet finds bro, congrats on your first LC

 

[Jack(IN)]

Congrats, sweet find!!

 

[ugotit22]

congrats on your first LC
i remember my first wish i had it on camera like you though
youll never forget it
nice

 

[The Bulgarian]

Nice video and cool finds.Congrats.

 

[wildheart]

Woo-hoo, Fiend! Great day, lotsa good finds, fun to share it with yer buds, and a kewl vid to share with us all. Best ten minutes of my day today -- thanks!

 

[artzstuff1]

Its always cool to see what you have come up with T.F. ya never know about you guys up there.
One of these days you guys are gonna find something out of this world!! thanks for the pics and great finds,,


arthur

 

[coltdavis]

Awesome finds TF!!!! congrats on the large cent and a new oldest coin im really hoping to dig 1 this season awesome video as always keep it up. Best of luck and HH

 

[Rickiowa2009]

Semper FI,

My MOS 1381 Shore Party, worked with 1371 Cobat Engineers in Hawaii 1976-82 Congratulations on the old finds!

Rick IN Iowa

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.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTynpaTqZCk​

 

[Marchas45]

Great presentation TreasureFiend and great finds I bet your in seventh heaven. Charlie

 

[PA]

hi sir,

nice big penny. go get more now.

henry

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Good Video, Good Hunting !!

Keep @ it and HH!!