cwdigger
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- Greenville,NC
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- Whites TDI, Teknetics T2 Ltd, GPX 5000
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
OK well the day started at 8:00 am and it was cold and the wind was blowing the temps were around 30 with lots of frost still on the ground, me and a Friend of mine headed out into the fields that we had dug the few flat buttons in a couple of days ago and the same fields that me and my cousin hunted the other day.
The day started out kind of rough not digging anything but trash, and a few small pieces of brass here and there, we decided to move to another field were things had turned up for us in the past, 1st target was a 1920 Wheaty, then a 1930. Yea I know a wheat penny not much but after not finding anything it at least had me going for a second.
We hunted that field for about 2 hours and still not finding much we spotted a really high hill across the way that we had not hit before, so we decided to move on over there, and I am so glad that we did. As soon as I stepped out of the truck, and GBed the B&G I got a high 80's reading dug down no deeper than 4" and as soon as I saw it I yelled Large Cent. :cheers:
My buddy came running over and said "Dude that is a Half Dollar" after gently rubbing it sure as S**T 1859 O Seated Liberty Half Dollar, needless to say I was SHOCKED :afraid: :affraid: :affraid: After regaining myself from my mini stroke, I made a beeline for the truck to put it in a safe place. That was by far the best find of the day.
I decided to go back out into the field and do some more swinging hoping I would find another :suspect: but of course not, I did however end up with a pretty flat button, that has a green patina on the front and alot of Gold Gilt on the back with the backmark "Treble Gilt" and I also got a nice old brass buckle. The guys with me ended up with a couple of Wheaties as well, and a couple of brass buckles also.
This was a great day and I plan on going back very soon. It just goes to show that you never know what you are going to find Dance Dance After getting home and cleaning her up a bit I would probably say its at least a VG-60.
The day started out kind of rough not digging anything but trash, and a few small pieces of brass here and there, we decided to move to another field were things had turned up for us in the past, 1st target was a 1920 Wheaty, then a 1930. Yea I know a wheat penny not much but after not finding anything it at least had me going for a second.
We hunted that field for about 2 hours and still not finding much we spotted a really high hill across the way that we had not hit before, so we decided to move on over there, and I am so glad that we did. As soon as I stepped out of the truck, and GBed the B&G I got a high 80's reading dug down no deeper than 4" and as soon as I saw it I yelled Large Cent. :cheers:
My buddy came running over and said "Dude that is a Half Dollar" after gently rubbing it sure as S**T 1859 O Seated Liberty Half Dollar, needless to say I was SHOCKED :afraid: :affraid: :affraid: After regaining myself from my mini stroke, I made a beeline for the truck to put it in a safe place. That was by far the best find of the day.
I decided to go back out into the field and do some more swinging hoping I would find another :suspect: but of course not, I did however end up with a pretty flat button, that has a green patina on the front and alot of Gold Gilt on the back with the backmark "Treble Gilt" and I also got a nice old brass buckle. The guys with me ended up with a couple of Wheaties as well, and a couple of brass buckles also.
This was a great day and I plan on going back very soon. It just goes to show that you never know what you are going to find Dance Dance After getting home and cleaning her up a bit I would probably say its at least a VG-60.
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