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Large Cent City (Pic of the Historic Relics)

Colonial Zoyboy

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Hey, Tnet zoysters, I got out today with my metal detecting buds, KirkPA and PACO. As KirkPA already stated, the day started at Pac's home, then the mart, and lastly, we arrived at out productive field: the Best Field in PA.

After fine-tuning my 90s style analog detector to the ground conditions of this ancient dwellers soil, I decided to grid out an area with the usual zoyboy professionalism. After 10 minutes of focused White's sweepin', I got a nice "R" on "Quarter" on my analog screen. It turned out to be an 1825 Coronet cent. The dudes came over and did the jovial dance with me.

To make a long metal detecting story short, I was swinging in Mr. Walter's style, when I was startled by an "A" on "Quarter" hit on my 90s style machine. After slamming down two foundation stones and I mean SLAMMING, I excavated a beautiful 1831 Coronet cent. After I pulled it from the super depth, I yelled out, "Number 23! Large coppa." While stating this to my partners, I proceeded to run backwards while spinning around in child-like celebration. The "Bone Dry Datecting" dance proceeded once again.

Continuing with the Mr. Walter-like swinging, I was startled with another "A" on "Quarter" hit on my trusty XL Pro. After digging down to its pinpointed depth of 4", I plucked out an 181? Coronet cent. I instantly yelled out, "24! Large coppa!"

My total finds for the day were 5 butt-ins, 1820s-1830s knife (found in the same hole with a flat butt-tin), and three Coronet cents. After this day, our group agreed to name this site the "Coronet Field."

White's strikes again!

*All relics were found on property that we had to obtain permission to hunt, eliminating the risk of a Trespass fine.

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Back then kids didn't have alot of toys. I believe the coin was holed so that a kid could play with it. If you put it on a string and pull on both ends of the string the coin makes a loud whizzing sound. Pretty dull toy by today's standards but they didn't have X-box or playstation 3 back then.... ;D I remember my mom making a few of these with buttons when i was young. I don't know if it would work the same way with a coin.
 
I didn't notice it before but if you look at the coin....specifically the back of the coin, you can see where the coin wore down from the string rubbing on it. It's only worn in the center. If this wear was caused by circulation it would be uniformly worn, not just worn in the middle.
 
It takes two holes to make one of those whirly button toys your talkin' 'bout.I know for a fact as we were poor (financially) and I used to make and play with those things when I was a kid LOL.I've found them holed in the center also and just assumed the kid that holed it wasn't too bright.Probably just drove a nail through the center of it for lack of a drill and filed off the burred edges so it didn't scratch his/her neck.Bootstrap
 

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