Colonial KirkPA
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KirkPA is baaaaaack! 
The BDD team and I got out for some treasure hunting today...John Walter-style. Last night, at around 8ish, we all got together for a conference call. Zoy wanted to introduce some of his ra-search to vpone and Paco, so we thought it proper to conferencely call a meeting at our local McDooonald's. LMAO After many metal detecting topics were discussed, we decide to focus on the project at hand: Coppa searching on 12/30/07. Before we departed on our metal detecting ways, we decided that we will hit a site that we had scoured earlier in the year (5 coppas: 1794 Liberty Cap half cent, 1794 Liberty Cap cent, 1804 Draped Bust half cent, 1803 Draped Bust cent, 1785 Connecticut coppa).
12/30/07
My brother, zoy a.k.a. The God of Colonial Rasearch, and I met Paco at his homestead at 9 a.m. With our gear packed "neatly" into our vehicles, we headed off to our next meeting spot: The spot we usually meet vpone at a.k.a. A spot we will not disclose. LMAO 
At 9:31 a.m., literally, we arrived at the vpone spot. At 9:32 a.m., literally, our good bud, vpone, arrived. Next destination: The Knob.
Upon arriving at our destination, we decided to talk to the landowner again. Since it has been about 9 months, we just wanted him to know we were here again. LMAO
Since the area where the early coppas were recovered was't plowed for the year, we started to say some things which should not be stated in front of children of any age, gender, metal detecting abilities, etc. I think I stated something like this, "Gosh *insert some bad words*, what the *insert a really bad word* is up with this *insert another bad word*? Can you believe this *insert bad word*? Oh well, there are still coppas waiting." LOL 
After an hour, with very few sig-siggy-sigsters, I got a nice "P" on "Penny" hit that pinpointed at 3.5". Since the signal was so frickin' loud, I thought, "Darn, probably a soda can." But, since I know what I am doing (in reference to my detector knowledge, not arrogance about my detecting skills), I decided to excavate the artifact. <smirk> 
I soon saw that green coppa disc in my properly dug-out doyt (dirt). I rubbed at the coin, but could not get a feature off of it at that time.
After 3 more hours of John Walter slaving, we all decided to call it a metal detecting day. We all met out our vehicles and vpone got some site pics for our website. It was another coppa-seeking day and coppa was seeked out. LOL
The coin turned out to be a 1795-1796 Liberty Cap Large cent (thin version). In the pic, you can see the "1 7" near the left clipped edge. The Cap is evident, if you look verrrrry closely. It is much easier to see the features with the naked eye. The "Knob" has given up 3 Liberty Cap coppas now...Yippy! LOL KirkPA ended the year with 14 coppas, with a grand total of 52 for BDD! Yippy-dee-doo-day-dood-yay!
Bring on 2008!
BDD...Kirk
P.S. Coppa was dug at a site that is known for Colonial history.
The BDD team and I got out for some treasure hunting today...John Walter-style. Last night, at around 8ish, we all got together for a conference call. Zoy wanted to introduce some of his ra-search to vpone and Paco, so we thought it proper to conferencely call a meeting at our local McDooonald's. LMAO After many metal detecting topics were discussed, we decide to focus on the project at hand: Coppa searching on 12/30/07. Before we departed on our metal detecting ways, we decided that we will hit a site that we had scoured earlier in the year (5 coppas: 1794 Liberty Cap half cent, 1794 Liberty Cap cent, 1804 Draped Bust half cent, 1803 Draped Bust cent, 1785 Connecticut coppa).
12/30/07
My brother, zoy a.k.a. The God of Colonial Rasearch, and I met Paco at his homestead at 9 a.m. With our gear packed "neatly" into our vehicles, we headed off to our next meeting spot: The spot we usually meet vpone at a.k.a. A spot we will not disclose. LMAO
At 9:31 a.m., literally, we arrived at the vpone spot. At 9:32 a.m., literally, our good bud, vpone, arrived. Next destination: The Knob.
Upon arriving at our destination, we decided to talk to the landowner again.
Since it has been about 9 months, we just wanted him to know we were here again. LMAO Since the area where the early coppas were recovered was't plowed for the year, we started to say some things which should not be stated in front of children of any age, gender, metal detecting abilities, etc. I think I stated something like this, "Gosh *insert some bad words*, what the *insert a really bad word* is up with this *insert another bad word*? Can you believe this *insert bad word*? Oh well, there are still coppas waiting." LOL
After an hour, with very few sig-siggy-sigsters, I got a nice "P" on "Penny" hit that pinpointed at 3.5". Since the signal was so frickin' loud, I thought, "Darn, probably a soda can." But, since I know what I am doing (in reference to my detector knowledge, not arrogance about my detecting skills), I decided to excavate the artifact. <smirk>
I soon saw that green coppa disc in my properly dug-out doyt (dirt). I rubbed at the coin, but could not get a feature off of it at that time.After 3 more hours of John Walter slaving, we all decided to call it a metal detecting day. We all met out our vehicles and vpone got some site pics for our website. It was another coppa-seeking day and coppa was seeked out. LOL
The coin turned out to be a 1795-1796 Liberty Cap Large cent (thin version). In the pic, you can see the "1 7" near the left clipped edge. The Cap is evident, if you look verrrrry closely. It is much easier to see the features with the naked eye. The "Knob" has given up 3 Liberty Cap coppas now...Yippy! LOL KirkPA ended the year with 14 coppas, with a grand total of 52 for BDD! Yippy-dee-doo-day-dood-yay!
Bring on 2008!
BDD...Kirk
P.S. Coppa was dug at a site that is known for Colonial history.
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