My 2nd Large Cent of the Year!

[adventureswithjim]

I've lived in many, many places over the years...but this is a first...an 1828 large cent ten feet from my back door!

Just as soon as everything got moved into the new place, I was out in the yard with the tector...OF COURSE...it was clad heaven, like $4 in clad in 90 minutes. Nothing really "old" though, not even old junk. Then this huge coin comes rolling out...I ran to get the video camera because I thought it was a clad KENNEDY! ahahahahahahahahah!

You can watch the video here:

[youtube=425,350]oye6yO_uj1M[/youtube]

ANYWAYS...

I've hammered this yard HARD since the find....nothing old at all! Early 1970's clad in large amounts...my best guess on this coin is maybe kid playing with coin collection in the 1970's? It's a fairly common date in deeply worn condition and completely out of place with the rest of the coins and junk I've dug so far.

The moral of the story is I guess, never take any place for granted, anything possible anywhere!

 

[mhagy1]

Great find. Amazing the coins you can find in your own yard. I found a Walking half, a couple mercs and a gold ring in my yard. Still looking for that pre 1900 coin.

 

[ModernMiner]

I'm not sure which I liked better the LC or the hilarious video!
Great job on both.
Cheers,
MM

 

[umrgolf]

I'm not sure which I liked better the LC or the hilarious video!
Great job on both.
Cheers,
MM

i highly recommend watching all of them

 

[adventureswithjim]

thanks guys, I have a ton of fun with the video thing!