My first Large Cent?

[BeenThere DugThat]

Today I was back in the woods and started to search a section of hillside that was covered in small chips of coal. I got an 82-83 signal on my ATP and unearthed what seems to be a 1824 Large Cent. I couldn't see any details until I soaked it and lightly used a toothpick to find the year. I'm very surprised to find this in the Pittsburgh city limits being so late to the hobby. I'll be going back later in the week to search more. Thanks for looking

 

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[A2coins]

great find i actually found a ww2 hat pin here in A2 mi in the woods crazy you never know im sure you deserve it we all put the effort in

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[Steve in PA]

Yeah some areas are more trashy than others. I've found more bullets and shotgun shells than trash at seldom seen. A lot of the area where buildings stood are overgrown. Good guess to where I've been haha I've also made my way around Mt Washington, I scored my walking liberty below bigbee field.

I'm going back today, I've been focusing on the hard to reach areas as long as I can swing I'll detect it. Luckily I haven't noticed any ticks so far, *knocks on wood*

Yeah its getting way too grown up to go into a place like that now, especially with the ticks the way they are. I might go back in there again in the winter or early spring. From what I was told I should have crossed the creek when I was there before.

 

[BeenThere DugThat]

great find i actually found a ww2 hat pin here in A2 mi in the woods crazy you never know im sure you deserve it we all put the effort in

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WW2 hat pin is a sweet find for sure. The wooded areas are my favorite places to detect because most people don't want to go there and I don't have to worry about digging perfect plugs. The large cent I found wasn't hard to find off the beaten path but some days I don't find anything. I like knowing that what ever I find has a good chance to be really old. I'm trying to end my short silver drought asap.

 

[BeenThere DugThat]

Yeah its getting way too grown up to go into a place like that now, especially with the ticks the way they are. I might go back in there again in the winter or early spring. From what I was told I should have crossed the creek when I was there before.

With all the mild winters that are becoming normal, tick season is year round these days. You could climb the wall up to the train tracks or follow the steep path up to the tracks to avoid crossing the creek especially if it's high. Further down the tracks after crossing one of the railroad bridges there's a path that goes right to the overgrown area.

 

[Steve in PA]

I live pretty close by, so I might check it out again sometime. I went back as far as where the trail peters out into a little path.

 

[A2coins]

i found a 1907 james town exposition coin i love the woods very peaceful not tons of people aroud look for old maple trees and check the bases of tress hope you find a rich mans coin spill lol

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[BeenThere DugThat]

I live pretty close by, so I might check it out again sometime. I went back as far as where the trail peters out into a little path.

Yep, in the background of that picture, I sometimes climb up to the tracks or take the path up immediately to the left after you walk under the bridge. I wear hiking shoes so I usually dont cross the water.

Have you tried the woods where I placed the red marker? I've been working that area a lot but there's a lot of ground to cover.

 

[BeenThere DugThat]

i found a 1907 james town exposition coin i love the woods very peaceful not tons of people aroud look for old maple trees and check the bases of tress hope you find a rich mans coin spill lol

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haha I agree, anything old is a cool find in my opinion. Maybe one of us will get extremely lucky and find an old drunk rich man's spill.

 

[Steve in PA]

Yep, in the background of that picture, I sometimes climb up to the tracks or take the path up immediately to the left after you walk under the bridge. I wear hiking shoes so I usually dont cross the water.

Have you tried the woods where I placed the red marker? I've been working that area a lot but there's a lot of ground to cover.

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Nope, I only spent about an hour back in there. It was a hot day last summer and I was sweating like a pig. I hit the high ground to the left of the trail and along the tracks, not far past the arch. I haven't explored back in there at all really. But from your picture, there looks like a lot of ground to cover.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

That's not my neck of the woods, but just did a quick 1939 aerial overlay on Google Earth and it looks like there was once a neighborhood just south of where you are searching. Now all park of a public park.
You may already be hitting these old homesites, but if not, good hunting!

 

[BeenThere DugThat]

Nope, I only spent about an hour back in there. It was a hot day last summer and I was sweating like a pig. I hit the high ground to the left of the trail and along the tracks, not far past the arch. I haven't explored back in there at all really. But from your picture, there looks like a lot of ground to cover.

I put close to 2 hours in today and found another Large Cent, it seems to be 1831 but I'm not 100% sure yet. Better condition than the last and I'm soaking it at the moment. I might have stumbled on a short cut from the 1800's. I'll post a picture later on this thread.

 

[Turbo21]

Nope, I only spent about an hour back in there. It was a hot day last summer and I was sweating like a pig. I hit the high ground to the left of the trail and along the tracks, not far past the arch. I haven't explored back in there at all really. But from your picture, there looks like a lot of ground to cover.

I don't know how you didn't run into me and Jeremy back there last summer. We spent almost every day last year diggin bottles back there. We may or may not have had anything to do with the entire hillsides along the creek collapsing [emoji13]

Definitely right about crossing the creek. That's where most of the old houses from the 1850s were