Newbie finds oldest coin with Minelab SE in all metal mode

[SpecialFarces]

I went out to our families old 1820 farm and hunted around with my new Minelab SE. I started playing around in all metal mode this week and I'm starting to get the knack of using it in this. I was working in an area not too far from the main house that was built about 1840 and got a strong tone. I dug down about 10" and at the bottom of the hole was sitting this 1839 large cent. I was so psyched! I didn't find anything much else to post except a heavy copper button with reeding like a coin (I thought it was another coin at first). The button has reeding on the edge like a coin - perhaps someone can tell me how old it is?

Thanks for all the great posts this weekend.

 

[SilverFox167]

Nice find SF,
I found my first large cent this year...1845
I was very excited to see it pop out of the ground as you probably were.
HH

 

[halfdime]

Good going! Keep looking; there may be silver lurking around.

 

[Ron B]

Hello SF!
ALL METAL MODE-FERROUS-IRON-MASK-ON-Set on 20 +/- is the way to go with the SE, congrats!
The more you use this setup, the more profiient you'll become I'm absolutely certain!

I love finding old stuff!

GRB

 

[CRUSADER]

Well done

Happy Hunting

 

[RUDY2003]

Excellent coin!! Keep on diggin....
Keep safe...

 

[Michigan Badger]

Congrats!

At what type of site did you dig it?

I'm hoping to find one this year myself.

Badger