The Seeker
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Nov 21, 2005
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- Location
- Keep on Digging!
- Detector(s) used
- MINELAB Explorer-II
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I finally had the chance to get out and swing the coil , and swing the coil we did......Late this morning and just after the rain stopped my friend Jim gave me a call and said he had a few hours to get out and dig ( are you interested ) I said heck yea....We decided to go to a place that I have detected in the past and have found early Indian heads and a couple of large coppers.....Today turned out to be no different after a couple of hours and a few nice buckles and relics we had no coins ....so I told Jim I'm going to make my way back to the truck and get some water and change my battery pack...so as I made my way up this small hill I got a good hit right next to a fallen tree ( a small one) and only a few inches down out pops these two coins almost stuck together not being able to see what they were I just put them in my pocket and made my way to the truck....I honestly thought they were a couple of memorial cents dropped by some hunter since they were only a couple on inches down.....After a small break I walked ofer to Jim showed him and he said there 3 cent coppers , I said yea right .....and after looking they were!!! 
Now I have never found the copper version of the 3 cent piece so that was a first for me ( 2 times)....
Well we made our way back to that area and guess what , moving the small tree and a foot away another good hit .....Seated dime 1856!
now the day is looking better after no coins and getting chewed alive by flying bugs the first part of this hunt. As we continued Jim found an old pocket watch and another buckle.....I made my way back to the old cellar hole and moments later ( bam ) the detector was singing again , digging down 3 to 4 inches out came a coronet large cent . It is either an 1827 or 1817 the date is tough to read.....
As 4:00 came around and with plans for the evening we had to call it quits...The day turned out to be a good one with a couple of first for me and it proves once again that no site is hunted out....... Keep on Digging!!!!
Now I have never found the copper version of the 3 cent piece so that was a first for me ( 2 times)....Well we made our way back to that area and guess what , moving the small tree and a foot away another good hit .....Seated dime 1856!
now the day is looking better after no coins and getting chewed alive by flying bugs the first part of this hunt. As we continued Jim found an old pocket watch and another buckle.....I made my way back to the old cellar hole and moments later ( bam ) the detector was singing again , digging down 3 to 4 inches out came a coronet large cent . It is either an 1827 or 1817 the date is tough to read.....
As 4:00 came around and with plans for the evening we had to call it quits...The day turned out to be a good one with a couple of first for me and it proves once again that no site is hunted out....... Keep on Digging!!!!
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Excellent hunting and finds, John!!
