Oldest coin to date 1835

[Xraywolf]

1835 wow, boggles my mind.
That was 77 years BEFORE the Titanic was sunk, never thought I'd fine one this old. Previous record for me was 1857. In very good shape, shows slight signs of circulation on the high points but not much. Looked almost silverish when it popped out of the ground, almost had a stroke when I saw the Liberty head. Cleaned up rather nicely, found it in the middle of a street tearout with a Simplex, if not for the tearout it would have been unrecoverable. Sorry if the pics are sideways, seems all forums are different with pics and I haven't posted here in years.

 

[lenmac65]

Great coin in great shape. Congrats!

 

[Xraywolf]

Went back today for a quick jaunt, was rainy most of the day so I had the day off.
There is now a large bulldozer sitting over the spot where I found the large cent, things are changin - Like someone else said, hopefully they'll rip up some more areas for me to detect. Would be great if they ripped up the sidewalks, they did on the other block they are doing.

Managed to find a crusty 1887 IHP and a nice eagle button, A in the middle, CW era I presume.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Congrats on finding your oldest coin - a great looking LC !

 

[Bigdaddybflo]

Congratulations !! great job !

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Beautiful coin, congrats!

 

[VTColonialDigger]

That's a beauty of a Large Cent! They rarely come out that nice, I think you were right when you said that the type of dirt preserved it!

Also congrats on the Civil War artillery button and the IHP!

As for digging nice holes, whenever I dig on someone else's property, I always do an even nicer job than I would do on my own property. In my own yard, if I replace the plug and there's still a little dirt left outside the hole, what do I care, the rain will eventually wash the light layer of dirt away, but in someone else's yard I'm sure they wouldn't appreciate this. I'd much rather take a few moments to do a nice job and have a landowner say "You're welcome back anytime, I can't even tell where you dug" than an unhappy landowner who says "You left my lawn a mess. I don't want you to dig here again."

 

[Xraywolf]

Well the IHP was so trashed I didn't bother taking a pic, though the date was at least readable.
The large cent, presumably in the ground much longer and probably about 20 ft away, was almost mint fresh, so the sandy soil must preserve them while being under the street ruins them.

Couple finds today, pristine 3 ring minie, 4th I have found in this area along with lots of grapeshot. Another cartridge not sure of caliber or era, and what looks to be the remains of a picture stickpin with whatever was pictured long lost to time unfortunately - 2nd one of those I found.

A fair amount of trash too, including some vintage bottlecaps. Have found loads of antique nails and bolts, especially as the pickings get slimmer and I dig sketchier signals, those I toss in a pit on site.

 

[Xraywolf]

Back to the spot, on my way home from work and I stop by to see if any more areas have opened up. Saw a few new piles and found a crusty wheatie, a V nickel, steel cent and what looks to be either a spent cartridge or lipstick case, can make out USA on the bottom but its so crucshed can't make out anythign else.

Pic of the roots shows what we are up against from a perspective not often seen, this 1 little tree is just a complete nightmare of roots.

 

[Xraywolf]

Site is hit, most of the street is filled in and ready for asphalt. Was hoping they broke up some more cement but looks like its not going to happen.

Found some historic bricks, multiple military buildings stood here in the 1800's all surrounded by walls so there were no doubt 100,000's of these bricks when the walls came tumbling down. Found quite a few chunks of them but this is the first time I found some complete, and 4 no less. These bricks are super dense by todays standards, easily twice as heavy than a similar sized modern brick. Found them buried while digging a target, and took them home.

 

[Sooper Dave]

Beautiful Large Cent! Congrats on your new oldest coin!

 

[Silvermonkey]

Man o Man. That's one lovely lady. Incredible condition. It's amazing to me that this was the product of a street tear-out...you just never know. Congrats!

 

[Xraywolf]

Must have been optimal soil conditions, from what I have seen they don't come out looking like that very often.

 

[smallfoot]

Nice saves!