One coin wonder, another first!

[djm of PA]

Went to my ever-producing general store today and pulled yet another first. something that's been on my want list since day 1 but never thought i'd get one. 1858 flying eagle cent completely surrounded by rusty nails and about 10 inches deep. signal was iffy and I know for a fact i've dug for this target before, but stopped short of it after not being able to pinpoint.

 

[Daedalus]

DJM this is a great find ! Glad to see you get this one.

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Congrats on the flying eagle one of me favorite coins 8) dawg

 

[looking4largecent]

Cool hope I can find one. Hey mabye today ya never know.

 

[Deno]

Congrats djm

I have just about gave up on ever finding one.

10" and surrounded by Sq nails.

I need a new detector.

Did you find it with the E-Trac? what size coil?

You would have found one Deno If I hadn't beat you to it.
Unfortunately you got the better end of the deal on the return hunt
I was a day late on digging the Spanish and Capped and Seated.
Nice find djm

You have to be kidding me.

I didn't think you guys found any coins there.

I would love to have one in my display case and to tell

you the truth I would rather have it than the 1839 half dime

I dug on the first hole, I have a few of them. I located two more

unknown house sites on the farm. Me and Weaver hunted one with no luck.

After me and the crew beat them up some more, maybe we can get out

and beat them up a little more.

 

[Deno]

Deno, yes found with the etrac with stock coil and running Two Tone Ferrous. Like I said, this target has "pinged" before but never real solid and with all the interference around it, I just never could pinpoint it. I've dug probably four holes around it and pulled square nails out each time, only to give up and "assume" that was my target. My propointer was below ground surface (the top of it that is!) before I got the signal last night....this baby was deep, but the "e" was telling me the whole time to keep digging. next time i'll listen the first time instead of dragging the find out over multiple trips
Tex, yes I had to scrub it, sadly. it was caked in mud and I definitely lost some looks after scrubbing. I could read 1858 clear as day before cleaning it. Live and learn I guess.

That is amazing.

I love my XLT, but I am getting the feeling I may be out gunned.

Please tell me your coil was bigger than 8".

But then again I can't comfirm any coin over 7" deep.

 

[jeff of pa]

Deno, yes found with the etrac with stock coil and running Two Tone Ferrous. Like I said, this target has "pinged" before but never real solid and with all the interference around it, I just never could pinpoint it. I've dug probably four holes around it and pulled square nails out each time, only to give up and "assume" that was my target. My propointer was below ground surface (the top of it that is!) before I got the signal last night....this baby was deep, but the "e" was telling me the whole time to keep digging. next time i'll listen the first time instead of dragging the find out over multiple trips
Tex, yes I had to scrub it, sadly. it was caked in mud and I definitely lost some looks after scrubbing. I could read 1858 clear as day before cleaning it. Live and learn I guess.

That is amazing.

I love my XLT, but I am getting the feeling I may be out gunned.

Please tell me your coil was bigger than 8".

But then again I can't comfirm any coin over 7" deep.

the Stock Coil on the Etac is an 11" DD

 

[djm of PA]

Deno, you will read people bashing the etrac and trying to say that it is no where near as good as the owners say it is. Personally, they can keep feeling that way because for me it has been a blessing. Then when I took the time to learn the two tone ferrous mode, it was a whole new ballgame. I started pulling nickels like nobody's business along with old coins like this one that were surrounded by rusty metal. The haters can hate, I'll ignore it like always and continue adding to my coin collection while walking behind them
As for the depth, i posted a barber dime a few months back that I dug at a solid 9" and a SLQ at the same depth. I'm a believer, if I wasn't, I would have sold the machine already to buy a different one...........that is NOT going to happen

 

[Bev]

Bev, you have captured my feelings exactly First thought was, indian head.....could see the back but front was completely mudded out. I saw that the shield was missing and thought.....old indian head, can't be a flying eagle. starting slowing working the front and saw 1858 and started shaking a bit......finally the outline of the eagle came through. I dropped the gear and called my uncle, Jeff of PA to tell him. I just couldn't keep this to myself! after getting off the phone with him, i pocketed the find and drove the 1/2 mile home, the whole way thinking i saw it wrong and it would end up being an indian head. Rinsed it off in the sink and handed it to my wife and said "please tell me there is an eagle on there. she said, yeah there is, you're weird, clean up the sink! She just doesn't get it

That's how I feel when I get something new and cool! It's a dirt thing- nobody understands!

 

[nsdq]

nice fe , i still excited about the 57 i found , just can't beleave it