scored a keeper from the hunted out park

[hollowpointred]

got out this morning to this park i have been hunting lately. it dates back to the mid 1800s but good finds are reeeeal scarce. this place has been pounded over the years but its so big that i find it impossible that everything has been found. this morning i proved my theory correct with this 1846 Large Cent. it was smack dab in the middle of a huge field. it was a solid good signal, only about 4 inches down. i guess in that big old field no one before ever got their coil over this spot. I'm pretty certain there is a lot of stuff still in that field. i also found a little bell that looks like it must have been around a small farm animals neck at one time. anyway. this morning was a pretty good one.

 

[Southern_Boy]

Good For YOU! Always hunt those areas that are suppose to be hunted out...you just never know.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Congrats on the LC! HH, Mike

 

[ashleen]

Very cool
Congrats!

 

[minton7]

congrats man... .LC's are a;ways fun to dig.. esp if they arent all crusty to the point of being unreadable.. great going!

 

[rhedden]

That's not an 1846 large cent- it's an 1816! This is a Matron head of the style used in 1816-1834, and it would have been a Braided Hair cent if it had been 1846. Congrats on a nice coin!

 

[Nana40]

1816! Even better! Way to go, Red!! Awesome find!!!

Nana

 

[Evolution]

That's not an 1846 large cent- it's an 1816! This is a Matron head of the style used in 1816-1834, and it would have been a Braided Hair cent if it had been 1846. Congrats on a nice coin!

I noticed the same thing and scrolled down to see if anyone had caught it. Good eye. And nice find as well. I love finding the large coppers.

 

[hollowpointred]

That's not an 1846 large cent- it's an 1816! This is a Matron head of the style used in 1816-1834, and it would have been a Braided Hair cent if it had been 1846. Congrats on a nice coin!

hmmm well aint that sumpthin! its got corrosion over the 4 (or the1) and it really looked like a 4 to me, but now looking at my Blue book, i think you might be right! it does kinda look more like a Matron Head doesnt it. i was going to try to clean it up with the peroxide method, but thought better of it when i really looked at it. im afraid the dirt may be the only thing that is bringing the detail out on it. what do you guys think? peroxide or not? at any rate,thanks for the comments everyone.

 

[cntrydncr1]

congrats again Keith...and call me when you are coming up here....I was hunting a tot lot! I won't go to that park alone but wouldn't mind going with ya!

 

[hollowpointred]

congrats again Keith...and call me when you are coming up here....I was hunting a tot lot! I won't go to that park alone but wouldn't mind going with ya!

thats cool, i might be back up there Sun. i usually go pretty early though 7:30ish to avoid the mutants! most of the crack heads are sleeping it off that early! actually i make it sound worse than it is. in the mornings i rarely ever see anyone exept for a few dog walkers. i will let you know ahead of time if im going. that place has shut me out a lot of days and probably will a lot more days but i just know there is some good stuff still there. its almost like i refuse to believe otherwise! im gonna find stuff at that park if it kills me!

 

[EARTHWORKS]

cool

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice score. Hope that baby cleans up for you

 

[civilman1]

Any Day Keith....I think there's more satisfaction finding something from a so called "hunted out place" than a virgin site,Congrat's and HH!!!!