Scrappy
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Scrappy's 2015 Top-10 finds... Cobs, Capped, mucho Reales, and mas...
Back in, I dunno, maybe March? Ahab said on a group text that we were all going to have a year beyond our wildest dreams. I'll let the other guy in the group speak for himself, but he was pretty much spot on...
I enjoy the Top Ten format, so that's my plan, which should keep this post succinct and fun.
#10 - exquisite 1734 King George 2nd. Dug a whisper at 13" down.... there's little doubt this copper escaped a lot of weathering from 280 years deep in the ground.
#9 - Seated Sandwich! I guess the combination of a Seated half, shield Nickle, and seated dime make a target sound like crap. Well out popped a solid hunk of coins "glued" together....I literally had to pry them apart!
#8 - 1876 seated quarter. It may not sound like much to many but I've dug lot of seated coins but never a quarter. It was dragging me down man! Lol. Helping it on the countdown is the condition!
#7 - A recent find! complete and intact 1770's colonial shoe buckle. If you really think about what luck it takes for a shoe buckle to come off a boot, sit in the ground, and be safely dug 240 years later, its mind boggling. Dug from a British encampment
#6 - 1863 R.T Kelly "Hats" token. Apparently a very rare variety and in excellent condition, this store token is about a close to civil war goodies that I've dug this year.
#5 - Spanish 1/2 reale! I've found more than 1 Spanish coin this year, but the one that sticks out is a 1772 in just great dug condition.
#4 - 8 reale!! I almost fell over when I dug this beautiful 1833 Mexican 8 reale monster. It rang up like a beer can, and was so shiny in the hole I thought it was the bottom of one. Found it in New Smyrna, FL. (Notice no toning from being in an oxygen deprived environment? Look at the 2nd Pic after being out)
#3- Hammered Spanish Silver & Capped bust dime. Found a barber and was calling it quits when I got a signal walking back to the car...it was a Spanish Cob at 3" that sounded like a zincoln. I'm shaking now and decide to call it quits and again walk to the car when I get a perfect signal - a capped dime, 1834.
#2 - 4 Washington Inagural buttons. 19mm cuff size. Apparently on the rarer side of GW buttons. Most of you probably saw these but holy Mackerel these blow my mind.So originally I posted them not knowing what they were and right away a fellow t-net member nailed it!
#1 - A hunt with my mom and son, 1903 Barber half. The beauty was my son pulled this from the hole (11" deep mind you) with my mother watching. It was a unique feeling feeling proud of your child as they pull a coin out in awe, while your mother is watching you (obviously impressed!). All from a park that has had hundreds of detectors over it.
Honorable mentions include: two 1837 Hard Times tokens, 1797 draped bust LC, 1787 New Jersey Copper, 3 half cents, 17 Large cents, 19 British coppers, 1773 1-reale, and a 1697 William 3rd
Happy Holidays all and stay safe. May all your digging dreams come true...
Steve
Back in, I dunno, maybe March? Ahab said on a group text that we were all going to have a year beyond our wildest dreams. I'll let the other guy in the group speak for himself, but he was pretty much spot on...
I enjoy the Top Ten format, so that's my plan, which should keep this post succinct and fun.
#10 - exquisite 1734 King George 2nd. Dug a whisper at 13" down.... there's little doubt this copper escaped a lot of weathering from 280 years deep in the ground.
#9 - Seated Sandwich! I guess the combination of a Seated half, shield Nickle, and seated dime make a target sound like crap. Well out popped a solid hunk of coins "glued" together....I literally had to pry them apart!
#8 - 1876 seated quarter. It may not sound like much to many but I've dug lot of seated coins but never a quarter. It was dragging me down man! Lol. Helping it on the countdown is the condition!
#7 - A recent find! complete and intact 1770's colonial shoe buckle. If you really think about what luck it takes for a shoe buckle to come off a boot, sit in the ground, and be safely dug 240 years later, its mind boggling. Dug from a British encampment
#6 - 1863 R.T Kelly "Hats" token. Apparently a very rare variety and in excellent condition, this store token is about a close to civil war goodies that I've dug this year.
#5 - Spanish 1/2 reale! I've found more than 1 Spanish coin this year, but the one that sticks out is a 1772 in just great dug condition.
#4 - 8 reale!! I almost fell over when I dug this beautiful 1833 Mexican 8 reale monster. It rang up like a beer can, and was so shiny in the hole I thought it was the bottom of one. Found it in New Smyrna, FL. (Notice no toning from being in an oxygen deprived environment? Look at the 2nd Pic after being out)
#3- Hammered Spanish Silver & Capped bust dime. Found a barber and was calling it quits when I got a signal walking back to the car...it was a Spanish Cob at 3" that sounded like a zincoln. I'm shaking now and decide to call it quits and again walk to the car when I get a perfect signal - a capped dime, 1834.
#2 - 4 Washington Inagural buttons. 19mm cuff size. Apparently on the rarer side of GW buttons. Most of you probably saw these but holy Mackerel these blow my mind.So originally I posted them not knowing what they were and right away a fellow t-net member nailed it!
#1 - A hunt with my mom and son, 1903 Barber half. The beauty was my son pulled this from the hole (11" deep mind you) with my mother watching. It was a unique feeling feeling proud of your child as they pull a coin out in awe, while your mother is watching you (obviously impressed!). All from a park that has had hundreds of detectors over it.
Honorable mentions include: two 1837 Hard Times tokens, 1797 draped bust LC, 1787 New Jersey Copper, 3 half cents, 17 Large cents, 19 British coppers, 1773 1-reale, and a 1697 William 3rd
Happy Holidays all and stay safe. May all your digging dreams come true...
Steve
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Ironhorse has given me a bloody nose or two in the day, and I'm actually a little worried because finding the 71st button it sort of means it's his turn... and he'll likely make it count!
