Short field hunt nets an 1858 Flying Eagle!!

[Nooberz]

First off, this was a very poor decision to go out yesterday. My feet are killing me from trying to kick the shovel and break through the frozen ground.

I had a total of 4 targets in this field above iron. The first signal was a nice Civil War general service cuff button. The second signal was a sweet 1858 Flying Eagle. I took a guess on the video and was wrong. I need to beat wrong more often. The other 2 targets were lead. Hopefully this crappy snow is the last of the season.

Enjoy the video of my last two hunts


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[LETSHUNTNOW]

Nice finds...I found a couple of 2 centers a few weeks ago that were my first...still looking for a flying eagle...great job...

 

[The Rebel]

WTG on the FE! Still waiting for my 1st.

 

[YumaMarc]

FANTASTIC! I've never found one, in fact I haven't SEEN one in a long time! CONGRATS!!

 

[BigWaveDave]

sweet find Nooberz

 

[ModernMiner]

Nooberz,
Some very nice recoveries. I've only dug one Flying Eagle in over 10 years. Great job.
You cracked my up when you said, "three minutes later and I've dug an inch." You are dedicated to sat the least.
Thanks for shooting the video. Well done,
MM

 

[Tenspeed]

The flying eagle is sweet! I am still waiting on my first.

I feel for you with the frozen ground. The top inch or so was frozen here in SC/NC last weekend and that was hard enough. I would hate to see the top 10" or so frozen. I would just stay home!

Hope your ground thaws soon!

 

[Nooberz]

Nooberz,
Some very nice recoveries. I've only dug one Flying Eagle in over 10 years. Great job.
You cracked my up when you said, "three minutes later and I've dug an inch." You are dedicated to sat the least.
Thanks for shooting the video. Well done,
MM

Thanks MM. I did a couple of other sites in the corn stubble and it had soft spots in it. The bare bean field I detected in that video was an absolute nightmare.

 

[RobRieman]

Sweet Flyer Noobs!

 

[park pirate]

Nice flying eagle, never did find one of them,

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Congrats nice flying eagle and buttons, and that you went out to pry it out of the frozen ground!

I understood exactly when you said 3 mins. Later and you had dug an inch!
Ground here in spots the first 2 inches were deceptively thawed, anything below that was concrete! Couldn't get digging tool in it, so I was chiseling targets out with a screw driver pounded into the ground with the digging tool
I KNOW what you mean about the blisters! We both need gloves! #£&% SNOW!!!!!

 

[treblehunter]

Nice finds, I would love to find a Flying Eagle!

 

[fongu]

Nice finds. I would love to find a flying eagle cent. Saw some 1858 flying eagle cents at the coin show a few weeks ago, but no 1857 or 1856. One vendor said he sold a 1856 flying eagle cent for $15,000. There should be more of the 1857 & 1858 cents because millions of them were made, but only 2,000 of the 1856 cents. HH.

 

[Metdet49]

Very exciting stuff Nooberz. It' s an understatement to say those flying eagles are far and few between. They're still on my bucket list. Way to go.

 

[Argentium]

Massive Kudos to you (and anyone else ) who finds a Flying Eagle cent - That's got to be one of the harder U.S. type coins to dig - right up
there with the twenty cent piece , a trade dollar , Seated Liberty dollar , Classic Head large cents and half cents etc. -

 

[jewelerguy]

great finds. any flying eagle is an awesome find