Surprise Find

[MXT Man]

Went to a farm field for the first time on 10/28/08. My MXT with the 9.50 was finding a lot of iron and shotgun shell casings. Suddenly I got a VDI of a quarter. I dug and used my pinpointer to find the coin. There enclosed in a clump of earth was a nice green patina large coin. Thinking it might be a large cent I gave it a closer inspection. To my surprise I see it is a large cent but it looked different. Upon further inspection I discovered that I had an 1882 Canadian large cent. That sure made my day. The coin is in better shape than the photo's indicate.I will be back hunting that plot of land again.

 

[jgowans]

Very nice. Was it found in the US or Cananda?

 

[Fisher]

Killer find! Gotta love the MXT!
HH

 

[watercolor]

WOW, that's a great find And welcome to TNET!

Take care,
watercolor

 

[zaxfire69]

Sweet coin

 

[JerV3]

Nice coin,

Beautiful green patina on that one.

HH Jer

 

[jgas]

Awesome LC from north of the border...Nice job... jgas

 

[Marc(NB)]

great coin!! Patina is a rich green!!

 

[fortbball9]

Welcome and Congrats on a great find

fortbball9

 

[domino147]

AWESOME FIND... I'm sure you will be back there. Keep up the hunting, it's paying off !

 

[allen]

that is an awesome looking large cent...

 

[MXT Man]

I forgot to mention the coin was found in Indiana which was a big surprise.

 

[kimsdad]

Wow! I wonder if Canadians passed through Indiana on their way to Florida to surf in the winter back then?

Sweet find!!!

 

[QUICKSILVER (appletree)]

Ron, That is very nice!!! is the field on the Chesterfield side or the Anderson side?

 

[jgowans]

That must have been during the Canadian occupation of 1882.... It only lasted for a couple of hours.
Actually they only came over for a visit but it was touch and go for a moment....

 

[Specter]

Congratulations! Nice coin!!

 

[CRUSADER]

I had one over here in the UK, from a park. 1889 I think. Mind to was in pretty good shape

 

[Detectingfreak]

very nice job! Congratulations!

 

[BureFreak]

Great find. Is that a true green patina?

 

[Burdie]

Very nice coin.Congrats

Burdie