smokedaddy
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- Location
- SE Pennsylvania
- Detector(s) used
- Whites XLT Spectrum / Fisher 1266X / Minelab Sovereign Elite/ Garrett AT/Pro
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Went out yesterday late afternoon, (Yes in the rain) 
. Covered the XLT and went to work in a field that has produced many coins from 1800 to early 1900's. I always bypassed a swampy area in the lower end. Since I was already wet and had the high boots on, I decided to check the area. Glad I did, after finding a harmonica reed and some brass shot shell ends, I hit a solid + 90 Signal. Out of the mud came my first Trade Dollar.
. Covered the XLT and went to work in a field that has produced many coins from 1800 to early 1900's. I always bypassed a swampy area in the lower end. Since I was already wet and had the high boots on, I decided to check the area. Glad I did, after finding a harmonica reed and some brass shot shell ends, I hit a solid + 90 Signal. Out of the mud came my first Trade Dollar.Attachments
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) stated above that is a beautiful coin in its design. This one looks like it never made it in circulation in the Orient, for which the coins were designed for, for there are no chop marks on it. Most of the merchants in the Orient counterstamped the trade dollars with "chop marks" and some of them got counterstamped quite often. The trade dollar is also heavily counterfeited so be wary of those you see on EBay and discounted in coin stores. I forget what the weight of a real one is supposed to be(?) 29 grams maybe?? but a small digital scale is a must for anyone that is gonna buy one so they don;t get ripped off on the many fakes out there.
