The cent Tri-century hunt

[McCDig]

Left work by 1:30 and headed to the city for a few hours in "The Park". Little did I know what today's hunt would bring. As usual, there was the variety from a fired musket ball, to an R. Armfield patent button from the 19th century, a Sterling crucifix, a watch-winder, and then, the "find of the day", a copper coin that I thought was British, but turns out to be a Vermont cent from 1787, the Britannia variety; to complete the cent tri-century came a 1950 wheat, followed by an 1865 IHP. My finds at this Baltimore city park have pushed back to within 6 years of when Cornwallis surrended at Yorktown!

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on the sweet trifecta McCDig. I dream of someday breaking into the 1700's club.

 

[McCDig]

Hey L-D. Great to hear from you. It was quite a day and likely not to be repeated.

 

[A2coins]

U kiddin wow Great finds every post just about has a button involved I think there was major button issues in the old days. Great finds

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Tommy. That's what I was saying too... "you've gotta be kiddin'me!".

 

[Loco-Digger]

Hey L-D. Great to hear from you. It was quite a day and likely not to be repeated.

You got that right, tri-century trifectas are rare.

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Casper. The crucifix was a two-part dig. At first the cross was evident, but then a second response to the pinpointer located the figure of Jesus. I stopped searching the hole after that. When I got home and cleaned the two, I noticed that the small sign bearing the Latin acronym "INRI" (Iēsus Nazarēnus, Rēx Iūdaeōrum - Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews) is missing. I'll have to re-check the hole to see if I can locate this very small piece.

 

[Blueblood]

Love finding those little Indians!.....wonder if treasure hunters after us will find Memorials exciting?....

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice McCdig. I like that Vermont Cent.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on some very nice finds

 

[Jamie1993]

Congrats on the trifecta. There is a lot of history in the old parks of Baltimore.

 

[McCDig]

One thing worse than recovering a "deep" memorial, is a deep pulltab. Finding a deep wheat is better, but, I agree, I'm partial to Indians.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Trezurehunter. It held up well. Looks like those Vermont minters knew what they were about.

 

[ArDirtSlinger]

" My finds at this Baltimore city park have pushed back to within 6 years of when Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown!"

We just don't have that kinda history in very many places here in Arkansas. Beautifully long & fruitful timeline.
Congrats!!

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Joe. Hearing your perspective shows me what a privilege I have in having such a large, generational park to hunt here in Baltimore.

 

[McCDig]

Here's a close-up of the Vermont copper found 19Feb2016.
I'd hunted this area before, just happened to hear it this time around.

 

[HunterMF]

Nice finds!

 

[Isaac]

Awesome VT copper in exceptional shape!!! Love the watch winder too. You did very well. HH!

 

[Diggin Dude]

Now that's cool! Spanning the years! Congrats , that Vermont looks great, HH