VTColonialDigger
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I don't even how to start this absolutely nuts story off...
Today, My friend invited me to a hay field he has pulled colonial relics and coins out of before. We arrive at the field and as I'm putting my bigger coil on my machine, he pulls out this beautiful trime.
The trime is an 1852
My friend told me that the area right near where we stepped onto the field he had found old coins before, so I searched in this area first and soon found my coil over a nice high-70s tone. I dug the hole and popped this out:
copper in the hole
after a few wipes I realized what I had just found: a King George I halfpenny, my oldest coin ever!!
after the King George copper, the things slowed down for a little under an hour until I found this early 1800's button on top of a knoll in the field.
After my flat button, my friend moved over to the same area where I was and pulled out a few 18th and early 19th century buttons.
Then, after a little while, I moved around the hillside, dug a good signal, and pulled a toasted KGII copper out of the ground
I went down the hill to go into the shady edge of the field and get out of the blazing sun, when my friend shouted that he had finally found a copper. I ran to see what it was. Unfortunately, it was in bad shape and had a corner cut off a long time ago.
I moved back into the shade, my friend follows, and we work our way along the edge of the field until we get to the "coin patch" area I mentioned above, when my friend tells me that he has a great signal. I go over to see what it is and he proceeds to pull out a Nova Constellatio!!! We were both so amazed!!
I go back to where I had left my machine and began detecting again. I walked a few feet and get an alright signal that's ringing up REALLY deep. I thought that it might be trash but I am SOOOO glad that I decided to dig it because when I finally got it out of the hole and saw what it was I was so thrilled, mindblown and excited all at once: I had just dug a 1782 1/2 real, my first Spanish Silver coin ever found detecting!
I was so happy to get one of these coins because this has been the top thing I have wanted to find pretty much since I started metal detecting.
BUT IT GETS BETTER!!!! (How you may ask?)
Well as I was still marveling over my 1/2 real, my friend, who was about ten feet behind me, says he thinks he has another copper. I walk over and watch as he digs ANOTHER NOVA. At this point we have totally lost our minds. Just to put this in perspective, 2 Novas and a Spanish silver coin have come out of the ground within 15 minutes!!!
After these crazy back-to back digs, we keep going for about an hour more and my friend digs his 4th and final copper on the day, a 1787 Connecticut!
We are absolutely beside ourselves by now!
I don't want to keep rambling on, and this was the last incredible find of the day.
Here are my friends 4 coppers and all the finds from today. My finds are on the left and my friends are on the right. We are starting to think that there is a chance there could have been a cache buried in the "coin patch " area because of the amount of coins we found there. We think that the coins were spread out from the plow, as before the field was used for hay, it was plowed.
Thank you for reading this incredibly lengthy post, I can't think of words to describe today except WOW,WOW, WOW! I am AMAZED!
VTColonialDigger
Today, My friend invited me to a hay field he has pulled colonial relics and coins out of before. We arrive at the field and as I'm putting my bigger coil on my machine, he pulls out this beautiful trime.
The trime is an 1852
My friend told me that the area right near where we stepped onto the field he had found old coins before, so I searched in this area first and soon found my coil over a nice high-70s tone. I dug the hole and popped this out:
copper in the hole
after a few wipes I realized what I had just found: a King George I halfpenny, my oldest coin ever!!
after the King George copper, the things slowed down for a little under an hour until I found this early 1800's button on top of a knoll in the field.
After my flat button, my friend moved over to the same area where I was and pulled out a few 18th and early 19th century buttons.
Then, after a little while, I moved around the hillside, dug a good signal, and pulled a toasted KGII copper out of the ground
I went down the hill to go into the shady edge of the field and get out of the blazing sun, when my friend shouted that he had finally found a copper. I ran to see what it was. Unfortunately, it was in bad shape and had a corner cut off a long time ago.
I moved back into the shade, my friend follows, and we work our way along the edge of the field until we get to the "coin patch" area I mentioned above, when my friend tells me that he has a great signal. I go over to see what it is and he proceeds to pull out a Nova Constellatio!!! We were both so amazed!!
I go back to where I had left my machine and began detecting again. I walked a few feet and get an alright signal that's ringing up REALLY deep. I thought that it might be trash but I am SOOOO glad that I decided to dig it because when I finally got it out of the hole and saw what it was I was so thrilled, mindblown and excited all at once: I had just dug a 1782 1/2 real, my first Spanish Silver coin ever found detecting!
I was so happy to get one of these coins because this has been the top thing I have wanted to find pretty much since I started metal detecting.
BUT IT GETS BETTER!!!! (How you may ask?)
Well as I was still marveling over my 1/2 real, my friend, who was about ten feet behind me, says he thinks he has another copper. I walk over and watch as he digs ANOTHER NOVA. At this point we have totally lost our minds. Just to put this in perspective, 2 Novas and a Spanish silver coin have come out of the ground within 15 minutes!!!
After these crazy back-to back digs, we keep going for about an hour more and my friend digs his 4th and final copper on the day, a 1787 Connecticut!
We are absolutely beside ourselves by now!
I don't want to keep rambling on, and this was the last incredible find of the day.
Here are my friends 4 coppers and all the finds from today. My finds are on the left and my friends are on the right. We are starting to think that there is a chance there could have been a cache buried in the "coin patch " area because of the amount of coins we found there. We think that the coins were spread out from the plow, as before the field was used for hay, it was plowed.
Thank you for reading this incredibly lengthy post, I can't think of words to describe today except WOW,WOW, WOW! I am AMAZED!
VTColonialDigger
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