This is the year of firsts and I owe it all to research.

[Beige]

I started the day with a 2 hour drive to a site I really wanted to hit but that fell through due to the owner not being home. There were about 5 other sites in the area that I attempted to get permission for. Only one person answered their door and that turned into a wild goose chase of trying to track down the person he was renting the farm field to. I managed to get the permission but that site yielded nothing. It was nearing noon and I barely swung my coil so I decided to head back to a previous permission about an hour north that I scouted a few weeks earlier. I made it out to the general area of the site and put my coil to the ground. Within seconds I pulled a square nail so I knew I was on the right track. After swinging for about 30 minutes I got a solid 42 which I thought was going to be a bullet but it turned out to be a BEAUTIFUL 1863 fatty indianhead cent (my first fatty ever). Solid evidence of an early site. I kept going and about another 30 minutes later I got a screaming 90 signal only 2" down. Being on an old site where I just pulled a fatty IH cent and not any trashy high tones, this signal got me excited. Braided Hair Large Cent was the first thing that crossed my mind before I dug it. I opened the plug and dug around a little bit when a thick green rim popped out. Pulled the coin out and flipped it over only to be confused. Turned out to be an 1844 Province of Canada, Bank of Montreal Half-Penny Bank Token, which is also is great shape for being in the ground for approximately 180 years. If you want to find the older stuff, research is your best friend. Take it from me, who just started doing research after roughly 15 years of detecting LOL.

 

[Oldrvrrat57]

Nice looking finds!! Congratulations

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Congrats on the excellent finds !

 

[pepperj]

The coppers are in fine shape, congrats 👏

 

[lenmac65]

Those coppers sure cleaned up nice and are in great shape. Congrats!

 

[ToddsPoint]

Thank you for putting your location in your bio! So many members fail to do that. You didn’t mention your location in your post, but one click and I know where you are. 👍🏻 And, you made some nice finds.

 

[sibbley]

Yeah, a little research goes a long way. I knew the permission my wife and I have been working was going to be a good one. While there is not much about the property in historical record, Lidar showed that there was a possible cellar hole deep in the wooded area. Sure enough, once we could get back there in December it was an old home site with tons of good signals. I had no idea last November that we were going to pull 15 coppers out of those woods ranging from 1730's through 1845, long before any house shows on maps on that property.

Keep up with the research, it will pay off!

 

[russau]

It's always nice to find good thing's when NOT expected !CONGRATS TO YOU !

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Congrats on your finds Beige, the '63 IH looks to be in great shape.
Those early Canadian Upper Canada Tokens sure do get around don't they.
Dave

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Yes, research is a key factor in locating areas that could give up some very good, old finds.
You can join local Historical Societies, look up 1800's Atlas' in your area on line, search Old Aerial Photo's -
go to old Newspaper websites and look where old Picnics Groves, Churches, One Room Schools were etc.
Kids didn't carry lunch money in the 1800's but One Room Schools were often used for town meetings and other types of gatherings.

I also surprised when I found a few of the 1800's Canadian Bank Tokens here in Ohio years ago.
From what I've read there was a huge amount of variations of these Tokens minted.

 

[Silvermonkey]

I started the day with a 2 hour drive to a site I really wanted to hit but that fell through due to the owner not being home. There were about 5 other sites in the area that I attempted to get permission for. Only one person answered their door and that turned into a wild goose chase of trying to track down the person he was renting the farm field to. I managed to get the permission but that site yielded nothing. It was nearing noon and I barely swung my coil so I decided to head back to a previous permission about an hour north that I scouted a few weeks earlier. I made it out to the general area of the site and put my coil to the ground. Within seconds I pulled a square nail so I knew I was on the right track. After swinging for about 30 minutes I got a solid 42 which I thought was going to be a bullet but it turned out to be a BEAUTIFUL 1863 fatty indianhead cent (my first fatty ever). Solid evidence of an early site. I kept going and about another 30 minutes later I got a screaming 90 signal only 2" down. Being on an old site where I just pulled a fatty IH cent and not any trashy high tones, this signal got me excited. Braided Hair Large Cent was the first thing that crossed my mind before I dug it. I opened the plug and dug around a little bit when a thick green rim popped out. Pulled the coin out and flipped it over only to be confused. Turned out to be an 1844 Province of Canada, Bank of Montreal Half-Penny Bank Token, which is also is great shape for being in the ground for approximately 180 years. If you want to find the older stuff, research is your best friend. Take it from me, who just started doing research after roughly 15 years of detecting LOL.

Great post beige! Your research and hard work certainly paid off. Both coins are in great shape. Don't see too many of those bank tokens, so that one is my favorite. Congrats!

 

[jewelerguy]

great finds!

 

[Beige]

Great post beige! Your research and hard work certainly paid off. Both coins are in great shape. Don't see too many of those bank tokens, so that one is my favorite. Congrats!

Much appreciated.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Those 2 Coppers sure did clean up nice. Research is the key to this hobby, and it paid off for you. I spend almost as much time researching as I do actually hunting.

 

[oldmxrat]

Sweet finds from your research, way to go!