tigerbeetle
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- Jan 2, 2009
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- Location
- Jersey Shore
- Detector(s) used
- Many -- Fisher, White's, Minelab, Cobra, others
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
I had already liked -- and often showed off -- the 1812 large cent I already had in my collection. It was found about 8 years ago while I used a Fisher CZ in the Jersey Pines. The coin pushed the EF category, though I seldom mess with grading -- too complicated and often too seedy. To find an even better 1812 than my already-quite-cool one would be the TH'ing epitome of ozone-level upgrading -- and a tough task. But I pulled it off this past week.
Below: The coin on the left was dug on Wednesday past, near Tuckerton, NJ. The other was the above-mentioned specimen, dug in Bass River. The Wood Street find is in downright remarkable condition, close to an AU. Reverse of new coin below.
Response to diebreak comment -- bottom pic shows a couple dug coins with obvious diebreaks. I dug the two diebreak examples in the 1990s -- Pines of Southern NJ -- using a Minelab. I have dug over 300 LCs and HCs since mid-1970s. I have 102 LCs prior to 1825, including 37 colonials or foreign contemporaries.
Below: The coin on the left was dug on Wednesday past, near Tuckerton, NJ. The other was the above-mentioned specimen, dug in Bass River. The Wood Street find is in downright remarkable condition, close to an AU. Reverse of new coin below.
Response to diebreak comment -- bottom pic shows a couple dug coins with obvious diebreaks. I dug the two diebreak examples in the 1990s -- Pines of Southern NJ -- using a Minelab. I have dug over 300 LCs and HCs since mid-1970s. I have 102 LCs prior to 1825, including 37 colonials or foreign contemporaries.
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