coinmaster2db
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Went out diggin' for a while today to a site that I've hunted several times over the past couple of years. I'd never found a coin on this site, but I just knew there had to be one there somewhere. Well, today I found it. 
This is an old site in the woods, so swinging isn't easy, plus there is so much Iron to contend with. I got a nice solid tone in between some junk. (I'm slowly learning how to use my DFX. Look out Buckle Boy! 
) I pry up a shovel full of dirt, and out pops a quarter sized disc. I'm thinking it's a button or anything but a coin. I've had so many good signals at this site that turned out to be nothing that I'm a little jaded. I pick it up and rub some dirt off...I see the date 1829.
I thought to myself "Did I just dig a Half Cent?". I've always wanted to find one. I flip it over and see Half Cent.
I did a little happy dance. (No photos or videos of happy dance, sorry.)
The lady that owns the property has a little antique shop next to the road, so I stopped in to show her my find. While I was talking to her, another lady who happened to be my guidance counselor in High School shows up. She has a couple of booths in some antique malls, and deals mostly in clothing and furniture. She had a little zip loc bag with a tin type in it. She said "I picked this up today, it might be something." I asked if I could take a look..Here's what she had.
I asked her what she wanted for it. She said "Why? Do you want it?" I said yes. She said "Well, If you want it you can have it." Perhaps she feels like she let me down as a guidance counselor as I'm standing there in my muddy overalls.
I told her that I was going to pay her for it. She said that she was going to ask $8.00 for it. I gave her $10.00.
Here's some pics of the 1/2 cent after a little cleaning with water and a Q-tip. Maybe I'll soak her in peroxide in the morning.
It was a good day.
Happy Hunting!!!
Cm2db
This is an old site in the woods, so swinging isn't easy, plus there is so much Iron to contend with. I got a nice solid tone in between some junk. (I'm slowly learning how to use my DFX. Look out Buckle Boy! ) I pry up a shovel full of dirt, and out pops a quarter sized disc. I'm thinking it's a button or anything but a coin. I've had so many good signals at this site that turned out to be nothing that I'm a little jaded. I pick it up and rub some dirt off...I see the date 1829. I thought to myself "Did I just dig a Half Cent?". I've always wanted to find one. I flip it over and see Half Cent.
I did a little happy dance. (No photos or videos of happy dance, sorry.)
The lady that owns the property has a little antique shop next to the road, so I stopped in to show her my find. While I was talking to her, another lady who happened to be my guidance counselor in High School shows up. She has a couple of booths in some antique malls, and deals mostly in clothing and furniture. She had a little zip loc bag with a tin type in it. She said "I picked this up today, it might be something." I asked if I could take a look..Here's what she had.
I asked her what she wanted for it. She said "Why? Do you want it?" I said yes. She said "Well, If you want it you can have it." Perhaps she feels like she let me down as a guidance counselor as I'm standing there in my muddy overalls.
I told her that I was going to pay her for it. She said that she was going to ask $8.00 for it. I gave her $10.00. Here's some pics of the 1/2 cent after a little cleaning with water and a Q-tip. Maybe I'll soak her in peroxide in the morning.
It was a good day.
Happy Hunting!!!
Cm2db
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There's cool stuff there also, but there's large cents everywhere in PA. People are tripping over them on the way to the mailbox. 
I know you're just pulling my chain, though. 
As far as the beer goes, BuckleBoy enjoyed a couple of Heineken's. I got an early start. I had a couple Miller High Life's, an MGD, a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, a Pabst Blue Ribbon, and a Miller Lite. 
