Metal Magnet
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It's been a long time since I have posted something of my own. My falls and springs are now gobbled up with coaching sports. So, now I have to grab the occasional scorching summer hunt or woods hunt in the middle of winter.
Anyway, I went hunting with some buddies the other week and I said that I wanted us to find an indian head penny, a barber coin, some wheats, and a standing liberty quarter. Of course, I was hoping. Well, we got most of all of that, except, of course, the SLQ. I've been dying to get one b/se it's one of the few coins I haven't been able to get.
That all changed this afternoon. I went back to a place that I have pounded. 3 detectorists before me have pounded it. But, I am very thorough, and I have found a lot of stuff the others missed.
I took my 5x8 ATP coil with me and hit the front of the house, near the busy road. I got a soda can hit and dug up slaw. I moved a foot over and got a garbled hit with a sweet high tone. I dug down and I thought I had an aluminum cap or token of some sort b/se it looked like it had iron.
I took it out of the hole and immediately discerned the legs of the SLQ. Flipped it over and cloud nine - the soaring eagle, yes!
It is dateless, but is an S mintmark. I'm trying to discern any features on the date at all. 3 stars under the eagle, type 2 i believe. but darn, would love a year!
The make up case was about 5 feet away. I'm trying to get a date on that.
Edit: Adding a pic of the obverse of the coin. You can clearly see where iron was resting on top of the coin:
Anyway, I went hunting with some buddies the other week and I said that I wanted us to find an indian head penny, a barber coin, some wheats, and a standing liberty quarter. Of course, I was hoping. Well, we got most of all of that, except, of course, the SLQ. I've been dying to get one b/se it's one of the few coins I haven't been able to get.
That all changed this afternoon. I went back to a place that I have pounded. 3 detectorists before me have pounded it. But, I am very thorough, and I have found a lot of stuff the others missed.
I took my 5x8 ATP coil with me and hit the front of the house, near the busy road. I got a soda can hit and dug up slaw. I moved a foot over and got a garbled hit with a sweet high tone. I dug down and I thought I had an aluminum cap or token of some sort b/se it looked like it had iron.
I took it out of the hole and immediately discerned the legs of the SLQ. Flipped it over and cloud nine - the soaring eagle, yes!
It is dateless, but is an S mintmark. I'm trying to discern any features on the date at all. 3 stars under the eagle, type 2 i believe. but darn, would love a year!
The make up case was about 5 feet away. I'm trying to get a date on that.
Edit: Adding a pic of the obverse of the coin. You can clearly see where iron was resting on top of the coin:
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