Year end totals 2015

[doninbrewster]

Can't complain about 2015. I had a number of firsts to check off the bucket list including a gold coin, 3 cent silver, capped bust half cent and a Vermont landscape. I misplaced the Vermont so it's not in the photo, but when I find it I'll add it. I also didn't include buttons, buckles and misc. cool finds. When I get a chance to get them together and get a photo I'll add them to this post later. Silver totals weren't too bad and it was probably my best year for Indians. It was also my best year for 2 cent pieces with 7. I got a bunch of V and shield nickels, but most were toasted. I'll add them to the post when I get a chance. The last photo is my best day of the year for coppers with 7 including a CT, NJ and a scarce farthing. Most of the KG's found are halfpence so the farthing was a nice find. Our club pulled 37 coppers that day from a club hunt. I wanted to post this in the annual finds area, but there was no place to submit new post. This will probably get moved. I will update in the next week or two with some of the other stuff I found.

Last, but not least, most of the photos are high resolution so you can click on them, click again and then click again to zoom. I got some pretty good dates on the Indians.



















I just did a thorough cleaning of the 1865 2 cent piece and it came out quite nice.

 

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[Steve in PA]

Nice silver totals. The 2 cent piece total is impressive for one year. But I'm partial to the old coppers

 

[tony curnick]

Wow!!!....what was the target response like on the chain, ctx 3030 owners seem to find a lot of gold chains..I have only found chains with a pi detector never while using vlf

 

[worldtalker]

Some pretty nice pickins if I do say so dude.

GOD Bless

Chris

 

[DirtStalker]

Don that is a Great year-end total. Here's to you doing as well or better in 2016

 

[against the wind]

Really excellent results Don,,
The weather this weekend should be
the Kickstart we need for 2016.
See you around the old battle ground.

 

[doninbrewster]

Don that is a Great year-end total. Here's to you doing as well or better in 2016

Thanks Tyler. I'm already off to a better start with the Indians with 38 so far. I took advantage of the warm weather and got out whenever I could. Also got my first seated dime of the year already and a 14k gold and diamond earring. I also got 12 other silver dimes including 2 Barbers and a number of pieces of silver jewelry. Looks like it's going to be a good year.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on a fantastic year. Very nice bunch of finds

 

[ironhorse]

Nice pile of coins from a year well spent detecting!

 

[Loco-Digger]

Awesome digs DB. I dream of a year like the one you had.... I must admit that 2015 was my best season so far. The trend is still on the incline so I optimistic that 2016 will be better than my previous 2 seasons.

 

[thrifty76now]

Great year That post just made my brain freeze just looking thru it.

 

[doninbrewster]

Forgot to mention I also found my first flying eagle. If you enlarge the first pic of Indians it's in the upper left hand corner.

 

[doninbrewster]

Man, you KILLED IT.

Everything in your photos is just gorgeous! The 29 gram's of gold made me drool, but the 2 cent piece... WOW... just WOW. The detail there is awesome!

Skippy

Funny you should mention the 2 cent piece. I decided to give it a thorough cleaning after someone posted in this forum that they found their first Indian and wanted to know how to clean it. As Indians and 2 cent pieces are both bronze I wanted to post a before and after photo showing something after I cleaned it. Figured the 2 cent piece would be a good one to show. It came out quite nice.

 

[cjc]

Great season Don--you are obviously a very hard worker. Thanks for posting.
cjc

 

[A2coins]

Wow that puts me to shame Great post!!!!

 

[doninbrewster]

Wow that puts me to shame Great post!!!!

I have the advantage of being in NY on the CT border. Gives me access to a lot of older sites that you would not find in MI. I count my blessings every time I go detecting.