YES!!! Finally got one.

[kevo]

A few days ago I posted a picture of a new spot that I wanted to try out and was asking about how old everybody thought it was. Well, today I went to shepherdsville, kentucky and started looking there. I found an old map and thought what the heck. Well, everything was a business or concrete so I tried the old farm house instead. I wasted about 3 hours detecting in Shepherdsville and didn't even find a wheat penny, I couldn't believe it. So then I stopped at this house and got a weak signal at about 5 inches. I dug it up and nothing but a big tree root (way to big to cut). So I dug around it, and finally after about 8 inches into the ground I found a dirty coin and thought it was a quarter with it's size. Well I wiped it off and out came an 1820 Large Cent. The condition isn't the best but it is definately my oldest coin.

 

[Jack(IN)]

Congrats on a good one...

hope to see more on the way soon!!

 

[northeast hunter]

Very nice way to keep digging that hole...

 

[Schrecky]

Excellent

 

[djabend]

Great find! I have a signal under a tree root at a church I need to dig, when all the snow melts. Your 1820 large cent looks like the small date kind.


Clean that place out. HH,
Donny.

 

[whitesid]

congrads

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Love the large cents! Great find.

 

[goldgrubber]

Good work! Congrats.

 

[shanko]

Great find!

Tree roots seem to love getting in the way of good stuff.

Shanko

 

[DANGLANGLEY]

Very nice coin, I'm still waiting to find one after 30 years

 

[shootist]

That is truly a wonderful find. KY is full of history and fantastic places to hunt. I have some in-laws down around E-town so I pass that way several times a year. Maybewe could hunt together sometime if you arent to far off,HH...Shoot

 

[{Sentinel}]

Man that is a great find! I am mostly a relic hunter but I must say, those old coins are a REAL TREAT!! Good Job.

 

[Shortstack]

Tree roots--especially on OLD trees, hide the gooooood stuff! It's agravating to dig, but usually gives great results. Thirty years ago, the detectors would "hit" on some roots just as a good signal. Thank goodness the manufacturers got THAT problem flushed out.

 

[Treasure Detector]

You found a good one. Those are the best ones to find.

 

[Functional]

Nice find. I saw one of those on eBay stores for $3.25, but it wasn't in as good a condition as yours.
http://cgi.ebay.com/1820-Large-Cent...ryZ11949QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
A person would think that was worth alot more considering its age. I think I'd value it alot more for my personal collection if I found one.

F.

 

[hollowpointred]

really nice! now go back and get that old silver!

 

[staceysallaboutu]

Great Coin

 

[rustynails]

I love them LC's! Nice find and I'd hunt that place hard.

 

[Southcacalaky]

Nice Job, Art...

 

[sonny0065]

Great find. Keep looking. HH Sonny

 

[ModernMiner]

FANTASTIC!!!
That is very cool. Glad you stuck with it.
Congrats.
-MM-