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1817 My Oldest Coin find to date

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osgood

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Driving through a small town yesterday I decided to turn on Church Street. I figure there might be a "Park Street" down the road. Then I see they where replacing a sidewalk, at a 1850s church. Found out they had replaced them about 30 years ago. With the 75LTD, I did the 60 ft strip and got only one coin, an 1817 large cent in pretty good shape. That was a great feeling. Havnt gotten a real old coin yet this year. Glad on a hunch I took that turn. I was surprised i was getting nothing, not even clad, but about 8 mins into the swing i get the large one about 4 inches deep in the dirt. That is my earliest coin to date. Im trying to see if it is a 15 star or 13 star-I think they made both that year, and that style large cent was only begun in 1816. Im closing in on the earlier century mark- hope to do that some day before I go.Thanks all for lookin,CO
 
Cool find ozzy, you got me by 39 years!!! What was the tid on that beauty?
 
VERY NICE!!!!! last copper i found couldn't read anything at all i will trade you that one is nice, strange that i found this last night and it was a solid 75 at 7-8"
 
That is a very nice coin CO. Nice detecting.....Z
 
Thank you all for your comments. This happened to me once before, where I was really hoping maybe a mercury might turn up and bam a large cent- you really dont know when luck will come your way. Good Hunting All, the summers not half over yet. CO
 
Congrats! I found an 1817 1 Bremen Kreuzer over here in Germany was pretty corroded though but still a nice old coin.
 
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