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2 Mercs, 3 Cent coin, 3 Buffalo nickels, Wheats, and Colonial Copper?!

R

ronfin

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What a day! It just gets better and better every time I hit this park. So, a little recap. I stumbled upon a new honey hole. I'd like to call it the "Money Tree" since all of my finds the last few days have been around this really old tree with giants roots that stretch out on top of the soil for about 30 feet. On Saturday I found 3 dimes, 2 Mecury, 1 Barber (my first) and a ton of old Wheats. On Monday I found 3 more Mercury dimes, a silver ring, and a lot more Wheats. So here we are today. I made a camera mount mod for the E-Trac so I could film my hunts better, and I didn't have a lot of expectations going back to this area of the park again. How could it get better, or so I thought. I decided to focus my hunt around the area where I found 2 mercs and a ring all within a few feet of each other. I couldn't have foreseen how awesome today was gonna be. First, a Mercury dime. Then my first Buffalo nickel just a foot from that hole. Then another Buffalo nickel a foot from that hole, and then another, and then a wheat, and another, and this went on all afternoon. Then I hit a weird signal, dig it, and BAM! A 3 cent! I thought "This is it, day over, best find ever!" Nope! Another Merc, then the "SIGNAL" that still has me blown away. I get this deep 1-40 signal on the E-Trac under a section of the giant root (VIDEO TO COME!), and out pops this super old coin? Please, someone has to help me identify this one. It's biggger than a quarter, has a bust of someone on it, and giant letters hard to make out that go around the bust. This thing is old! Check out the pics and tell me if ya know what it is!

New mod on the E-Tac for holding my iPhone and filming:



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What is this? Look at the angel and the bust and how it looks. There's large writing that goes around the bust really faint.



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BAM! THE MONEY TREE DIDN'T LET ME DOWN!



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Couldn't have dug all the good stuff without digging all this junk too!



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Do you know how hard it is to do the Running Man and Cabbage Patch while holding an E-Trac? :)



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Video of all my digs coming soon! I had an awesome day. :grin:
 
Great range of coins!
Your large copper is likely a George III, or one of the many period counterfiet halfpence that circulated in the colonies.
If it weighs less than 9 grams, it's likely a CF, which is better that a genuine, IMO.
Many coppers used a bust similar to that, wasn't I surprised when I found one that turned out to be a 1783 'Georgius Triumpho'
George Washington token :surprised: story goes that the british minter of these had no image of Washington, so they used a G. III bust :crazy: The reverse side image will give more clues.
Congrats!!
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You are killing that place!!! Keep up the good work and Congrats
 
Wow! Absolutely amazing Ron! That 3 center, looks to be in immaculate shape! Congratulations on all the 'firsts' and all the other finds.

More than likely, there is a lot more there. Keep it up!

NebTrac
 
Congrats on all of the finds. The 3 center is a really neat coin. Still waiting to find one. Can you give us some details about your mod for the iPhone? Could you pull a date off of the George III coin?
 
The mount mod is a car suction-cup mount that I taped with hockey tape and then camo wrap. Works great.

The coin is soaking in Olive oil so ir'll be a while until I may be able to tell.
 
Just absolutely AMAZING:hot:

A DREAM

So many on my Wish List

Any Date on your George III?

What State are you in?

I would be tempted to camp out around your Tree

Major Congrats
 
No date yet. It's soaking in olive oil. Will boil it a little tonight but don't wanna damage it. I live in Philadelphia, so I'm very luck to be in this history rich environment.
 
Way too cool Ron,

This spot rocks and you are rockin it!!!

Congrats on beautiful finds,

Moose
 
Thanks all. I've been so fortunate to be able to hunt such a target rich park. I didn't keep the park much of a "secret", so I'm sure I'll have some MD buddies showing up real soon. :)
 
Sweet finds
 
Outstanding finds Ron - a huge congrats ! :thumbup:
 
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