How did everyone miss it? The E800 sniffed it out like a bloodhound :rofl:

[JimmyCT]

Never in a million years would I have dreamed of a 1842 large cent coming out of the place I was at today. It has been pounded for years and years by detectorists. How in the world did all the hunters miss it? Right near one of the entrances and only 3" deep! I'll admit I missed it too with several different brand detectors. When the Equinox came upon this target, it screamed out a nice high tone ( I believe the TID was at 33... could of been a little bit higher). I thought for sure I was going to be digging a good size piece of copper pipe of some sort as this place is disgustingly loaded with junk.

I have found a few wheat cents and silver dimes some of which are from the early 1900's from this location but this caught me completely off guard. Still scratching and will be scratching my head for a while how so many missed it (Including myself lol )

Also found a cool Frigidaire Key fob

Settings: Field2, 50 tones, iron bias 3, sensitivity 20, reactivity aka recovery speed of 6.

 

[fwcrawford]

Boy Jim.. you did do some digging today.. nice finds!!

 

[jim tn]

Some nice finds there. The copper pipe thinking on the large cent at only 3" is probably why it was still there. Because it was shallow and its size others may have thought it was a bottle cap. Just goes to show one never knows. Good you sniffed it out. HH jim tn

 

[Mark kus]

Nice I've found large cents in school yards that were once all farm fields found a 1809 just a few weeks ago about 4" down in a soccer field that has a newer school near it.

 

[Sweeping-4-junk]

Maybe a coil just never went over that little "spot" before , it's possible even on pounded out sites. Seen it happen loads of times.

 

[bootyhoundpa]

Multi frequency with fast recovery, sounds like a great combination. ... congrats. ..

 

[JimmyCT]

Good thought Jimmy! I am glad they aren't digging these signals

Some nice finds there. The copper pipe thinking on the large cent at only 3" is probably why it was still there. Because it was shallow and its size others may have thought it was a bottle cap. Just goes to show one never knows. Good you sniffed it out. HH jim tn

 

[Possum]

Outstanding, Congrats!!!

 

[UtahRich]

earthlypotluck,

How does something like that get missed ? NO IDEA. Perhaps there was a little rusty iron stuff nearby, it was big and shallow (sprinkler head like), we can guess until the cows come home. Good thing is that you didn't miss it with your EQ.

Rich -

 

[TinCanBeach]

Congratulations on such a cool find! The Large Cent is one of my favorite coins.

 

[Foreverteachable]

That is totally awesome!