Large Cents at 1800's Potter Shop

[miserman]

Last Friday I drove to the area of a one-room schoolhouse site that was on an 1865 map. Comparing the old map with a present day aerial view showed that the road was no longer there. After talking with the land owner I was informed that there was still an access lane that could be walked to get to the vicinity of the long gone school. After five hours of detecting I found an 1854 Large Cent and a "farmer drop" 1920 Mercury Dime. After getting home and looking at the map again,I noticed it showed the location of a Potter Shop that was to the south of the schoolhouse site. Yesterday I visited the area again and walked about a mile and a half down the lane, past the school site, to the next high spot in the field which was about 150 yards farther away. I started getting small iron hits right away and also saw small pieces of brick and glazed pottery pieces. With the F75 in Disc 0 with 2F Tones and the FA Process I began finding flat buttons right away. It wasn't long before I found the first Large Cent followed by a fatty Indian Head. After several more buttons I hit two Large Cents in quick succession. I then dug the Canada Montreal Half Penny. Later on I came across a Large Cent that was cut in half, with just enough detail to be able to know that it was a Classic Head variety. I then dug another Large Cent along with another fatty Indian close by. The Large Cents were dated 1837,1848,1851,1853 and they all were loud 88-92 signals. One the Indians was an 1859 that could be identified because of the "no shield" and the other two were from the 1860's. I spent about 7 hours hunting the site and with the ground being wet from the rain the day before,along with the close cut bean stubble,it was an enjoyable hunt. I suspect the people that visited the Pottery Shop had a few coins in their pockets to buy their wares, and money changed hands quite often at the site. There surely has to be some silver around the area. The site can't be accessed by car and it's about a three mile trek to the site and back, but I will probably return and pack a lunch with me the next time.....Thanks for looking

 

[Monte]

Thank you for the wonderful story to get my day started. It brings back memories when I was able to walk well and therefore able to hike into some place. I enjoyed research before I got into serious detecting, and by April of '69 I had quite a few nice places cataloged and ready to hunt.

I found a lot of good coins, tokens and small artifacts from then through the early '80s before we had better detectors for such tasks. 'Thank You' for including the detector used and settings. I always enjoy that info, and the F-75 is one on the detectors I really like.

Curious which coil(s) you used, and where ... in general ... are you located? Snowed here yesterday and another inch or two last night. No detecting here.

Monte

 

[Mark ( ohio )]

Last Friday I drove to the area of a one-room schoolhouse site that was on an 1865 map. Comparing the old map with a present day aerial view showed that the road was no longer there. After talking with the land owner I was informed that there was still an access lane that could be walked to get to the vicinity of the long gone school. After five hours of detecting I found an 1854 Large Cent and a "farmer drop" 1920 Mercury Dime. After getting home and looking at the map again,I noticed it showed the location of a Potter Shop that was to the south of the schoolhouse site. Yesterday I visited the area again and walked about a mile and a half down the lane, past the school site, to the next high spot in the field which was about 150 yards farther away. I started getting small iron hits right away and also saw small pieces of brick and glazed pottery pieces. With the F75 in Disc 0 with 2F Tones and the FA Process I began finding flat buttons right away. It wasn't long before I found the first Large Cent followed by a fatty Indian Head. After several more buttons I hit two Large Cents in quick succession. I then dug the Canada Montreal Half Penny. Later on I came across a Large Cent that was cut in half, with just enough detail to be able to know that it was a Classic Head variety. I then dug another Large Cent along with another fatty Indian close by. The Large Cents were dated 1837,1848,1851,1853 and they all were loud 88-92 signals. One the Indians was an 1859 that could be identified because of the "no shield" and the other two were from the 1860's. I spent about 7 hours hunting the site and with the ground being wet from the rain the day before,along with the close cut bean stubble,it was an enjoyable hunt. I suspect the people that visited the Pottery Shop had a few coins in their pockets to buy their wares, and money changed hands quite often at the site. There surely has to be some silver around the area. The site can't be accessed by car and it's about a three mile trek to the site and back, but I will probably return and pack a lunch with me the next time.....Thanks for looking

FANTASTIC hunt !! Once again it goes to show what doing a bit of research will accomplish . With all those large cents, maybe some seated are in the ground. Great finds for sure.
Mark ( ohio )

 

[jim tn]

Neat write up and great hunting on your part, both in locating the site and recovering some highly coveted old coins. HH jim tn

 

[JCR TX]

Those are great finds from a great location.