More Large Coppers!

[Bell-Two]

Saturday after Thanksgiving was a cool and windy day in Ohio but tradition dictated I get out for a hunt. I went out on my own in the morning and my first stop was at a plowed field. The ground was still hard and the big clumps made walking very difficult. I just found a few bits of copper and brass so I decided to move on. Hit another field for the first time this year and again not much going on….except for the wind…and cold… So I packed my stuff and headed for home to await a call from Doug to set up another hunt in the afternoon. We met up and drove out to the fields this time we went to a Cornfield that Diane had done great at; two Large Cents and a Two Cent piece were her scores at this site. The “promising” signals were few and far between and I was thinking that the people who lived here in the mid 19th century only had three coins and Diane found them all! Finally I got a decent signal right near a cornstalk a 12-44 on the CTX and I had a good feeling about this one and I was right as I dug a nice Large Cent! It is a very nice 1854 Braided Hair in super condition and it cleaned up very nice. We then moved on to a house site and got a few wheats and a play dime. Doug got a Longfellow badge and some wheats. See video for more finds including Doug's Big Copper of last week.

This Large Cent is sharp in detail but the date is weakly struck.





[video]http://youtu.be/47WE2JgnGWE[/video]

 

[GKMan]

Very nice Tony!

 

[doc1964]

Way to go Tony - I was out yesterday and only dug one good coin all day - a large cent but not nearly as nice as yours!

 

[banditicey]

Love Large Cents

Great Job Tony

 

[Bell-Two]

Here is a closeup of the weak date.

 

[banditicey]

1854
It Looks Clear From The Close Up But It Could Be 1554 But No LOL

What Camera Do You Use?

 

[Bell-Two]

I use a Canon XS130 not the greatest but it works ok most of the time....sorta like me!

 

[NebTrac]

Great job on the LC Tony! Thanks for the pictures.

NebTrac

 

[Stever0812]

Nice job! I am also glad we had a total melting of all that snow out here, I was able to go on another 3 hour hunt in search of more coppers, but only got some horse harness buckles.

 

[sube]

That's a wonderful coin Tony good luck on your next hunt . sube

 

[GateKeeper]

Nice hunt and video. So, what made you to decide and hunt that field? Tell us the about what research you did to pinpoint that spot.

 

[Bell-Two]

The house site was on the 1855 map and according to Google maps it was now a field. Approached owner and got permission on all his fields. Gary GKMan sent me some information originally on this and a some other sites I did the follow up on this site. Several of the other sites were ones I researched in the same manner.

I have been very successful in getting permissions this year from farmers. Most all my hunt sites had a house, school or another structure on it. When approaching finding the site in a large field I try to line up by triangulation if possible by using existing structures or by streams or other natural things that are immovable. We proceed to the estimated position while looking for brick, glass, crockery. Using the detectors as well to find the typical iron that surrounds old home sites. Sometimes there is not a lot of debris so you look also for a higher spot in the field since houses typically were built on the higher spots for drainage purposes.