I finally am getting around to posting these pictures from last weekend. My 13 y.o. son and I went out md'ing at an old cellar hole that I know has been hit before. Unfortunately people have been tearing up the foundation, also there are metal things like beer cans, etc. laying on stumps and the edge of the foundation. So we weren't the first to explore there. Any way Matt was using my old White's Eagle and I with the Etrac.
Now I don't know about you but if I found my first Large Cent I would be hooting and hollering. We had been there about 30 minutes and Matt came up as he usually does, hand closed and proposing for me to hold out my hand. Low and behold he drops this 1844 LC (slightly bent and a ding) but in good detail. It was on the dirt roadway leading to the area. I couldn't believe it. NICE find Matt. I was so pumped for him to have found it, and the smile on his face was showing me his excitement. We speculate that it got damaged from being driven on some time ago.
A short time later I pulled this worn, no date Draped Bust LC. Using two tone FE, and doing a modified wiggle, short sweeps listening for those pops. This one came in at 15-47 and was down only 4"-5" in a nulling area, not a great steady signal, really choppy but hit both ways.
The last LC is the best that I have ever found detail wise. This 1849 must have been lost right after it came from the bank. Only thing is...it has some tough green on the face, I can't get it to come off and don't want to damage it. Same thing, TT FE, short sweeps back and forth, this one was a sketchy sounding one also due to the trash in the ground.
That afternoon we left and went to a beach and Matt found this awesome Franklin half. Again he holds his excitement well! Hand out and drops this nice silver. His first silver half.
Thanks for looking.
Now I don't know about you but if I found my first Large Cent I would be hooting and hollering. We had been there about 30 minutes and Matt came up as he usually does, hand closed and proposing for me to hold out my hand. Low and behold he drops this 1844 LC (slightly bent and a ding) but in good detail. It was on the dirt roadway leading to the area. I couldn't believe it. NICE find Matt. I was so pumped for him to have found it, and the smile on his face was showing me his excitement. We speculate that it got damaged from being driven on some time ago.
A short time later I pulled this worn, no date Draped Bust LC. Using two tone FE, and doing a modified wiggle, short sweeps listening for those pops. This one came in at 15-47 and was down only 4"-5" in a nulling area, not a great steady signal, really choppy but hit both ways.
The last LC is the best that I have ever found detail wise. This 1849 must have been lost right after it came from the bank. Only thing is...it has some tough green on the face, I can't get it to come off and don't want to damage it. Same thing, TT FE, short sweeps back and forth, this one was a sketchy sounding one also due to the trash in the ground.
That afternoon we left and went to a beach and Matt found this awesome Franklin half. Again he holds his excitement well! Hand out and drops this nice silver. His first silver half.
Thanks for looking.
