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V3 takes oldest coin yet

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magic

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Was out at my secret location yesterday with Amy, handyman and Tana.
It was a great day with beautiful weather and a great location to hunt.
Started off the day with a few wheats and then come my first silver, a 1926 merc. Found a few more wheats and then came up on this nice 1954 quarter. Then about 5 minutes later,... a 1945 walking half! I was very happy and I also had no clue what I was about to find.
The day kinda dried up after that with a few wheats here and there and then I found a long metal thing..Maybe a knife handle or something..It has decoration on it and rivets at both ends like a knife would have. The I changed spots for a while...then BOOM.. big hit I couldn't believe what I had just pulled out of the ground. Couldn't tell at the time but when I got home, I found it was a 1812 large cent! My oldest coin I found yet. I found an old bowling pin next and then..Another first for me.. I knew it was a cut piece from a coin, (silver) but I couldn't make out from what kind of coin it was cut from. I got home and looked in my book and I found it was from a Heraldic Eagle Reverse (1801-1807)
I could believe it...I wish I could have found the whole coin in tact but a piece is better than nothing... Sorry again about the pics.. Gotta learn this camera....

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Those are super great finds Magic, Is your super secret site new or one you have been pounding awhile? Because if you are getting finds like this in a site you have been over a few times, that would say alot about the V. Might want to submit your story to White's.
As far as your pics go, they look pretty good. I have a printer, scanner, copier all in one and flat objects like coins scan really, really well. Keep up the great work!!!!!!!
 
Everything looks good to me. Nice finds, I can't wait to get back to Illinois. Rob
 
That is a great day of hunting..........:clapping:
 
Nice finds. I won't ask where your secret location is, but could you say what kind of site it is -- home site, picnic area, campsite, or what. Just curious.
 
robertk said:
Nice finds. I won't ask where your secret location is, but could you say what kind of site it is -- home site, picnic area, campsite, or what. Just curious.
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Its an old mill site that has had people around it since 1804,

This place has been hunted before, by how many I dont know. Finds are few and far between. It is very rough area, lots of steep hills and and woods. Poison oak everywhere...(I get it every time I go!) :angry:
It still kills me to know someone could cut up that coin! I know that is what they did back then but.....Maybe I will one day find one that whole!
 
Here is the front of the coin..looks better in person. The handle thing has rivit pins at both ends like a knife handle does...???? dont really know what it could be..

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great finds, magic! that draped bust silver sliver looks like it woulda been off a half, and would have traded on par with a dime. very cool!
 
Great hunt, Majic! Congrats.

Capt Ron
 
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