So been busy but made time to get out several times over the last few weeks. Going to try and hit the highlights...#54, 55, 56, 58, 60, & 61 were Mercury/Rosie dimes, #57 was a '48 GW, and #62 was a dateless SLQ pulled from various parks and schools here in town.
So Ive been working a particular field that has produced several seated for me lately, not to mention numerous mid-century silvers and loads of wheat pennies. I was back there over the holiday break and got over a peep of high tone in one direction with corresponding vdi in the 20s while in park 1. Cut a nice deep plug and pulled out several square nail fragments while cleaning out the hole. Checked it again with the Nox, and the signal cleaned up substantially and now reporting 29-32. Churned up the bottom of the hole to loosen the dirt and get a glimpse of a large silver rim. Used my hand to brush aside the loose dirt in the bottom of the hole and see half sized coin staring back up at me, 1871 S (#59)! My 2nd seated half from this field.
A while back I talked to an older gentleman in town who owns a jewelry store who gave me some info on the location of an old "natural spring" where travelers would stop and water their horses once they arrived in town. I took it with a grain of salt since he claimed it was located in center field of a local baseball field. Ive found several Mercury dimes at this spot, and 2 silver quarters, but nothing as old as hes claiming this spot is.
Not having any new spots I remembered what this guy told me and gave it a shot today. I wandered around and found a mercury (#61) and a dateless SLQ (#62) as mentioned above so im perfectly content at this point. Then I got what I thought was another silver quarter signal....smack dab in center field. Popped a plug and the hole immediately filled with water due to all the recent rain. Stuck the pinpointer in hole and it alerts me that its dead center but deeper. Re-holstered the digger and stuck both hands in the hole and dredged out several handfuls of sloppy mud and plopped it off to the side. Pinpointer back in the hole and its still somewhere in the muck. A few handfuls later the pointer tells me its no longer in the hole but in the mound off to the side. Spread out the mud using the pinpointer and eventually find a large brown disc. Immediately I think its some sort of token, that is until i wipe my thumb across the obverse and see the faint outline of Lady Liberty looking left, and several stars above her head. Now, Ive watched enough of the Hoover Boys and Quarter Hoarder, and the like to know what Im looking at, but in complete and utter disbelief. This thing is on my bucketlist, but with an asterisk * next to it knowing it would be one of those coins I would never get a coil over. But today I got to check it off my list...1849 Braided Hair Large Cent.
Thanks for looking, and Happy Hunting!
So Ive been working a particular field that has produced several seated for me lately, not to mention numerous mid-century silvers and loads of wheat pennies. I was back there over the holiday break and got over a peep of high tone in one direction with corresponding vdi in the 20s while in park 1. Cut a nice deep plug and pulled out several square nail fragments while cleaning out the hole. Checked it again with the Nox, and the signal cleaned up substantially and now reporting 29-32. Churned up the bottom of the hole to loosen the dirt and get a glimpse of a large silver rim. Used my hand to brush aside the loose dirt in the bottom of the hole and see half sized coin staring back up at me, 1871 S (#59)! My 2nd seated half from this field.
A while back I talked to an older gentleman in town who owns a jewelry store who gave me some info on the location of an old "natural spring" where travelers would stop and water their horses once they arrived in town. I took it with a grain of salt since he claimed it was located in center field of a local baseball field. Ive found several Mercury dimes at this spot, and 2 silver quarters, but nothing as old as hes claiming this spot is.
Not having any new spots I remembered what this guy told me and gave it a shot today. I wandered around and found a mercury (#61) and a dateless SLQ (#62) as mentioned above so im perfectly content at this point. Then I got what I thought was another silver quarter signal....smack dab in center field. Popped a plug and the hole immediately filled with water due to all the recent rain. Stuck the pinpointer in hole and it alerts me that its dead center but deeper. Re-holstered the digger and stuck both hands in the hole and dredged out several handfuls of sloppy mud and plopped it off to the side. Pinpointer back in the hole and its still somewhere in the muck. A few handfuls later the pointer tells me its no longer in the hole but in the mound off to the side. Spread out the mud using the pinpointer and eventually find a large brown disc. Immediately I think its some sort of token, that is until i wipe my thumb across the obverse and see the faint outline of Lady Liberty looking left, and several stars above her head. Now, Ive watched enough of the Hoover Boys and Quarter Hoarder, and the like to know what Im looking at, but in complete and utter disbelief. This thing is on my bucketlist, but with an asterisk * next to it knowing it would be one of those coins I would never get a coil over. But today I got to check it off my list...1849 Braided Hair Large Cent.
Thanks for looking, and Happy Hunting!
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