BB_in_Maine
Elite Member
Hey all - haven't posted in a while - been super busy with work and haven't been detecting as much... Finally got back into it with gusto in the last week or so and have made a couple dandy finds...
The 1876 Canadian LC was my first copper for over a month - it was in a spot I have been many times - not sure how I missed it. It is very fragile and started to crumble so I had to photograph it in a coin sleeve. I brought it home in the dirt I found it in - that first photo it what it looked like before I cleaned and ID'ed it. The back leaf design is such a gorgeous pattern - what a handsome coin.
I have had insane luck with bells this year - about 10 crotal bells and over half a dozen standard bells as well, and many of them are really beautiful - here's the most recent digs...
Buttons, buttons - just a few of the many - a big dandy, a sweet gilded, a little tombac cuff, and a GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) 2-piece.
My first skeleton key! Super stoked on this find - what a nice piece in great shape...
And best for last....*drumroll* Today I was out in a new area WAY out in the middle of nowhere where I had been told there was an old 1805 site... Long story short, I got lost, got even more lost, happened onto a road, headed down it, and ran into the site. At that point it was 7:30 pm and almost dark - cranked up the headlamps and hunted back in there till 9:15 - only found one flat button and an axe head... So I headed out on the road, not knowing where it would come out... Well, about a half mile from the site I found this copper in a very wet, clay filled section of the road... Knew it had to be old, but it wasn't till I got it home, cleaned it, and let it dry that the date emerged, and then just enough faint outline to see what it was... She's a beater, but yes indeedy, it sure looks like a 1797 Draped Bust LC (Ironpatch if you disagree with this ID please let me know!) It's my first Draped Bust, and my new oldest American coin... I have been wanting one of these so bad, can't even tell you how thrilled I am... YES!!!!!
This makes all those mosquito bitten, skunked out, didn't find a damned thing hunts worth it!!!!
Thanks for looking and Happy Hunting, BB
The 1876 Canadian LC was my first copper for over a month - it was in a spot I have been many times - not sure how I missed it. It is very fragile and started to crumble so I had to photograph it in a coin sleeve. I brought it home in the dirt I found it in - that first photo it what it looked like before I cleaned and ID'ed it. The back leaf design is such a gorgeous pattern - what a handsome coin.
I have had insane luck with bells this year - about 10 crotal bells and over half a dozen standard bells as well, and many of them are really beautiful - here's the most recent digs...
Buttons, buttons - just a few of the many - a big dandy, a sweet gilded, a little tombac cuff, and a GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) 2-piece.
My first skeleton key! Super stoked on this find - what a nice piece in great shape...
And best for last....*drumroll* Today I was out in a new area WAY out in the middle of nowhere where I had been told there was an old 1805 site... Long story short, I got lost, got even more lost, happened onto a road, headed down it, and ran into the site. At that point it was 7:30 pm and almost dark - cranked up the headlamps and hunted back in there till 9:15 - only found one flat button and an axe head... So I headed out on the road, not knowing where it would come out... Well, about a half mile from the site I found this copper in a very wet, clay filled section of the road... Knew it had to be old, but it wasn't till I got it home, cleaned it, and let it dry that the date emerged, and then just enough faint outline to see what it was... She's a beater, but yes indeedy, it sure looks like a 1797 Draped Bust LC (Ironpatch if you disagree with this ID please let me know!) It's my first Draped Bust, and my new oldest American coin... I have been wanting one of these so bad, can't even tell you how thrilled I am... YES!!!!!
This makes all those mosquito bitten, skunked out, didn't find a damned thing hunts worth it!!!!
Thanks for looking and Happy Hunting, BB
