Fugio, Draped Bust LC, buttons

[Lodge Scent]

It has been at least a couple of months since I had the opportunity to get out in the woods and really swing the coil. I slept poorly last night and I swear it was because I was excited like a little kid, knowing I was heading for the woods bright and early. I will sleep good tonight :sleepy:.

Hiked through the thick and wet woods to get to a cellar hole I had hit before with good success. There is so much iron at that site that I figured if I went slow enough I could sniff out a goody or two. I hit the Draped Bust first. Didn't know what I had until i got it home and cleaned it. Obverse is toasted but it gave up a date (1802).

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I dug a couple of buttons before I sniffed out the Fugio. I was digging just about anything that hinted it might have been something besides iron. No mistaking what I had found.

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Dug a few more buttons. Couple of them pewter and one tombac. Towards the back of the site, a tree had blown over revealing an old colonial era shell midden. The two pewter buttons came from the midden.

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The reverse of the Fugio cleaned up nice. The obverse cleaned up well enough to give the date (1787).

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Mosquitos were bad but DEET kept them at bay. Deer flies were a nuisance. I swallowed at least two spiders. Also found the remains of an old divider compass.

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Stay safe!

Jeff

[Tony Two-Cent]

Fantastic finds, Jeff! :wow:

Both the Fugio and the Draped Bust are beautiful to my eyes! :loveit:

Both have nice clear dates. :yes:

:congrats:

[coinnut]

Nice couple of coppers. Sorry about the spiders lol hmmmm... tasty :shocked01: Glad you got a date of of the Draped Bust. The Fugio is always a 1787, but it's still nice to be able read the date anyways. Worth the trip and the critters that came with it.

[del]

:wow: a fugio and an early large cent thats a great day out Jeff |:cheering: |:cheering:

Jeff if you can post good pictures showing some of the details of the date and lower motto with decent lighting i might be able to varify the variety for you.

[aloldstuff]

:congrats: on the Fugio and the Draped Bust coppers. I know that I don't hunt the woods but every time I read these posts about those type of coins it makes me want to give it a try.

Deer flies are always a nuisance, they just won't go away.

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

awesome day out! wish i could say the same,i had my worst hunt ever! may go to the hospital today to get a x ray on my knee.i'm sure todd Thiltzy will tell ya about our adveture :embarrassed:

[OxShoeDrew]

Wow! Super keepers! :daydream:
The bugs are down in my area. I didn't even use spray the last few days. :dontknow:
That is a crazy pile of shells too. Good luck on return trips.

[Thiltzy]

Way to sniff out some nice keepers amongst the iron :clapping: Two nice old coppers you nabbed and the Fugio is still on my bucket list :congrats:

[Lodge Scent]

Nice couple of coppers. Sorry about the spiders lol hmmmm... tasty

Thanks folks!

I looked them up. Those spiders I ate were Spined Micrathena spiders. Ugly....but tasty ;)

Dan, I will try and get some better pics for an attempted ID on the Fugio.

[Bell-Two]

Great job on recovery of a couple of choice Coppers, wow a Fugio...I can only dream :smitten:

[switch]

:omg: - I need to find that stuff.... crying01

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

them ugly spiders are everywhere.got plenty across my face this year! >:/