an hour hunt after work nets me a nice large cent :

It's still too hot for an all day dig so I've been keeping an eye on this gas station site someones building a mile from my house, waiting for them to move dirt.I rode by and noticed 3 regulars talking with the owner so I stopped in too. They still haven't scraped anything but the owner asked us if we'd like him to move a little dirt off one of the huge piles still sitting there and we said heck yeah.The problem for me is I didn't have my detector with me but they did, darn it!! I took off quick to get it since it's only a mile away surely they wouldnt get it all . I got back and they were covering the small area already.None of them had dug anything from what was in the dirt pile so they decided to leave and hit another 1890's consrtuction site in town.I decided to stay, this sites civil war period and that's what I'm all about. Well I put the LTD in BP mode hoping they'd left something extra deep and they did! It wasn't a lot but I dug an underwear button, a spencer hull, and this nice coin. Not bad for an hour, and we're all still waiting for some more dirt to be moved. There's another good button or two in this place.Chalk this one up to the BP mode on the T2 LTD. It was so deep the 3 other diggers couldn't touch it with what they were using,they'd walked all over it 2 minelabs and a fisher F2. The T2 LTD is a monster of a detector

LP

Nice large cent Pete! There's no tellin what else is there. Very good shape too

WOW !! Thats easily one of the best lookin' LCs I've ever seen dug !! thumbsup01
Sweet find!!
Congrats :grin:

That cleaned up awesome! Congrats on the largie!!

Beauty Lg Cent you found thumbsup01. I found a real nice one not too long ago also, real suprise when they aren't rotted or worn out.

Holy cow that LC is pristine! What a great dig. Congrats!

Nice large cent. Sometimes it pays to know your machine!! I've heard good things about the Fishers even though they can be a bit noisy at times. Construction sites can be trickier than most people think. Disturbed dirt is not the best dirt to have. It pays to know which settings you need for it. I bet some of the other modes would have missed it. Great find and I think you will keep an eye on that site, so you can hit it when they spread some more dirt out.

Modified: My mistake, I thought it was the F2 from Fisher, but it's the T2 from Teknetics, (Bounty Hunter?.) My error on that one lol

Wow, she's a real pretty thing! That's very nice. I love large cents. Congrats on the great find.

Regards, Ken

she's a beauty! wow! nice day and glad you stayed i bet :grin:

Nice One!!!