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    Road Trip to Ohio with Tony Two-Cent

    Hey Diggers,
    This year marked our 4th trip to Ohio for Tony and I and we both made some good finds. We hunted old houses, old schools, and old parks. We did not find any "virgin" sites but our trusty e-tracs were able to sniff out coins all the other guys missed. Once again it was a real pleasure to take this trip and Tony is great company. Just watching how he metal detects, I learn something new every time! Using his technique I found several older, deeper coins that I had missed on the first pass!

    Here are some of my better finds:
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    Oldest Coin: 100-60 BC Gallic bronze coin (Sequani Tribe)
    Oldest Silver Coin: 1156 hammered Pfennig from (now) Bavaria
    Oldest U.S. coin: 1805 Draped Bust Large Cent
    Best Coins EVER: 1625 4 Sols from Kingdom of Chateau Renaud, France
    1662 15 Kreuzers, Leopold I, Austria
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    Those are some great finds! Congrats, and I'm sure you can't wait to start planning the next trip!
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    Every year the both of you have returned with great finds. The 1920 merc looks to be in fantastic shape. Nice to see a seated among the keepers.
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    Elite Member Digger Don's Avatar
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    You got some great finds there Dave. Love the Seated dime. nice score.
    I wonder if that Sterling piece could have been a barrette?
    I'm glad you guys had a good time and dug some great stuff.
    I still hope we can all get together one more time this year.
    Don
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    Congrats on a great week! Fantastic old seated dime! And a bunch of indians...with a rare 1876!! Well done! Wish I could have met you guys there.
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    Nice early seated. Looks to be in sharp condition. That v cleaned up nice.

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    Awesome finds! Looks like that good luck token still works!
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    To bad that spill with the "16 D" wheat was not reversed with the Merc. That Seated is a beauty for the age. Looks like you guys did have a great trip. Hope to catch some video. WD
    Total silver 3 - Goal 50 (2024 Finds) - 0 Washington - 0 Barber Dimes - 0 Mercury Dimes- - 3 Roosevelt Dimes - 0 V Nickels - 0 Buffalos - 0 War Nickels - 0 Indian - 10 Wheats - $ 3.44 in clad
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    Congrats on a great trip with Tony, you had some nice finds, WTG.


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    WOW!!! Yep,, that's about all I've got,,,,,,,,
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    Dave , I envy at the thought of getting the chance to get out and detect with Tony and the nice assortment of quality finds .
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    so don't expect it from cheap people"

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    Sounds like a great trip with great company! Congrats on your finds

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    Nice score on all those finds. That seated is really great condition. The token looks a lot like a heel plate. It almost looks like the penny would fit inside the hole. The hammered/onyx piece could even be a bracelet. I believe I have something (stainless) where the links were tacked underneath.

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    Some nice digs! Congrats. That V nickel has help up well !
    Oldest find: 5,000 year old copper spearhead
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