This morning I was going to hit the field where I found that nice pistareen a couple of weeks ago but decided I really needed to get in a good hike. Just too much holiday cheer this year. So I decided to hike out to a remote site that I've pounded in the past. The hike was the goal, anything I might find when I got there was just a bonus.
This is an older site. No stone foundations, just a couple of depressions in the ground. The youngest coin I've found there in the past was an 1803 LC. After poking around the scrub oak a while I hit another 1803 DB large cent.
The obverse is a bit toasty but the reverse is in great shape.
It's a small date, small fraction variety and it has the mumps. Looks like a match to the Sheldon 248.
So I got in a great hike with a copper as a bonus. Deer ticks still active.