Silver And Large Cent

[angellionel]

A return trip to the park to pick up from where I had left off gridding yesterday yielded me four more silver coins, three mercury dimes and one Rosie. I also dug up a 1829 large cent. I was happy to see that it was in fairly good condition, even with the environmental damage .

The large cent was not far from where I dug up the 1917 mercury dime. After digging about nine inches of soil I used the probe to help me determine the location of the target as I did not want to clip it with my digger. The Fe/Co numbers were hitting much like a silver quarter would. I scooped several more inches of soil expecting (hoping for) a Barber quarter or a Standing Liberty quarter. Then I saw the large cent, which was a very nice surprise too. Up to now all the large cents I have picked up with the E-Trac have hit with a Co no higher than 46. This one was hitting a solid 47 while using the probe.



Here is one silver coin still encased in soil.



It turned out to be a 1917 mercury dime.



Four more silver dimes added to my collection.



HH!

[marchas45]

Man I want to go to your park but I probably still wouldn't find any silver Congrats Angel great finds.

[coinnut]

Nice hunt Angel. Them silvers keep coming at you! You might make 400 yet Nice surprise on the large cent, it should clean up fairly well. Most every large cent I have found, read 12-46, thicker ones have read 10-46 and some George II, III's have read 12-44 or 45. Never found one that read 12-47 yet. All I find that read that number is ox knobs

[angellionel]

Nice hunt Angel. Them silvers keep coming at you! You might make 400 yet Nice surprise on the large cent, it should clean up fairly well. Most every large cent I have found, read 12-46, thicker ones have read 10-46 and some George II, III's have read 12-44 or 45. Never found one that read 12-47 yet. All I find that read that number is ox knobs

If I make 400 someone better have a video recorder, because I will be doing the Macarena, Samba, and merengue all at once.

On the large cent, that's why I thought the target was likely going to be a silver quarter. It's the first one I have come across to have hit that high. I'm glad it wasn't an ox knob though.

[Epi-hunter]

When putting the probe into the dug hole you tend to get a more accurate Fe-Co reading because you are closer to the target. And if the coin is more worn, the Co numbers tend to be a bit lower than expected in my experience, correct? This LC is in better condition than most LC's found in the northeast that I have seen (although fairly bad condition compared to how they come out of the ground in the Midwest )

I have only found one LC with the E-trac, but it read Co 46-47 before I dug, and closer to 47 with the probe in the hole. It was about six inches. I thought at the time that it was a silver quarter.

Nice finds Angel. Yet again

[Jason in Enid]

OK, sorry for the side-track, but what the heck is an ox-knob?

[catskillcomics]

Holy cow.. a few more silver coins and you can do this

[angellionel]

OK, sorry for the side-track, but what the heck is an ox-knob?

I'm not sure, but I think coinnut had posted a photo of one recently.

Holy cow.. a few more silver coins and you can do this

[Dave]

Congratulations on finding even more silver in that mine of your's! Good luck on that 400 number.

[del]

now thats my kind of day Angel some silvers and a large copper cent , keep it up and you'll beat Coinnut to 40 coppers before him

as for oxknobs he is the king of finding them and probably has a name for each and every one he has now

[OkieDigger]

Even Plataville doesn't have that much silver.

[angellionel]

now thats my kind of day Angel some silvers and a large copper cent , keep it up and you'll beat Coinnut to 40 coppers before him

as for oxknobs he is the king of finding them and probably has a name for each and every one he has now

Are you kidding? I'm still at the starting line doing my shoelaces. I think I have only 13 coppers this year, but I'm happy with that, even if all I'm seeing is dust before me.

Even Plataville doesn't have that much silver.

I'll tell you Dale, one of the things I love about the E-Trac is being able to work the trashy sites most others tend to avoid. I have been doing so with every park I have hit this year, 34 or so, and with the exception of perhaps four or five, they all have yielded at least one silver coin.

[coinnut]

OK, sorry for the side-track, but what the heck is an ox-knob?

OK since Del is too busy making his ox knobs into earings and necklaces (he likes to wear them out detecting) , I will show you what an ox knob looks like. They are used to put on the cut horns of the ox. I guess oxen can get pretty fiesty and hurt you and each other, so they make these guards for the horns. They ring out between a quarter and half dollar. They are usually deep and are always good for a swear word or two They are the pull tabs of colonial hunting!!!

[MNDigger]

Way to pull some more silver from that park Angel! Seems to be a never ending supply of silver there! The LC definatley would have made my day though!

[Lane]

Sweet! I think those large cents are so cool. Nice digs all the way around.

[SeabeeRon]

If I make 400 someone better have a video recorder, because I will be doing the Macarena, Samba, and merengue all at once.

OK, everybody get your cameras ready, cuz he just might make it!!

[angellionel]

OK, everybody get your cameras ready, cuz he just might make it!!

I'll make sure to wear a clown outfit too.

[SeabeeRon]

I'll make sure to wear a clown outfit too.

Nah, just put on the 70's detecting wear in that pic that has made the rounds!!

[angellionel]

Nah, just put on the 70's detecting wear in that pic that has made the rounds!!

Even better!

[Krom]

OK, sorry for the side-track, but what the heck is an ox-knob?

Here's a few more different styles, J:
(pesky buggers, with thier silver-soundin' signals, they are)