Had a couple of hours to hunt the other day and thought I would drive about a half hour south to hunt in the hope the ground wasn't frozen solid in the woods. Had a spot I picked out a few months ago that I never got to. Met my friend Charles over there and thought we'd give it a shot. It's right next to a stream and not far from the site of an old mill. Hit the woods and found there was a lot of trash. After about 15 minutes got a good signal and low and behold it was an 1864 2 Cent piece. It's only the 3rd 2 cent piece I've found in 35 years. I had found my second about 6 months ago and the first one was more than 30 years ago. They only made them for a short period of time and it seems they didn't circulate much. Although the 1864 is one of the most common dates I was happy to find it. Considering what it looked like when I pulled it out of the ground it didn't clean up too bad. Ended up pulling a 1907 Indian too which was also pretty poor looking coming out of the ground. Only found 2 coins, but at least they weren't clad or memorials.
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