HEAVYMETALNUT (Dave) & Thiltzy (Todd_ hosted Issac and I at one of their areas for some relic hunting . I had a great feeling about this spot and knew there was going to be some very good finds found. I fist met Isaac and his Father (David) at the meeting place and prepared them for a day of long hikes. Both are good people and I give a huge amount of credit to David who came out and stayed with Isaac all day (what a great Dad!!)
We set out to find a "new site" and wandered the forest for a bit until we found it . it was a nice looking area but not a lot of targets left , I think i picked up a .30 caliber pistol round ball. Later at the next site is where i get the 1814 classic large cent at almost 8 inches (its in rough shape) .
I yell to Dave "classic head" then i take one step over and the dfx is saying another coin. after about 5 inches i see the small silver disk covered in dirt , I 'm thinking spanish silver as i try to get a better look .
"Capped bust dime " I yelled out to everyone .
Later at this site I picked up a few smaller buttons one was another convex cuff sized eagle artillery but like the other one i found at this site its in rough shape as well. We stopped at a couple other sites where i picked some small tombac buttons then at the last site i finally found my large one-piece eagle button . this one looks to be in pretty nice shape too.
the Dime cleaned up
and the button and dime together
I can't thank Dave and Todd enough for stepping up and letting Isaac and I come down and join them on this hunt .
Dan