What Should You Have Found By Now?

[Fire Fighter 43]

I'm approaching 38 years of detecting and I thought I would have found a silver dollar and a gold coin by now. I guess. I'll just keep dreaming and stay positive.

 

[OxShoeDrew]

Planning on planting finds for people, drew? Lol.

Judging by one place I hunted being used since 1658, and a colonial home, and two old schools I hit, I would have thought anything before 1900. I'm not picky

Your wish is my command. (jeesh I hope some of these posts are found :lol
I don't see your wish being a problem Mango...you live in CT, 1800s is like falling off a log. :grin:
I may have to plant some of these other posts...Ron's pulltab should be easy.

 

[OxShoeDrew]

I'm approaching 38 years of detecting and I thought I would have found a silver dollar and a gold coin by now. I guess. I'll just keep dreaming and stay positive.

Yikes, that's a toughie, I'm hopin for ya!

 

[RobW]

Missed this thread..then again I wasn't around much around Xmas......

A freakin' 2 Center
Also a later date large cent...I've found many flowing hairs and matrons, even a Fugio....

 

[Tom]

"...we would like to find...but is there one item you thought for sure you'd have dug by now?" Nice try Tom :hystericallaugh:
and Giant...you already found one, anything else you want?

Okay, a gold ring with a real diamond! Got too many lead sinkers and no gold.....:drool:

 

[RobW]

Oh..and congrats on finally finding your 20th century half...too bad it wasn't silver for ya too

 

[del]

A freakin' 2 Center
Also a later date large cent...I've found many flowing hairs and matrons, even a Fugio....

Rob , you confused again ?? you mean "Draped Bust" right ?? nobody finds "flowing hairs" , well unless your Dave and even he only has one .:lol:

 

[RobW]

Rob , you confused again ?? you mean "Draped Bust" right ?? nobody finds "flowing hairs" , well unless your Dave and even he only has one .:lol:

What would you call 1796s and 1797?...it ain't in a bunn.....nor in a cap:dontknow: Am I using the wrong lingo? I think some may say it's "COLON.":lol::duh:

 

[Tony Two-Cent]

U.S. Large Cents by Type:

1793 Flowing Hair
1793-1796 Liberty Cap
1796-1807 Draped Bust
1808-1814 Classic Head
1816-1839 Matron Head
1839-1857 Braided Hair

:grin:

 

[del]

What would you call 1796s and 1797?...it ain't in a bunn.....nor in a cap:dontknow: Am I using the wrong lingo? I think some may say it's "COLON.":lol::duh:

1796 to 1807 Draped bust my friend :grin:

 

[RobW]

OK OK...I'm wrong..I should be use to it..I guess the lady with the Madussa hair and crazy expression in her eyes (I hear that it was made in the likeness of my wife when she hears I'm going detecting) is "flowing"...and we call the "bow" a cap?...I'm still learning this "early" stuff

Poor Tony...knows more about this than me..and he hasn't found one yet.......As mel Fisher would say..today is the day...now go out and find one

 

[RobW]

Ok, so I have Cap, Draped, Classic, Matron...but no Braided.....I won't even hope for a "flowing":lol:

 

[RobW]

At least I learned SOMETHING today.....:embarrassed::embarrassed::embarrassed::embarrassed::embarrassed::embarrassed::embarrassed:

 

[del]

OK OK...I'm wrong..I should be use to it..I guess the lady with the Madussa hair and crazy expression in her eyes (I hear that it was made in the likeness of my wife when she hears I'm going detecting) is "flowing"...and we call the "bow" a cap?...I'm still learning this "early" stuff

Poor Tony...knows more about this than me..and he hasn't found one yet.......As mel Fisher would say..today is the day...now go out and find one

that it i'm sending this post to your wife , Mister :lol:

by the way there is no "bow" it is a cap as in "liberty cap" on a pole. I see George still has a lot of work with you Rob :rofl:

 

[Tony Two-Cent]

Here is a Liberty Cap 1793-1796

And I have found two large cents but they were both back in the early 1980s. One Matron Head and one Braided Hair. I've just never found one with my E-Trac.

 

[RobW]

POLE????What pole? It's in her hair...Is she sitting on it????? That would explain a lot..... Now I'm real confused:twirlingeyes:

 

[del]

POLE????What pole? It's in her hair...Is she sitting on it????? That would explain a lot..... Now I'm real confused:twirlingeyes:

the cap sits on a pole look just in front of her neck of base of the bust line and see the thin pole

 

[RobW]

Here is a Liberty Cap 1793-1796

And I have found two large cents but they were both back in the early 1980s. One Matron Head and one Braided Hair. I've just never found one with my E-Trac.

Yeah...that looks like a BOW to me......UGLY, but a bow.

Ok, now I feel better for you Tony

Sorry I seem to have taken over this discussion:beatdeadhorse::beatdeadhorse::beatdeadhorse:

 

[del]

the idea came from the older versions of lady liberty like on the old coppers they had a lady figure holding a rod and on top was a cap . A liberty cap sat on the top of this rod (you can just see part of the hat on top of the pole on this coin. they took this same idea and just put liberty's face on the coins and also the symbolic cap on the rod .

 

[RobW]

the cap sits on a pole look just in front of her neck of base of the bust line and see the thin pole

OH....now I get it. I have found 2 of these...and have about 17 in my collection......never knew what the hell that line was before...of course none of mine are in that kind of condition as in that PIC

Thanks Tony and Dan for setting me straight and teaching me something:thumbsup01: