What an exciting afternoon I had! :happydance01: After taking care of some business, I was able to sneak out for some afternoon detecting. I had been eager to hit a small park that had seemed promising. Once there I detected for some time, but the park was being stingy with its treasures. >:/ So I took off to another site. Not counting the 30 minutes to get to the location, I had just over two hours left to detect, so I wasted no time once I was there. I grabbed my E-Trac, gloves, and digger, and began to 'sing' to the ground to spare some change. lol
The section I was working had plenty of surface targets, but I just concentrated on the deeper signals. After about 15 minutes I had my first good sounding signal, a deep one for sure, with a small pinpoint signature. I cut a plug, and after digging just over 10 inches deep I retrieved a large copper, a Draped Bust it looked like. I wasted no time admiring it though, and quickly placed it in my pouch. It was now time to slowly work the area in a grid pattern. :yes:
Long story short, by the time I had to leave, the site yielded me eight coppers, a 1908-D Barber dime, a 1939-S mercury dime, a 1907 Indian Head cent, and a few wheat cents. :happydance01:
The eight coppers. The oldest is a 1783 Nova Constelatio, blunt rays variety. :shocked04: Two of the coppers are Draped Bust large cents. I'm barely able to make out the date on one - 1798. I also dug a King George Copper, and four other large cents, three of them dated 1810, 1838, 1848.
The 1783 Nova Constelatio. It's beat up, but still pretty. :smitten:
The Draped Bust large cents.
The King George Copper. I can't make out a date.
These are the three other large cents where I can make out the date.
And the silver and Indian Head cent.
Have fun detecting this weekend everyone!
The section I was working had plenty of surface targets, but I just concentrated on the deeper signals. After about 15 minutes I had my first good sounding signal, a deep one for sure, with a small pinpoint signature. I cut a plug, and after digging just over 10 inches deep I retrieved a large copper, a Draped Bust it looked like. I wasted no time admiring it though, and quickly placed it in my pouch. It was now time to slowly work the area in a grid pattern. :yes:
Long story short, by the time I had to leave, the site yielded me eight coppers, a 1908-D Barber dime, a 1939-S mercury dime, a 1907 Indian Head cent, and a few wheat cents. :happydance01:
The eight coppers. The oldest is a 1783 Nova Constelatio, blunt rays variety. :shocked04: Two of the coppers are Draped Bust large cents. I'm barely able to make out the date on one - 1798. I also dug a King George Copper, and four other large cents, three of them dated 1810, 1838, 1848.
The 1783 Nova Constelatio. It's beat up, but still pretty. :smitten:
The Draped Bust large cents.
The King George Copper. I can't make out a date.
These are the three other large cents where I can make out the date.
And the silver and Indian Head cent.
Have fun detecting this weekend everyone!
erfect10:
) You pulled more LC's than I did Wheat Cents today. :crying02:
mg:! All those large cents, and silver. :clapping: I'm still looking for my first L.C. |
