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Yes wow is all I can say! Diane and I met up with my nephew Paul and his brother and his brothers daughter and went out to a field where an old house once stood. The lady who owns the fields, who is in her 90's says this was her grandfathers house site until it burned down. We started out finding some square nails, parts of spoons, typical farm iron etc. Then I got a decent signal and dug my oldest coin so far. A beautiful 1818 Large Cent. After a little more hunting I had to go to meet someone and so the rest of the group continued on to hunt. I got a call later telling me that Paul found three Large Cents 1828, 1831 and 1844 and his brother found one, 1833. They were all in exceptional condition, with full liberty and clear dates. My 1818 is so nice you can see the lines in the Matron Heads hair!
Went back today, Paul got an 1881 Indian just as nice as the Large Cents and an Eagle Button, I got a spoon bowl and some tools.
I have never seen coppers from a field in such beautiful condition, all are full liberty and finely detailed.
First picture my 1818, next Bill's 1833 then Paul's 1828,1831,1844 and Paul's 1881 Indian
Hunting With Bell-Two #40
Went back today, Paul got an 1881 Indian just as nice as the Large Cents and an Eagle Button, I got a spoon bowl and some tools.
I have never seen coppers from a field in such beautiful condition, all are full liberty and finely detailed.
First picture my 1818, next Bill's 1833 then Paul's 1828,1831,1844 and Paul's 1881 Indian
Hunting With Bell-Two #40
) WTG!!! WOW is right. Still waiting for my first large cent. Good luck and HH. Mike
eace: i take it the field hasn't been used much maybe for hay in the last 5o or so years but then again your in N.Y. and theres some great areas where the coppers stay in really good shape .\ for some reason . congrats again and hit that place hard as i suspect it might be an untapped site .
