UPDATED - MIND BLOWN!!!

[z118]

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Just got back, too numb and muddy still to post details, will update in a bit... I think it's been holed and something iron was through it, I need to figure out how to get the rust off / out.

Wow!

 

[bob_e99]

Re: MIND BLOWN!!!

:wow:

That is a really sweet find despite the condition.

:congrats:

 

[JTGOLD]

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very nice silver finds,wtg.

 

[aloldstuff]

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Definately the trime is on my hit list. :congrats: on getting one, no matter what shape its in.

 

[Ill Digger]

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Come on! :dontknow: You gotta be warmed up and cleaned up by now..... :->
That's a great find Z! :yes: thumbsup01
Congrats! :grin:
That's one that's on my wish list ..... big time! :drool:

I need to figure out how to get the rust off / out.

:thinkingabout: I think I'd try and push it out with a small nail or a small punch, if I was going to try and get the rusty piece out of there.
But I'm not sure if I would? Hmmm :-\ I guess I'll cross that bridge when I come to it ! lol

 

[z118]

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So! I managed to get out today with about two hours of daylight left. I headed to a wooded spot that has been good to me this year. Not many targets but a few nice old coins in a handful of hunts. The first hour or so was pretty slow, with only a few sparse targets including a junky brooch, a dog tag, and some other stuff. As I'm wrapping things up and writing the hunt off as a bust in my head, I get a junk tone. Pull tab I thought. I kicked some leaves aside and there was a round piece of metal - it looked like aluminum with some rust on it. But as I rubbed some dirt off it looked more like silver than aluminum. I flipped it over and saw the III and then I knew what it was. I nearly wet myself. I was stunned, and happy. I thought about shutting down the Etrac and heading home right then and there. But I didn't, and few minutes later I hit the Merc. I probably should have left after the trime, because that Merc, which normally would have made my whole week, barely even registered in my head.

So the trime is in rough, rough shape. I got the rust out of the hole, which is pretty big. I wonder what happened to this coin. Seems like a pretty big and crude hole for putting the coin on a string. One way or another I'm pleased as punch with the result of this hunt. The Merc is sweet too, but pales in comparison to the trime, which until now I would have considered one of the less achievable coins on my bucket list.

Thanks for looking and happy hunting!

 

[milco]

Congrats on the trime! Now that's a coin on many of our lists!

 

[swamp yankee]

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Just got back, too numb and muddy still to post details, will update in a bit... I think it's been holed and something iron was through it, I need to figure out how to get the rust off / out.

Wow!

Too bad about the hole in the trime but at least you have one,congrats! Merc's in good shape,keep hitting the spot and you'll find others HH and best of luck....

 

[ChrisinCT]

Nice finds
What is a trime ? Never heard of or seen one before.

 

[z118]

Nice finds
What is a trime ? Never heard of or seen one before.

http://www.coinfacts.com/three_cents/three_cents_silver/three_cents_silver_by_date.html

 

[POKIE73]

:congrats: :congrats:what a find you have there not many of them are found :detecting:yesu have got a great find in the trime again congrats on a great hunt dennis erfect10: erfect10:

 

[Tony Two-Cent]

What a find! That's one coin that is on most people's list! (Including mine!)

I think the hole adds history and character to the coin. I'd guess that someone wore it around their neck on a chain or string.

Incredible find! <:

 

[Ill Digger]

But I didn't, and few minutes later I hit the Merc. I probably should have left after the trime, because that Merc, which normally would have made my whole week, barely even registered in my head.

<} :hysterical: I can totally relate to that! lol

So the trime is in rough, rough shape. I got the rust out of the hole, which is pretty big ..

So how did you finally decide to get the rusty piece out of the hole? ::huh::

Seems like a pretty big and crude hole for putting the coin on a string.

:thinkingabout: It may have been nailed to something. :dontknow: The nail and piece of wood may have rotted and rusted away after 155 years. :dontknow:

 

[del]

some old looking relics there and congrats on the silver three-center Z :clapping: :clapping:

 

[z118]

Thanks for the comments all!

<} :hysterical: I can totally relate to that! lol
So how did you finally decide to get the rusty piece out of the hole? ::huh::
:thinkingabout: It may have been nailed to something. :dontknow: The nail and piece of wood may have rotted and rusted away after 155 years. :dontknow:

I tapped it gently with a small finish nail, and then picked at it with my fingernail. The rust mostly flaked off after the main chunk came out. I agree with you that it was likely nailed to something. Seems like the most likely answer anyway.

 

[ChrisinCT]

Z118 thanks for the link. Really neat coin. Congrats

 

[CODY]

Awesome find! erfect10: :congrats:

 

[RobW]

Awsome!!! |)

 

[DirtyMoney]

:wow: Congrats on a coin that many of us may never see in the flesh(silver). Absolutely amazing.

HH & Merry Christmas

 

[jkress]

Good lord... erfect10: I'd be right there mind blown with you if I dug such a beauty. :twirlingeyes:

Definitely an amazing coin to find. :smitten: I can only hope to find one someday. Congratulations sir.