1796 liberty cap!

chefjuan

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Welp. Went back to the 5 copper site I hit last week. Brought a friend this time.

Hit the same spot as last week just changed my grid from east west to north south. Same 40x60' patch of iron...

People were sayin' "there has to be a real there" and I agreed. And there was! And a bunch of other stuff including a sweet amazing astounding 1796 liberty cap large cent!!! Shock....

The real is a 1787 1/2 real and it was squished by something at some point. I managed to gather three of its four pieces so I'm happy!

Among other things I also dig another draped bust (as did my buddy) mine is 1802 his looks like a 1798 but we couldn't get a full ID. 17 more buttons. A sweet buckle and some lead....

Here are the photos, thanks for looking and happy hunting!! IMG_0247.JPGIMG_0250.JPGIMG_0244.JPGIMG_0246.JPGIMG_0243.JPGIMG_0242.JPGIMG_0236.JPG


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Great finds, chefjuan, looks like an excellent site you have there! Love the Liberty Cap...wow, loads of detail left, very sharp coin. Congrats on a very successful hunt...Ddf
 

Nice 1700s american coin! And nice 1700s broken spanish silver!
 

Congrats on the great hunt, it really paid off well changing the grid pattern and popping to from the 1700's.
 

Wow wow wow, tons of great detail on that liberty cap! Great hunt at a great site. I had a similar occurrence at my corn field site. Found tons of large cents, flat buttons, relics, etc. I knew somewhere in there there had to be old silver. Well there was and my buddy I brought there found it, a barely identifiable half real.
Congrats again on that liberty cap !
 

super sweet finds, the hard work really paid off in an awesome way. congrats on it all:icon_thumleft:
 

Sounds like an awesome site. The Liberty cap is sweet. Love the batwing buckle too. Nice digs. :occasion14:
 

A Liberty Cap is always a great find. Yours is in very good shape. Congrats!
 

Excellent Liberty Cap! Personally one of my favourite because I find so few. Congrats!
 

Excellent Liberty Cap! Personally one of my favourite because I find so few. Congrats!

It was a special hunt for sure!! I'm the proud owner of 1 in 109,000 minted! I'll never dig another... and that's ok ;)


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Phenomenal hunt, congratulations! That liberty cap large cent is just beautiful, and the batting buckle is in great condition. You've got yourself a fantastic site to hunt, for sure.
 

That is one beautiful Liberty Cap old copper...my favorite coin. :notworthy:
 

Yep to all the above......just WOW !!
 

Congrats on the silver and the beautiful large cent!
 

glad I could join in the hunt______________________

now I remember-------:sad11:

if ya need a piece to complete that Real--- here is a cut sliver from a New Paltz field last year
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very nice "all you can dig buffet" :icon_thumleft::icon_thumright:
 

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