1857 Flying Eagle and LC within first 15 minutes of digging!

Noah_D

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Metal Detecting
I can't tell you how great I feel right now. The house I was detecting (same one I've been posting about recently) is from the 1870s and in the previous two hunts I got a gold earring, silver quarter, old cash coin, 20s coin spill among other things so it's been quite productive. At the beginning of the day I got a pull tab or two and my very next target was a largie! It was super spotty and jumped from 70s to like 91 and everything in between. I was excited after that and kept digging, I pulled a few more ptabs and modern junk and then what I thought at first was a wheaty. Then after a little bit of rubbing I saw a wreath, and thought it's an Indian. Sweet! Then I turned it over and I didn't see an Indian, I didn't realize what I had a first but as soon as I did I pretty much freaked out. I never thought I would actually dig one of these! It pretty much overshadows everything else I've dug here! I attached photos of the two coins individually and the best finds of my past three hunts.
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Also, look before you sit down on the ground. There may or may not be an anthill full of vicious little creatures seeking to devour your legs there, something I found out the hard way... multiple times.
 

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There were some 1864 fatties. You might want to look at them closer!......and weigh them
Both of mine were the "L" variety. Those ones weren't fatties right?
 

Nice old coppers, congrats! :occasion14:
 

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