3rd Trip to Foundation Site Yields a FIRST for me! 1864 2-Cent Piece!!

[grasshopper]

Today I was looking out my window expecting rain, but the radar looked OK so I headed out to a foundation site in the woods I've hit a few times with limited success (2 Indian Heads...I think). Again I decided to put the smaller coil on my XLT and work the surrounding areas real slow. There's a lot of modern trash and bullets, the area near the foundation seems to be where the local teens come to drink and shoot guns It's a nice looking cellar hole with fairly in-tact walls and remnants of a central chimney.

I got a nice signal about 30 minutes into the hunt but wasn't expecting too much since it pinpointed at only about 2 inches. Sure enough, a coin pops out and I thought it was a modern quarter at first. I then rubbed a bit of dirt off and noticed the shield...which I had first thought to mean it was a shield nickel. After a little more cleaning I saw the "2" with a date of 1864...my first 2-cent piece! It's in fairly nice shape too!

Hope you enjoy the pics!

 

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[Wildcat1750]

Hamilton, New York...the home of the Flying Diesel.
That 2 Cent'r is a beauty! That one is on my still-to-find list. Congratulations!

 

[ChrisNJ]

That is a beauty for sure, congrats.

 

[SorryDangDog]

She's purty!!

 

[tennessee digger]

Very nice coin and I love the pictures too.

 

[John Boy]

Congrats on your first 2 cent piece. Its in great condition to.the place your hunting is cool looking. Way to go

 

[ce550av8r]

Great find! Congrats.

 

[frogginfish]

Great finds! That 2-center has some really good detail!

 

[burgessbogy]

Congrats on the find! Great pieces, indeed!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Sweet coin!

 

[VERMONTIS]

Sweeeeet find !!!

 

[dutchtoga]

That's my kind of hunting. Can't ask for better than that. That coin will clean up beautifully. Sharp!!

 

[digging440yrs]

SWEET FIND !!

 

[RelicMedic]

Sweet finds! They are in great shape for being so old. You have an awesome site there. Keep 'em coming!!!

 

[RiverRat3]

Coin is in great shape. Congrats!

 

[Tnmountains]

Oh boy that one looks almost perfect. Great recovery the site looks really good.

 

[Diggincoinz]

Nice!

 

[rex]

nice find, i found one last year. mine was in good condition like yours. i have seen pictures of other 2 cent finds and they seem to come out of the ground in pretty good shape.

 

[cjon455]

i dunno, i think they come out of the ground quite nice, heres my 1864

awesome find by the way grasshopper!!

 

[JohnnyMac]

Great looking coin