A pleasant surprise!

[RelicMedic]

Hey guys
. Decided to go swing the coil for an hour at my go-to spot. The Etrac seems to be acting up a bit. It's falsing a little more often, even though I have not touched my settings. Oh well, at least I know it still works. First signal was a screaming 09-42. Ended up being a nail. Second digable signal was a 12-25. Gold ring!? Nope...a WWI trench lighter at 9"! The next decent signal was an 11-43/44. Dug down about 5-6" and saw a big copper in the side of the hole, sitting at a 45 degree angle. There was iron crud all over it. I couldn't even chip it off. At first I thought it could be a big washer or if I'm lucky, a George III copper. After a round of elecrtolysis.........it's a Cartwheel! A 1797 Cartwheel penny....my 5th one this year! Thanks for looking!

 

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[Dirt.Hound]

pleasant surprise indeed, dude! nice recovery on the cartwheel... the trench lighter is sweeeet too!

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Killer Finds...that Lighter is pretty cool, Ive never seen one like that before.....Oh and the G-III is cool too...lol

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Certainly unusual finds, congrats!

 

[ModernMiner]

Congrats on the large coppa, but that trench lighter takes the cake. What a cool and unusual find.
-MM-

 

[detroitdigger]

Nice copper and other finds!

 

[CoilyGirl]

Love the lighter,its in great shape it looks like.

 

[The Patriot]

nice saves there...only ever found one of those Cartwheels myself...they sure scream on the detector..

 

[Argentium]

5 of those in a year , that's got to be rare even in England !

 

[RelicMedic]

It's definitely odd! 4 came from the same site