Beautiful 1825 Large Cent

[Steve in PA]

Back in April of this year I was on my way to another site when I noticed to my surprise that they had cleared a piece of ground with a bulldozer that I had my eye on for about 25 years now. This ground had been so thick with trees, weeds and brush that you wouldn't even think of going in there. I managed to get 4 or 5 short hunts in before the weeds took over again. But I continued to check on this property whenever I was in the area. Last Wednesday I drove by and noticed the bulldozer had smoothed the ground over and cleared all the dead trees, etc. I spent a couple more hours on the site Wednesday and Thursday last week with the following results. It will be developed soon, so I was glad to save what I could when I got the chance.
Note: the button commemorating the Duke of Wellington's victory a Waterloo was found a couple months ago at this site, but never posted.

 

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[KSDirtfisher77]

Nice hunt! Congrats on the great day.

 

[pepperj]

Sweet LC, well dug.

I was dreaming of having a bulldozer today at my bush site.

 

[Bamasteve]

Great find! Congrats!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

A great looking Large Cent - congrats !

 

[sibbley]

I dream of a site like that! Housing developments are going up all around me these days and all that land is lost once the houses go up. I have contacts with most of the excavating contractors through work, but never get permission as they are afraid, I might find something that will shut down their jobs.

Congrats on getting in and saving what you could!

 

[billb]

Good work
Congratulations on your success
Thanks for sharing

 

[Gare]

Nice HUNT NICE COIN

 

[The Rebel]

That's awesome! I know of a few sites that I'd love for someone to bulldoze.

 

[Silvermonkey]

That's a really nice looking LC. Way to go!

 

[ArfieBoy]

Great find. Congratulations! Nice coin. Thanks for posting.

 

[cannonball]

Back in April of this year I was on my way to another site when I noticed to my surprise that they had cleared a piece of ground with a bulldozer that I had my eye on for about 25 years now. This ground had been so thick with trees, weeds and brush that you wouldn't even think of going in there. I managed to get 4 or 5 short hunts in before the weeds took over again. But I continued to check on this property whenever I was in the area. Last Wednesday I drove by and noticed the bulldozer had smoothed the ground over and cleared all the dead trees, etc. I spent a couple more hours on the site Wednesday and Thursday last week with the following results. It will be developed soon, so I was glad to save what I could when I got the chance.
Note: the button commemorating the Duke of Wellington's victory a Waterloo was found a couple months ago at this site, but never posted.

Congrats on the nice. I'd be looking for the rest of that spoon. That must have been really nice!

 

[oldmxrat]

Great recoveries there, congrats!

 

[Steve in PA]

Congrats on the nice. I'd be looking for the rest of that spoon. That must have been really nice!

Thanks. It's unusual to find a cast pewter spoon with a design like that. Most are just plain as I'm sure you know. Also, the pewter from this site has been in unusually good condition.

 

[Digger RJ]

Back in April of this year I was on my way to another site when I noticed to my surprise that they had cleared a piece of ground with a bulldozer that I had my eye on for about 25 years now. This ground had been so thick with trees, weeds and brush that you wouldn't even think of going in there. I managed to get 4 or 5 short hunts in before the weeds took over again. But I continued to check on this property whenever I was in the area. Last Wednesday I drove by and noticed the bulldozer had smoothed the ground over and cleared all the dead trees, etc. I spent a couple more hours on the site Wednesday and Thursday last week with the following results. It will be developed soon, so I was glad to save what I could when I got the chance.
Note: the button commemorating the Duke of Wellington's victory a Waterloo was found a couple months ago at this site, but never posted.

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Colonial Digger]

Nice saves, it always great when someone clears the pathway to treasure.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Great site Steve. The LC has good details. Congrats!