coinman123
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I finally got a chance to go to a new site, after spending the last two weeks just going to sites that I had basically hunted out in the past. What happened was that my computer had a problem, and since then it hasn't been able to run the program that I use to research new potential metal detecting sites. I still haven't fixed the problem (it just shows an error screen every time I try to open it), but had remembered that over the past couple years I have saved tons of sites onto Google Maps. I knew for certain that there are plenty of places I haven't been to yet.
Yesterday I decided I would go to a cellar that I found over a year ago, but then forgot to go to. When I got to the place, I walked down the trail until I reached a pretty big river. I saw a little sign next to the river, thanking the Boy Scouts of America for building a footbridge across it in 2013. Unfortunately, the bridge was at this point barely recognizable as a bridge, and I had to find somewhere else to cross. The cellar hole was supposed to be along an old abandoned road, so I wanted to cross the river close to the road. I found the road before crossing the river, and saw that at one point it had a huge stone (now collapsed) bridge that crossed the river, perhaps made from an early sawmill dam that was there before the road was even made. I saw some big rocks near it, probably from when that bridge collapsed many years ago. The water wasn't very deep there either, so I jumped along the rocks until I made it to the other side.
When I got to the cellar hole, the first thing I did was try to metal detect on the abandoned road in front of it, and found a couple buttons a musketball, and a shoebuckle fragment there. Next to the cellar hole itself I managed to search through all the iron, and find another button, and what looks like a brass boot heel, with a partially readable patent date of November 28th, 18xx on it. I left soon after, because there was the biggest amount of mosquitoes there that I had ever seen, and I figured I would have more fun tomorrow after getting bug spray.
Today I went back, and found what looks like an old brass furniture tack, along the road. In the woods behind the cellar hole I found another colonial shoe buckle fragment, what looks like a bell fragments, and part of a silver plated spoon. I went back to the road, and less than a foot away from where I found the tack, I dug a beautiful Indian Head Cent. It came out of the ground looking how it does in the photo, which was a nice surprise, as most of them come out the ground rather toasted. Going down the trail, right at the old bridge, I was lucky to dig my second flying eagle ever. It came out of the ground pretty rough, but after cleaning it a bit I was able to barely read a date of 1857. I then over cleaned it, as seen in the photo, and now it is barely identifiable
The 1871 Indian was already great, and only needed to be rinsed off a bit. Apparently, 1871 is a semi key date, and if it hadn't been dug, in this condition it would probably would be worth hundreds of dollars.
Also, while driving home, I spotted an old barn foundation, saw a trail with parking, and metal detected there for around 10 minutes. I found a very damaged tag of some sort, that looks like it would have had writing on it, and what I'm guessing is a Victorian Sash Buckle. I looked down at my legs, and was horrified to see 20 ticks crawling on them, I quickly left after that.
So far this year has been going pretty well, better than last year, when until December, I had been on a two year streak of not finding any old coppers. So far this year I have found 8 Indians (1863, 1866, 1868, 1869, 1871, 1880, 1883, 1888), 2 coppers (1803 Draped Bust, dateless George II halfpenny), and an 1857 Flying Eagle. I hope it keeps up!
Here are the coins I have found so far this year.
Yesterday I decided I would go to a cellar that I found over a year ago, but then forgot to go to. When I got to the place, I walked down the trail until I reached a pretty big river. I saw a little sign next to the river, thanking the Boy Scouts of America for building a footbridge across it in 2013. Unfortunately, the bridge was at this point barely recognizable as a bridge, and I had to find somewhere else to cross. The cellar hole was supposed to be along an old abandoned road, so I wanted to cross the river close to the road. I found the road before crossing the river, and saw that at one point it had a huge stone (now collapsed) bridge that crossed the river, perhaps made from an early sawmill dam that was there before the road was even made. I saw some big rocks near it, probably from when that bridge collapsed many years ago. The water wasn't very deep there either, so I jumped along the rocks until I made it to the other side.
When I got to the cellar hole, the first thing I did was try to metal detect on the abandoned road in front of it, and found a couple buttons a musketball, and a shoebuckle fragment there. Next to the cellar hole itself I managed to search through all the iron, and find another button, and what looks like a brass boot heel, with a partially readable patent date of November 28th, 18xx on it. I left soon after, because there was the biggest amount of mosquitoes there that I had ever seen, and I figured I would have more fun tomorrow after getting bug spray.
Today I went back, and found what looks like an old brass furniture tack, along the road. In the woods behind the cellar hole I found another colonial shoe buckle fragment, what looks like a bell fragments, and part of a silver plated spoon. I went back to the road, and less than a foot away from where I found the tack, I dug a beautiful Indian Head Cent. It came out of the ground looking how it does in the photo, which was a nice surprise, as most of them come out the ground rather toasted. Going down the trail, right at the old bridge, I was lucky to dig my second flying eagle ever. It came out of the ground pretty rough, but after cleaning it a bit I was able to barely read a date of 1857. I then over cleaned it, as seen in the photo, and now it is barely identifiable
The 1871 Indian was already great, and only needed to be rinsed off a bit. Apparently, 1871 is a semi key date, and if it hadn't been dug, in this condition it would probably would be worth hundreds of dollars. Also, while driving home, I spotted an old barn foundation, saw a trail with parking, and metal detected there for around 10 minutes. I found a very damaged tag of some sort, that looks like it would have had writing on it, and what I'm guessing is a Victorian Sash Buckle. I looked down at my legs, and was horrified to see 20 ticks crawling on them, I quickly left after that.
So far this year has been going pretty well, better than last year, when until December, I had been on a two year streak of not finding any old coppers. So far this year I have found 8 Indians (1863, 1866, 1868, 1869, 1871, 1880, 1883, 1888), 2 coppers (1803 Draped Bust, dateless George II halfpenny), and an 1857 Flying Eagle. I hope it keeps up!
Here are the coins I have found so far this year.
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