ColonialDude
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Hit a site today that a buddy and I found over the weekend. Finds seem to be very scattered at this site with no real concentration and a LOT of early Enfield bullets. Must have been some military training going on there in the 1860's. I walked onto the field and fired up my machine. Dug two mini balls within minutes, and after about 5 minutes on the field I got a SOLID hit. I don't normally use the screen on my explorer but I glanced down and it was coming in at 0-29. I remember thinking "this is either big silver or another damn beer can". I cut out a large plug about 8" deep. When I flipped it over the target was inside the plug. I started peeling back the dirt and my probe kept telling me it was deeper (i.e....closer to the top/grass of the plug. I got into the grass roots and was starting to get a little disappointed as I realized it in fact would have been only a couple inches deep. I swiped into the dirt of the plug and saw very bright metal. It was extremely sunny today and difficult to see anything without glare. I thought it was the bottom of a beer can and carelessly stuck my finger under the target and sort of scraped it out of the dirt. BIG MISTAKE! Suddenly I'm staring at a very large silver coin. I was really hoping I had an 8 Reale but was still very happy to see it was in fact an 1872 Vicky 50 Cent piece! I've never found a vicky 50 cent piece. I guess because I typically hunt earlier sites...that and they really aren't that many to be found anymore. She has a few scrapes but she's still a beauty!
Interestingly it has a double punched S in the word "CENTS" and a double punched A(the last one) in Canada. This variety doesn't seem to be recognized as its not in my book. A little searching on the internet and it appears there have been a few with the repunched S found.
The rest of the day I dug nothing but bullets. About a dozen of them.
The 1781 Spanish I dug at the site on the weekend.
Interestingly it has a double punched S in the word "CENTS" and a double punched A(the last one) in Canada. This variety doesn't seem to be recognized as its not in my book. A little searching on the internet and it appears there have been a few with the repunched S found.
The rest of the day I dug nothing but bullets. About a dozen of them.
The 1781 Spanish I dug at the site on the weekend.
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