Frozen ground or not, IM GOIN!, glad i did 1848 LC

[cjon455]

Hey guys, today started out miserably cold but I Just had to get out, Ive only been out once this year so far and it did nothing for my itch for old coins/relics, so I headed out to my cornfield and it was cooooooold to start: on my way up the thermometer went as low as 19 and I thought, I don't care im going anyway lol. Only was there 2 hrs and managed about 10-11 targets and I had to work for every one of them as the ground was frozen solid under those corn stalks, dug a few pieces of lead, a few small buttons, some square nails and then FINALLY, a nice high repeatable 90-91 on the atpro, turns out it was a 1848 large cent with pretty nice detail first LC of 2014!, it was about 4" down and I have no idea how I didn't hit it with my shovel considering I was pretty much scraping and chopping away at the ground to get it, anyhow, needless to say I was pretty pumped so I rushed to my car to get my cellphone to get a few shots of it fresh out of the ground, after that I had a nice high tone 88-91 and I tried to live dig it and it ended up being a junky piece of ironoh well maybe next time I can live dig a nice target, thanks for looking and HH!!

 

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[olekyground]

Awesome coin. Still waiting to scratch that coin off my list.

 

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[Scrappy]

Nice payoff! Digging frozen is frustrating when you can't get to decent targets so I'm glad you could.

 

[cjon455]

There must of been a house or something in that cornfield, those farmers are very careful with there change. Nice find, what does the back look like? I would have loved to of found those LC's, they have come out of the field in pretty nice shape for you. Congrats!

yeah I think I stumbled upon a house or old store site, lots of pottery shards around and square nails, anyway, heres a front and back pic of this one, its pretty good detail, but ive pulled nicer ones from there

 

[WHADIFIND]

I thought that same thing! I love those little green discs, a little luck o the irish I suppose

That's also why I added my special tool to my list.

 

[treblehunter]

Pre Civil War coin, I don't care what anybody says, that's sweet!

 

[MuckyBottles]

Hey guys, today started out miserably cold but I Just had to get out, Ive only been out once this year so far and it did nothing for my itch for old coins/relics, so I headed out to my cornfield and it was cooooooold to start:View attachment 961598 on my way up the thermometer went as low as 19 and I thought, I don't care im going anyway lol. Only was there 2 hrs and managed about 10-11 targets and I had to work for every one of them as the ground was frozen solid under those corn stalks, dug a few pieces of lead, a few small buttons, some square nails and then FINALLY, a nice high repeatable 90-91 on the atpro, turns out it was a 1848 large cent with pretty nice detail first LC of 2014!, it was about 4" down and I have no idea how I didn't hit it with my shovel considering I was pretty much scraping and chopping away at the ground to get it, anyhow, needless to say I was pretty pumped so I rushed to my car to get my cellphone to get a few shots of it fresh out of the ground,View attachment 961600View attachment 961599View attachment 961601 after that I had a nice high tone 88-91 and I tried to live dig it and it ended up being a junky piece of ironoh well maybe next time I can live dig a nice target, thanks for looking and HH!!

Your large cent is in excellent condition, compared to my 1852's. Good job!

 

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[cjon455]

Pre Civil War coin, I don't care what anybody says, that's sweet!

Your large cent is in excellent condition, compared to my 1852's. Good job!

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Thanks for all the comments guys, that was alot of fun n much needed after a long winter!, but today im a little sore from hacking away at the frozen tundra

 

[MuckyBottles]

Thanks for all the comments guys, that was alot of fun n much needed after a long winter!, but today im a little sore from hacking away at the frozen tundra

Lol, you don't have to tell me. I have been hacking since February.

 

[bulrush]

Do you have a small pick? How do you get those out of the ground?

 

[MuckyBottles]

Do you have a small pick? How do you get those out of the ground?

Gotta find the "Micro Climates" (around rocks, foundations, etc.)

 

[cjon455]

Gotta find the "Micro Climates" (around rocks, foundations, etc.)

Lol funny u mention that, I would get thru the first inch n hit a pocket near a rock n that helped me pop out a 3 or 4 inch hunk of frozen dirt
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