I Got On a Plane To Fly 2,814 Miles & Found Two Cents!

[Cool Hand Fluke]

For this California boy it was a little strange metal detecting in Pennsylvania! My wife had her annual family reunion, this year it was
in Pennsylvania. All the families that gathered for this reunion decided to rent an old farm house for all of us to meet at. This farm house was built in
the 1870's! With permission with the owner and only 2 hours to hunt I decided to give the front yard and one of the side yards my best shot.
After the first 45 minutes on the side yard I only found 2 coins, both were clad quarters. The place was infested with nails, square & round ones.
Most of the iron I could avoid, but still dug about a dozen of them. The front yard proved to be more productive, 6 wheaties and some clad coins,
but I really wanted to find at least 1 good coin before my 2 hours was up. Right in the middle of the front yard was a solid coin reading at only 2
inches in depth...out pops a 1864 Two Cent Piece! Last time I found one of these was about 20 years ago! We don't find many of these in California!
You guys on the east coast really have an advantage on us west coasters, those older coins are a lot more common in the east!...

 

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[Davers]

Great Post Man.

It was a Good Read even W/O the NICE! 2 cent Piece.
Love the Mantis.

 

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[TheMastermind]

Nice! Judging from the pics, I would guess you were at or near Stevens, PA?

 

[BladeRunner2019]

Congrats on the 2-center. That is one of the many coins I have yet to find.

I like how you do your pics with the descriptive text. Very nice post as always.

 

[DashHopes]

Awesome

 

[Skippy SH13]

Wow, great find! The only 2 cent piece I've ever come across was on ebay...

 

[sutphin]

LUKE WHAT A NICE COIN FIND . LIKE TO GET A HOLD ONE OF THOSE MYSELF SWEET 2 CENT PEICE . ALSO NOTICE SOME TYPE OF BUCKLE ON THE TABLE AND THE DOG TAG . FOR 2 HOUR HUNT CANT BEAT IT.

 

[Johncoho]

Welcome to Pa and congrats on the finds. We do tend to have some older finds on the east coast.

 

[Patriot Relics]

Nice looking 2 cent piece- that place would haunt me given all the untouched ground

 

[shoague]

great story and it was nice to see your two cents.

 

[BigWaveDave]

Hope you get back there someday...that wall is where its at!!

 

[pepperj]

Great looking 2 cent piece, liking the photos of the place.

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

Great finds are u still in PA? I'm a little north of u and that is a dog tag I find a bunch up here in corrupt Luzerne county!!

 

[bigfoot1]

sweet!!!! I suspect that the 2 cent pieces are in better shape that others of the same era is that they were minted to pay postage and thats mostly what they were used for...I'm jealous....great find

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Awesome 2cent piece! Doesn't it just drive you nuts when there's so much ground to search and you can't!

You got that right! Iv'e been thinking about what I missed in the back yard. I would be willing to bet that there is more than one good silver coin in there! That one thought will bug me all month!

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Great finds are u still in PA? I'm a little north of u and that is a dog tag I find a bunch up here in corrupt Luzerne county!!

I'm back in California, I was on the plane on Tuesday. Wish I couild hunt PA more often! Very nice people over there! When I'm in PA I feel like I'm in yhe USA again! California feels like a foreign country...

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

Yeah I've been to CA a few times and ur right...like good ol down home Murica!

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Nice! Judging from the pics, I would guess you were at or near Stevens, PA?

Don't know. I'll have to get a map and get back to you..

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Congrats on the 2-center. That is one of the many coins I have yet to find.

I like how you do your pics with the descriptive text. Very nice post as always.

1. Right click on mouse while on pic.
2. Choose edit
3. Click on text, here you can choose font & color.
4. Save pic

Hope this helps...CHF

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Nice! Judging from the pics, I would guess you were at or near Stevens, PA?

Near Rheems, Maytown, and Landisville.. neat area.

 

[scaupus]

good post.