Large Cents - One nice one

[doninbrewster]

Got permission to hunt a few spots I knew were old and had some success. I thought I would add photos of the properties. I took a picture while I was detecting yesterday where I found the 1820 large cent. It cleaned up really nice. The house is being sold within the next week and was happy the listing agent who I know got me permission. The second large cent I found is in pretty poor shape, but it's still an LC. I'm a Realtor and have a house listed in which the owners were kind enough to give me permission. I've included a picture I had that was taken of the house in the 1930's. Original section was built about 1740. I gave this property a quick search a couple of days ago. It's a little over 2 acres so I have a lot more detecting to do. The other house is close to 2 acres and as it will be sold soon I'm hoping to get back there today. Tax records say it was built in 1900, but I think the addition was done about then and the original house dates to the 1700's. House across the street was built in 1750. I love hunting old properties as you never know what might come out of the ground.








HERE'S THE UPDATE
A number of people were asking about the update so here's a high res of the date as well as a description from the Newcomb book on large cents.

 

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[rlc1940]

I've hunted on and off for a long time, only found one of those. I'm always looking for another one!

 

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[borntohunt460]

Awesome finds. Can't wait til I get a large cent. Do you or anyone else on here hit an unbelievable amount of trash in the ground when hunting old homesites like that? It's those places where it's impossible to ground balance because everywhere you move your coil your getting a signal.

Were the large cents ringing in loud and clear? How deep if you don't mind me asking?

 

[Old Dude]

I also thought the "1" made the "0" look like a "D". One of the best detailed LC's I have seen posted here! You can read Liberty wonderfully. Good luck on your future hunts. I have a feeling this is going to be a major site for you.

 

[doninbrewster]

This piece wasn't that deep. It was right behind the house and range out as a solid 12/47 on my CTX 3030. Yes, many times you find a lot of trash when hunting old home sites. You will end up digging some of it, particularly aluminum and old pieces of lead with an occasional square nail. You get a feel after a while where the trash is concentrated although you don't want to avoid that area, you do have to work much slower so you don't miss the good stuff.