Late Day Largie

[McCDig]

Left work and drove to the farm fields in hope of getting at least an hour of detecting in. Went back to where I found the button on Saturday, but the field had been disked and this actually made the detecting and walking more difficult. Left that spot and did a big loop around to the upper fields; these have the corn stubble knocked down. Some square nails and iron buckles were dug and the sun was sinking below the horizon. It's 7:40 PM and I get a solid 93, small target, good tone with no choppy sound or crackle like iron. "What could it be?" I thought, silver? Well, silver would have been great and probably consistent with the number but down from about 7 inches popped out a green disk. Coin or button? Turned out to be an 1850 large cent, pretty toasty, but very readable. Just have to put the coil over the right spot out there.
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[JackalopeZL1]

Great Find McCDig!!

 

[against the wind]

Still some details on that LC.
Congratulations

 

[deershed]

That thing is mint compared to my field dug coppers, Congrats!!

 

[SultansOfSwing]

Nice job

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on the Large Cent McCdig.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the old copper

 

[Stretch Da Truth]

Congrats! Great way to end the day as the sun is going down.

 

[Relicific]

Very crisp largie
Nice

 

[McCDig]

Yes, it appears to have been dropped in the 1850s; there is a substantial rim.

 

[McCDig]

Thx Stretch! Yes, I couldn't have staged the find better than it happened; just enough light to catch it on video.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Art! It fell to the earth about a hundred years before I set foot on the earth.

 

[McCDig]

Thx Trezurehunter! That's the 5th LC I've dug from this site and they've turned up on all parts of the property: N, S, E and W.

 

[McCDig]

Thx SultansofSwing! Wonder if Mark Knopfler work's a detector like he does the guitar?

 

[McCDig]

Thx deershed! Definitely and early drop. Thankful that it wasn't "toast".

 

[McCDig]

Thx ATW! Will continue to hammer that high ridge. So far three brass buckles, the LC, the Connecticut copper and a cast brass cow bell from this area.

 

[McCDig]

Thx JackalopeZL1! Took a buddy here last Saturday and he said he'd not be coming back. Don't blame him, the targets are very sparse, but a thrill when you hit on an "oldie"!