New site gives up Large cent and a Button

[Merf]

Greetings fellow TN hunters.
35 degrees today so I bundled up and headed for a site where [according to an old map] an old homestead stood in the 1800s. I talked to the land owner and got permission to hunt.
I had to walk a half mile to get to the spot as the road is no longer there.
I found the spot [about 150 by 150 feet] and it payed off.
It snowed for a while and drizzled but after finding the LC I stuck it out till dark and found the button and misc.
Best luck, Merf

 

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[Nana40]

OK. So I need to go north and hunt with you guys! Only not this time of year! If it gets below 32 here, it's bad....heck, if it gets below 42 here....it's bad! :P

Fantastic finds, Merf! 8) Awesome research too....thanks for the site pics!

Nana

 

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[Merf]

OK. So I need to go north and hunt with you guys! Only not this time of year! If it gets below 32 here, it's bad....heck, if it gets below 42 here....it's bad! :P

Fantastic finds, Merf! 8) Awesome research too....thanks for the site pics!

Nana

Thanks Nana--------Come on up north----All you have to do is dress warm and wear gloves.

 

[Montana Jim]

Merf...

Awesome The rest has been said... Love to see other cold-weather hunters out there

Great finds!

 

[Merf]

Merf...

Awesome The rest has been said... Love to see other cold-weather hunters out there

Great finds!

Thanks Jim---- This cold weather is bad news----Frozen ground- --Metal detector withdrawal.

 

[ModernMiner]

Merf,
Great info on how you pinpointed that old location. Very cool.
A BIG congrats on your finds. I must say, I've really noticed your posts and finds getting better and better.
You are a great coin & relic hunter Merf.
What is that hook looking thing with a bird head in the center of your finds?
Great hunt,
MM

 

[Natman]

Nice LC Merf! Sometimes you have to brave the elements to get those rewards. Your perseverance is really paying off this year.

Nat

 

[EDDE]

YOU SUCK, KICK"N ASS MERF

Thanks Ed [I think]
If you didn't have to work all the time we could hit more of these spots.

Its tough working nights and having the family life
i been out maybe 3-4 times in the last 3 weeks and one time was only for 2 1/2 hours (total maybe 20 hours total)
I haven't done an all day hunt since we ripped up that aluminum dump homestead
ps im sending you a present in you PM's

 

[KenPa]

Beautiful Merf, Love the Large cent and buttons

 

[BuckleBoy]

Excellent post, and a great LC there. Glad to see you're finding so many great coins at those house sites. In KY, we average one coin per house site--if it has been abandoned for the last 75 years. I'm glad that your coin was a LC. Well done.


-Buckleboy

 

[donny nj]

WTG!!

Oh Yeah!

 

[silverfreak]

Great job Merf. Your pictures are excellent and the site looks great. You were justly rewarded for your research.

 

[EDDE]

Excellent post, and a great LC there. Glad to see you're finding so many great coins at those house sites. In KY, we average one coin per house site--if it has been abandoned for the last 75 years. I'm glad that your coin was a LC. Well done.


-Buckleboy

I've averaged 3 on less then 75 YG (years gone) with tons of aluminum
and 5-6* on 75+ YG with almost no modern trash *with your usual buttons tossed in
in farm fields as of this year

 

[Merf]

Merf,
Great info on how you pinpointed that old location. Very cool.
A BIG congrats on your finds. I must say, I've really noticed your posts and finds getting better and better.
You are a great coin & relic hunter Merf.
What is that hook looking thing with a bird head in the center of your finds?
Great hunt,
MM

Thanks MM-------I think that is a coat hook----It has the head of a snake on the small end.



Thanks Natman and KenPa

 

[Merf]

YOU SUCK, KICK"N ASS MERF

Thanks Ed [I think]
If you didn't have to work all the time we could hit more of these spots.

Its tough working nights and having the family life
i been out maybe 3-4 times in the last 3 weeks and one time was only for 2 1/2 hours (total maybe 20 hours total)
I haven't done an all day hunt since we ripped up that aluminum dump homestead
ps im sending you a present in you PM's

Thanks Ed-----That PM is a very good map-----1870 I presume.

 

[Merf]

Excellent post, and a great LC there. Glad to see you're finding so many great coins at those house sites. In KY, we average one coin per house site--if it has been abandoned for the last 75 years. I'm glad that your coin was a LC. Well done.


-Buckleboy

Thanks BuckleBoy----I have been averaging 2 or 3 per site.


Thanks Silverfreak



Thanks Nick