She's only HALF the lady that she used to be.....

usmcscorpio

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...or maybe a little less than half!
1839 Large Cent that has been clipped in half. (I'm guessing they did this from time to time if something cost less than a penny?)
What a shame...I think it is in great shape for a 179 year old penny!
I went out today for a couple of hours and popped this up from around 7"-8" inches down...LOADS of trash in this particular field.
I was using Gary's "Sifter" program, with a few tweaks. (Thanks Gary!)
0-50 notched, 91 Sens, 2 points negative ground balance, 0 discrimination, TX power 2
Thanks for looking and Happy Hunting to all! :metaldetector:

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I've heard of clipping silver from back in the day but this is the first copper I've seen. Yes too bad it is not complete. Still a neat find though.
 

Thanks folks! I'm just happy that I found the half that has the date on it!
I plan on hitting this area again, so who knows...maybe the other half?!?
HH to all :icon_thumleft:
 

Very nice find! IMHO the coin has more character with less coin. :occasion14:
 

Great job on an amazing find!

I also wanted to thank you for posting your modified Sifter program. I used it earlier today and pulled 5 wheats from a very heavily hunted field close to where I live.

I couldn't run -2 GB due to the inconsistent ground conditions I was experiencing, instead I ran in "tracking" and notched out the entire ground bar in "expert" which quieted things down tremendously w/o any loss of depth. (Thanks V for posting about that after your Andy S. class)

Thank you again for posting this amazing find!
 

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