Scrappy
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- Mar 6, 2014
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I’m still a bit shaky. Actually in the live dig you can see my hand start shaking the minute I realize what I had dug, lol.
I’ve been clearing out a cellar hole lately and went there this morning for my second round of gut-busting stone removal. The first day had good results with a shoe buckle frag and some iron scissors, so I decided to commit my winter to a complete excavation. Here’s day 1 View attachment 1522484
Today I took a “before” picture even though I’d done some removal already. Here’s how it looked
View attachment 1522486
I spent a good 2-3 hours removing stones and grooming the dirt for detecting but hadn’t had any luck besides square nails and cauldron fragments. I was beginning to feel quite dejected after removing a ton (no kidding) of rock and finding zero non-ferrous targets when I got a pretty decent signal. That’s when things got weird...
And here it is...
It actually looks like an off-strike on top of everything else. Here’s a guide for Identification
The video says it all but I must say it was quite a wonderful surprise to dig a copper, much less a transitional piece in good condition. Here’s an “after” pic of the cellar hole from 3 hours of work
This is my second Nova and I now have two Scarce varieties!
Here they are together
I left after that find,but I’ll surely be back soon. Remember, you never know what’ll be in that next hole so always keep at it. Enjoy, and good hunts!
Steve
I’ve been clearing out a cellar hole lately and went there this morning for my second round of gut-busting stone removal. The first day had good results with a shoe buckle frag and some iron scissors, so I decided to commit my winter to a complete excavation. Here’s day 1 View attachment 1522484
Today I took a “before” picture even though I’d done some removal already. Here’s how it looked
View attachment 1522486
I spent a good 2-3 hours removing stones and grooming the dirt for detecting but hadn’t had any luck besides square nails and cauldron fragments. I was beginning to feel quite dejected after removing a ton (no kidding) of rock and finding zero non-ferrous targets when I got a pretty decent signal. That’s when things got weird...
And here it is...
It actually looks like an off-strike on top of everything else. Here’s a guide for Identification
The video says it all but I must say it was quite a wonderful surprise to dig a copper, much less a transitional piece in good condition. Here’s an “after” pic of the cellar hole from 3 hours of work
This is my second Nova and I now have two Scarce varieties!
Here they are together
I left after that find,but I’ll surely be back soon. Remember, you never know what’ll be in that next hole so always keep at it. Enjoy, and good hunts!
Steve
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And both cleaned perfectly. 
