1793 Chain Cent

[Digger70pa]

Went digging today with Digsgti to my best old coin spot & dug a Chain cent. It's in bad shape but you can make it out to be a chain cent. The obverse is smooth. Ground was dry today, we weren't getting much depth. I didn't know what I had until we stopped at a store to get a drink & I washed it off. I was like a Chain Cent wow. I was swinging my T2se with the 15"/12" SEF coil. HH TIM

 

[Neil in West Jersey]

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[Digger70pa]

Thanks.

 

[jim tn]

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[Digger70pa]

I'm really surprised at the lack of response & the number of views that this post hasn't gotten. This coin is a find of a life time. Come on guys a gold ring has more views than a chain cent? HH TIM

 

[jim tn]

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[Elton]

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[digsgti]

That's a bad to the bone find. We knew there was one in there some place.

 

[Digger70pa]

I'll bet that there is a gold coin in their somewhere too buddy.

 

[Digger70pa]

I took some better pictures of my chain cent. Enjoy & HH TIM

 

[Digger70pa]

The find of a life time.

 

[johndoe1]

Awesome find for sure. Congrats

 

[DirtyDeedsDugDirtDeep]

Great find !!
Am curious though, seeing how corroded it is, what setting did you find it in ??
Field, park, woods ?????
A lot of coppers coming out of fields are devastated by all the years of fertilizers and plowing.

 

[Digger70pa]

Great find !!
Am curious though, seeing how corroded it is, what setting did you find it in ??
Field, park, woods ?????
A lot of coppers coming out of fields are devastated by all the years of fertilizers and plowing.

It came out of a cow pasture.

 

[88junior]

Sweet find Tim congrats!! People at the store would have thought I'd lost my mind as excited I would have got if it had been me that found it!! I would have been screaming and hollering!!! Rocks!!

 

[Digger70pa]

Sweet find Tim congrats!! People at the store would have thought I'd lost my mind as excited I would have got if it had been me that found it!! I would have been screaming and hollering!!! Rocks!!

Thanks JR, I really like my T2se. HH TIM

 

[DirtyDeedsDugDirtDeep]

Hi Tim,
I know you said the ground was dry and you weren't getting as much depth, but about how deep do you think your chain cent was ???

 

[Digger70pa]

Hi Tim,
I know you said the ground was dry and you weren't getting as much depth, but about how deep do you think your chain cent was ???

It wasn't any deeper than 4".