Jesse W. McComas
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Well, my Son's were working today and I decided to hunt alone. The weather here topped 70 degrees and I had to get out. I decided to hunt an old house yard in Guyandotte, WV, which is part of Huntington now, but back during the Civil War this town was burned by the Union Army. The house was built just after the town was burned in November, 1861. The first signal I dug was a 1948 Lincoln Wheat Cent. I thought that this was a good sign of things to come. But after about an hour of digging copper household fixtures, I started having doubts. My Brother Mo stopped by to see how I was doing when I dug up another piece of copper. It turned out to be a 1939 Dog Tax Licence from Gallia Co., Ohio, Just across the river. Well, That's better. My Brother left after a few minutes and I started working a pattern towards the right rear of the property towards a big bush. Bam!, coin signal, about 6 inches deep. It was a 1953-D Wheat Cent, the year of my birth. Two feet away I had a good nickel signal, 5-6 inches deep. I dug this signal out, and was rewarded with my first Buffalo Nickel in years, a 1936 full date. I checked the hole with my X-1 and heard another signal. It was a second Buffalo Nickel. It had a full date as well, 1937. Now, I had a big smile on my face with this double find. The next signal was a faint signal, 07-25. At a full 8 inches I pulled out a 1863 Indian Head Cent. I knew that this was from the Civil War Era because of the depth. The last coin find of the day was a 1920-D Mercury Dime in About Good Condition. At Least I found silver. As I stood up from the silver find, I started feeling funny. My Sugar had dropped. It was time to go home and take my medicine. All-in-All I had a great couple of hours digging old coins just 5 blocks away. HH...Jesse.
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