Finds from a 1779 house

[JeffInMass]

[size=medium]My buddy and I were given permission to hunt a 1779 house on the south shore- lots of EMI and mineralization made it very difficult- had to turn the sensitivity WAY down. First decent signal turned out to be my first shield nickel in quite a while- appeared to be 1866 or 8, until the dirt dried, flaked off and took the date with it! Next was an 1889 Indian, very worn and not worth a pic.

Got a real nice signal near a tree, but it was almost totally covered by thick roots, so after leaving much skin behind I finally nabbed an older wheat penny at 6"- very depressing . Just a few feet away, however; karma rewarded the previous effort with 2 silvers, just a foot apart, and only a few inches down- 1931 Merc & 1936 Washington. Also nabbed a pretty cool button on the back side of the house.

All in all, not a bad day..

HH All!

-- Jeff --[/size]

 

[sgoss66]

VERY nice. Great digs!

What I wouldn't give for a chance to hunt some in New England. I have relatives in western Connecticut, too...but haven't been up there since I was a kid.

NICE finds!

Steve

 

[Explorer.se]

Great digs, keep up the great work!

 

[MINELABMIKE]

Nice finds

 

[MikeO]

Nice finds Jeff.
Keep hitting it theres got to be some real old keepers there.

 

[DougF]

Great stuff there - Good luck if you go back there, should be more old stuff.

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

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[MNCoinhunter]

Sounds like the older stuff is deeper. Nice finds anyways !

 

[Tony (Michigan)]

Why so much EMI?
Nice finds!

 

[Charles (Upstate NY)]

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