Its my birthday... Dug Silver, Wheats, and a DRAPED BUST CENT!!!

[FooserPaul]

Well what a day....

Today I turned 49... It started off with my wife and daughter cooking me breakfast

I had a place set up to detect at but he was not going to be home until noon.... so I headed to a local school that has been yielding silver....

I started with clad... then hit a spot with old dirt... 1 wheaty... then a 2nd.... then I got a nice signal that I was sure was silver....

I thought it was a dime.... But I"ll take a ring

So I head north and meet up with the home owner... He shows me around then explains it was built in the 20's (as he had explained before) so I was hoping for a nice silver day.... he then adds... that it was a foundry before that and he has unearthed tons a slag in the gardens and such... doh!


I well... lets see what we have... its 2 acres... can't be slag everywhere right ??

Well the front yard was a completly scilent on my detector... all descriminated out.... not a good sign...

I head to the side and along the driveway and start to get some clear areas and hit new clad and memorials...

Then there is a 13/45 signal @ 3-4" ... and I expecting expect a memorial...

I was not expecting:

I can barely make out 180???

I came home to my favorite meal... hugs and kisses from the family and some nice gifts...

Happy Hunting!
Paul

 

[RickIowa2009]

You did good, congratulations, cool find.

 

[bigjohn070]

AWESOME DIG!!

HH
BIG JOHN

 

[sopg1155]

Happy Birthday Paul,
Those are some great finds.I got my new new E-Trac out for the first time today and found a wheaty and a little over
a dollar in clad today.The E-Trac is going to be a great machine. Gary

 

[Jason in Enid]

Happy birthday old man, and congrats on the great finds!

 

[CT Todd]

looks great and looks like 1802

 

[CONDUCTOR7E]

Very nice.

 

[UtahRich]

n/t

 

[NiagracountyNY]

Congrats! Thats a great B-Day present.Thx for the pics...Happy B-Day!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Now that's a great way to spend your birthday !!!

 

[Crash620]

n/t

 

[hunter 18]

WTG

 

[Ken (iowa)]

Wow Paul, You had a great birthday! Man what a find---a bust cent. You must be out east somewhere to find something as old as that. You might try making a tracing to get the date off of it. Put a piece of tracing paper (or notebook paper if no tracing paper) and put it over the coin. You might want to tape the paper down so it don't move. Then take a soft lead pencil and rub the pencil point over the top of the coin. Hopefully that will make the date more apparent. That was the only way I could get a date off my one and only large cent I found. Ken

 

[JW]

n/t

 

[gibsondan]

Heck of a nice Birthday present to yourself!!! Nice finds! That Draped Bust cent is a rare find.