On my third try at an old sawmill site, where previously, no old coins were found , but about 8 buttons from the late 1700's to early 1800s. I know the site had to be cherry picked years ago and just knew if I went real slow in the heavy iron laden area where a house stood long ago that I would sooner or later get one they missed. Today was that day.
The Large Cent was deep , at least 8-10 inch range and next to a rotted log, so who knows, maybe a coil never went over that spot or maybe years ago the log was not as rotted and people avoided that area. Anyway, it was a small signal, it did not scream out to me, like so many large coppers have in the past, and IF I had not been going in my "turtle mode" I don't think I would have picked that signal up....
Right before I got the Large Cent I got a nice Post Civil War General Service Eagle button, always nice to find one of them, it read like a shotgun shell, so that is why it probably survived previous hunters.
Don
The Large Cent was deep , at least 8-10 inch range and next to a rotted log, so who knows, maybe a coil never went over that spot or maybe years ago the log was not as rotted and people avoided that area. Anyway, it was a small signal, it did not scream out to me, like so many large coppers have in the past, and IF I had not been going in my "turtle mode" I don't think I would have picked that signal up....
Right before I got the Large Cent I got a nice Post Civil War General Service Eagle button, always nice to find one of them, it read like a shotgun shell, so that is why it probably survived previous hunters.
Don