It wasn't long ago in this old mans life that we were naive of acid rain and chemicals in our lakes and streams. I became more aware of these problems when I used to fish alot. We were constantly warned not to eat too many fish because the Mercury that was in the fish from the acid rain and runoff.
Fish were dieing and the Government said to the culprits, Fix it by 3:00 or we'll shut you down. Well everyone said to themselves. OK, it's all better now so we turned our heads.
Does this sound familiar? We are a country of (turn your head and it will go away).
Copper coins in the earth is a good example of acid soil along with the action of other chemicals. The old coppers that I dig and all of you dig are in bad condition. I ask the old time hunters out there, were the coppers of old in as bad a condition 30 years ago?? They have been in the ground for 100s of years. I will bet you that most of the deterioration is from the past 30 to 40 years of our own doing.
So when lucky enough to find a coin in this condition. You consider yourself a very lucky person.
I'm talking the eastern part of the Country.
Finding and posting any Large copper is in itself a reason to celebrate. It won't be that much longer and there will be little or no old coppers left for our grand children and their children to enjoy finding. We are at the apex of this hobbies best reward. An old Colonial copper. It's all down hill from here.
The point is, (and some miss this point) to post the old relic finds and the few old coins you unearth. They all have a place in our unique hobby. And they will keep reminding us of years gone by.
This copper is not a new find.
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Fish were dieing and the Government said to the culprits, Fix it by 3:00 or we'll shut you down. Well everyone said to themselves. OK, it's all better now so we turned our heads.
Does this sound familiar? We are a country of (turn your head and it will go away).
Copper coins in the earth is a good example of acid soil along with the action of other chemicals. The old coppers that I dig and all of you dig are in bad condition. I ask the old time hunters out there, were the coppers of old in as bad a condition 30 years ago?? They have been in the ground for 100s of years. I will bet you that most of the deterioration is from the past 30 to 40 years of our own doing.
So when lucky enough to find a coin in this condition. You consider yourself a very lucky person.
I'm talking the eastern part of the Country.
Finding and posting any Large copper is in itself a reason to celebrate. It won't be that much longer and there will be little or no old coppers left for our grand children and their children to enjoy finding. We are at the apex of this hobbies best reward. An old Colonial copper. It's all down hill from here.
The point is, (and some miss this point) to post the old relic finds and the few old coins you unearth. They all have a place in our unique hobby. And they will keep reminding us of years gone by.
This copper is not a new find.
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