Not one Cent.......Detecting in the foothills of the Catskills

[GKMan]

I made it out yesterday for about three hours back to Ulster county. It was a nice afternoon to be out in the woods.
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The Catskills may not look like much now, but you should have seen them a billion years ago.....

Anyhow, I gridded off some areas of this rather extensively stone walled area
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I didn't find a whole lot except a button, part of a scale, and a Not One Cent Hard Times token.
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I have previously detected this area and found numerous Indian Heads, about four large cents, buttons, powder flask, spoons - so I wasn't surprised to not find a whole lot today)

Well, my nineteen month old just woke up, I will have to cut this short....

The token came out of the ground looking really nice, but when I got home and brushed the dirt off under water it literally fell off.... So sad... I have seen coins flake and fall apart before but this was incredible
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I worked on digging out the privy or well a bit more. I am not normally into doing something like this but this one looks promising. The picture doesn't properly show the scale of depth that I am already down....I am looking forward to some help in removing more stones so that it is safer and I can get deeper.
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[NYNURSE]

Best time of the year to go in the woods. Doesn't get much prettier. Just be careful, it's hunting season. May want to trade that brown cap for something else.

 

[GKMan]

I was thinking about that, thankfully it's still archery season, and I am right next to houses and dogs, you can see the house in the background of one photo.
A couple years ago a friend of my fathers was shot through the ear while hunting, i believe he had blaze orange on too! Makes you shake your head and wonder how?

 

[doninbrewster]

Nice find on the token.

 

[msviking]

The search just makes the ultimate finds even sweeter! Keep looking!

 

[jimzilla]

Nice token find. I love the Catskills

 

[GKMan]

Thanks guys..

Jim, I did get your pm the other day. One of these days we'll get out Detecting together!

 

[BillF]

Gary, wear some color.
I stopped hunting when a man in my area was sitting on a log, smoking a cigarette and someone shot him, thinking he was a bear. How many bears do you know that smoke?
People are stupid, be safe.

 

[GKMan]

Crazy,

I am looking forward to getting to the bottom of that hole. Hopefully its not too deep. At least it's cooler out to all the creepy crawlies are moving around as much.

 

[Stever0812]

Sorry to hear about the details falling off. I have had the same flaking happen on my 1798 large cents. I knew I shouldn't have cleaned them as much as I did. Lesson learned! This darn NY ground is not kind to copper.

 

[GKMan]

I am wondering if it is some sort of composition issue being that it isn't a real coin,but i'am not sure if they are made from large cents originally. I can say that the other large cents I have found there haven't been nearly this bad ...
Anyhow when I first started cleaning it under gently running water when I got home, I am looking at it going huh? Where is my patina going? and this is happening from lightly running water? Heck my 1793 Liberty cap stood up a lot better. Once I realized what was happening I just left the reverse instead of destroying it...