:usaflag:My first 2 cent copper coin...1865.

[MNCoinhunter]

I did'nt know what it was at first, as it is very worn. But after I realized what it was and did my chicken dance, I wondered how the heck it got up here. But then I realized that there were fur traders up here long before there were towns. I won't mention a name, but I was using my "other detector" this time...sorry guys. And it chimed-in like a brand new penny just under the grass, but was in fact much deeper..6 inches. I'm a lucky duck with only days left until the ground is frozen solid....love this hobby...good times.

 

[UtahRich]

Gotta love your first find of any coin type. Nice job.


Rich

 

[Jim West Pa]

I'll never fergit the day i got my first and only 2 center.
I pulled it out of a pretty trashy area where a blacksmith shop
once stood way back in the early 18th century.
Mine was also found with my 'other' detector,
no wait, that 'other' detector is my only detecttor

 

[dewcon4414]

Nice coin. Most around here are in pretty good shape and green as a gourd. Id say the 2 cent piece is the best looking copper coins when they come out of the dirt here. Not a lot of cleaning needed.

Dew

 

[DirtFlipper]

Did ya find some hen's teeth lying near it? Wow, that's rare in these parts - agreed!

 

[fritz]

Nice find.

 

[Big Fang Coin Biter]

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[MNCoinhunter]

Did ya find some hen's teeth lying near it? Wow, that's rare in these parts - agreed!

I found it at an old homestead site dating back to 1900. The house and farm are long gone and they built low-income apartments there back in the mid-seventies. One of the kids who grew up there, in his late 80's now, stopped for a visit one day and showed me where the house and outbuildings once stood. Being the maintenance/groundskeeper I have the place all to myself, and I had permission from my boss to dig wherever I wanted. First time I detected there I found an 1899 IH and a 1910 wheatie. Next hunt yielded a 1906 IH and some 30's and 40's wheaties. I was actually looking for silver when that sucker popped out. Anyways, I ended up putting the 1899 and 1910 pennies in flips and giving them to the old guy the next time he came to the monthly senior meeting. He was very surprised that I was willing to part with them, but was happy to have them. I can only imagine that the two-center ended up out there because the kids were playing with it? Who will ever know. I'm just glad I got to it before the ground consumed it.

 

[Chris(SoCenWI)]

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[Hotcz70]

It doesn't matter what brand you were swingin'....nice find Dave

 

[Great Republic]

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[Eddie in Poulsbo]

One sweet 2-center. Hold the chicken...............I would have been doing the turkey dance after digging that one up. Congrats and HH.

Eddie

 

[jcooking]

Nice find Dave, very cool!

 

[kschae4]

Dave- Nice finds and a great gesture on your part to give the ol' timer a couple of coins for sharing some history with you.
Funny, I too, found my only 2 cent piece (1865) with my "other" detector about 5 yrs ago...

 

[nidan98]

[size=large]Funny, I think it was the day after ( if not the same day) I read your post I found my first 2 center, an 1864 . I feel very fortunate because the soil here is not kind at all to old coppers. when I pulled it out of the ground I had no idea what it was except that it was to big for a penny and too small for a large cent.[/size]

 

[Aaron]

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